English words: light into to lignan

300 English words, part 40 of 76 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words light into to lignan

light into verb: To set upon or attack.
light jockey noun: A person who is employed to operate the lighting in a nightclub etc.
light-legged adjective: Nimble; swift of foot.
light line noun: The waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.
light machine gun noun: A lightweight machine gun designed to be operated by a single person; such guns use rifle cartridges, whereas submachine guns use pistol cartridges.
light matter noun: Any form of matter that is not dark matter.
light meat noun: Synonym of white meat.
light meter noun: An exposure meter
light metro noun: An urban rail system with no street crossings or mixed traffic and often complete automation.
light microscope noun: A scientific instrument which provides a magnified view of very small objects that are illuminated with visible light which then passes through optical lenses.
light-mile noun: The time taken for light to travel one mile: approximately five microseconds.
light mill noun: An airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum and a set of vanes, mounted on a spindle, which rotate when exposed to light, providing a quantitative...
light millennium noun: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one millennium.
light-minded adjective: Not given to heavy thoughts or thinking, frivolous, not serious.
light-mindedly adverb: In a light-minded manner; frivolously or without serious consideration.
light-mindedness noun: The quality or state of one who is light-minded; lack of seriousness.
light minute noun: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute.
light money noun: Money levied for the maintenance of lighthouses; light dues.
light month noun: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one month.
light-mouthed adjective: Of a horse: readily controlled with the bit.
light music noun: A mainly British style of orchestral music, less solemn and usually shorter than other Western classical compositions.
light-nanosecond noun: The distance that light travels in one nanosecond: approximately 30 centimetres.
light novel noun: A Japanese novel primarily targeting young adults, typically illustrated (in an anime/manga style) and containing not more than 50,000 words.
light o' love noun: An old dance tune, whose name made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
light-of-love noun: Alternative form of light-o'-love.
light of nature noun: Innate wisdom or knowledge.
light of one's eye noun: Someone beloved to the speaker, such as their life partner or offspring.
light of one's life noun: Somebody, especially a lover, who is the most precious person to one.
light off verb: To light the fire on a gas boiler to turn it on.
light-off temperature noun: The temperature at which catalytic reactions are initiated within a catalytic converter.
light oil noun: The oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief fraction of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
light on noun, verb: Synonym of light upon.
light on one's feet adjective: nimble, light-footed
light on the hill noun: Used to evoke the values of the Australian Labor Party.
light one's hair on fire verb: Alternative form of set one's hair on fire.
light opera noun: Synonym of comic opera.
light orange noun: A light orange colour.
light organ noun: A luminous organ of an animal.
light out verb: To go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
light painting noun: The artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or...
light panel noun: a surface that uses electroluminescence to produce light
light paper noun: A short white paper; a brief factual report detailing a new product or technology.
light pen noun: A pen-like device allowing a computer user to interact with the screen display.
light pillar noun: A visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near-horizontal parallel planar surfaces.
light pipe noun: A transparent structure that diffuses light via internal reflection.
light plough noun: A simple plough lacking a moldboard and that is symmetrical on both sides of its draft line.
light pole noun: Alternative form of lightpole.
light-polluted adjective: Of an area, having too much artificial light including street lighting, which prevents stars etc. being seen in a clear night sky.
light pollution noun: An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.
light porter noun: A worker whose duties involve carrying light (i.e., not heavy) packages, as in a bank.
light probe noun: A designated location, within the empty space of a scene, where light is measured for use in later rendering.
light profile noun: A description of the distribution of surface brightness.
light rail noun: A kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features,...
light rail system noun: Synonym of light rail.
light rail transit noun: Synonym of light rail.
light rail transport system noun: Synonym of light rail.
light railway noun: A railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.
light ray noun: Alternative form of lightray.
light roller noun: The lighter of the rollers used for flattening the pitch between innings.
light saber noun: Alternative form of lightsaber.
light sail noun: A solar sail.
light-scattering photometry noun: any optical method used to measure the extent of the scattering of light by suspended particles or by macromolecules
light sculpture noun: A branch of light art where physical light serves as the primary medium, combining sculpted forms with illumination.
light second noun: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one second: about 300 megameters
light sector noun: The known universe; the part of the universe that is not part of the dark sector; the segment of the universe that is explained by the known laws of...
light-sensitive adjective: Affected by, or sensitive to light.
light-ship noun: Alternative spelling of lightship.
light-shot noun: In Anglo-Saxon times, a contribution of wax payable to the church three times yearly; light-scot.
light show noun: A display of coloured lights that move in shifting patterns.
light side of the Force noun: The side of good; the side that works for the greater good.
light-skin noun: Alternative form of lightskin.
light-skinned adjective: Having light-colored skin.
light skirt noun: Alternative spelling of lightskirt.
light skirts noun: Alternative form of lightskirt.
light someone's fire verb: To excite or arouse someone; to turn someone on.
light soup noun: An Akan soup made from fish and meat with vegetables and seasonings.
light source noun /ˈlaɪt.sɔːs/: A source of illumination.
light spectrum noun: The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to humans.
light speed noun: Alternative form of lightspeed.
light-spirited adjective: Having a light or cheerful spirit.
light station noun: Alternative form of lightstation.
light-struck adjective: Damaged by accidental exposure to light.
Light Sussex noun: A breed of poultry.
light switch noun: A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.
light table noun: A viewing device that illuminates what is placed on it, used for drawing frames of animation, for reviewing X-ray images, etc.
light the blue touchpaper verb: Synonym of light the touch-paper.
light the fuse verb: To cause an effect
light the touch-paper verb: To stir people up; to cause anger or excitement.
light the touchpaper verb: Alternative form of light the touch-paper.
light therapy noun: phototherapy
light-tight adjective: Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly.
light-timbered adjective: Having thin limbs.
light time noun: The time taken for light to travel between two locations, especially celestial bodies.
light trail noun: A usually outdoor public event at which visitors walk through a scene illuminated by many decorative lights.
light trespass noun: The encroachment of unwanted or unneeded light from a neighboring property or structure.
light up adjective, verb: To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
light up a room verb: To possess great energy and appeal; to cause a social gathering to become animated and cheerful.
light up like a Christmas tree verb: To become very brightly lit.
light up the room verb: Alternative form of light up a room.
light up the tote verb: Alternative form of blow up the tote.
light upon verb: To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.
light vehicle noun: A vehicle designed to carry small loads or a small number of passengers up to an officially set weight or number, such as a car, van, motorbike, scooter, etc.
light verb noun: A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
light water noun: Water in its usual form (as occurs in nature without human intervention), which is mostly of such form.
light water reactor noun: A nuclear reactor which uses light water as a neutron moderator.
light waterline noun: The waterline at which a vessel floats when light or unladen.
light wave noun: An electromagnetic wave of light.
light week noun: A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one week.
light-weight adjective, noun: Alternative form of lightweight.
light-winged adjective: Having light or fleet wings; swift.
light-witted adjective: Having a feeble or weak intellect.
light year noun /ˈlaɪt.jɪə/: A unit of length used to measure extremely large distances, equal to approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres), equivalent...
lightable adjective /ˈlaɪtəbəl/: Capable of being illuminated or made light or bright; able to affix with a light.
lightbar noun: A bar mounted on the roof of a vehicle, such as a police car, with rotating beacons or other lights to provide a visual warning.
lightboard noun: An electronic console used to control the lights in a theatre.
lightboat noun: A boat with a light as a navigation aid; (loosely) any such boat or lightship.
Lightbody proper noun: A surname.
lightbox noun: A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
lightbrained adjective: Synonym of light-headed (“thoughtless, frivolous”).
lightbulb noun /ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/: Alternative spelling of light bulb.
lightbulb joke noun: Alternative spelling of light bulb joke.
lightbulbed adjective: Alternative form of light-bulbed.
Lightcap proper noun: A surname.
lightclock noun: Alternative form of light clock.
lightcone noun: Alternative spelling of light cone.
lightcurve noun: Alternative spelling of light curve.
lightcycler noun: A device used to conduct polymerase chain reactions
lighted adjective, verb /ˈlaɪtəd/: Filled with light; illuminated.
lighten verb /ˈlaɪ.tn̩/: To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
lighten someone's purse verb: to take money from someone.
lighten up verb: To make (something) or to become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax.
lightener noun: That which lightens.
lightening noun, verb /ˈlaɪ.tn̩.ɪŋ/: The act or result of making something light or lighter.
lighter adjective, noun, verb /ˈlaɪtɚ/: A person who lights things.
lighter fluid noun: Fuel in fluid form used for cigarette lighters.
lighter screw noun: A screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.
lighter-than-air adjective: That is lighter than air, describing materials or aircraft.
lighterage noun: The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).
lighterful noun: Enough to fill a lighter (flat-bottomed boat).
lightering noun, verb: The process of transferring cargo or fuel off of a sunken or grounded ship, making it easier to refloat.
lighterman noun: One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
lightface noun: The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space).
lightfaced adjective: Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space.
lightfast adjective /ˈlaɪtfæst/: Resistant to fading.
lightfastness noun: The quality or degree of being lightfast.
lightfield noun: Alternative form of light field.
lightfield camera noun: A plenoptic camera: one that uses a microlens array to capture four-dimensional information about the light rays in a scene, allowing for later refocusing etc.
lightfingered adjective: Alternative form of light-fingered
lightfingeredness noun: Alternative form of light-fingeredness.
lightfoot adjective: Light-footed.
lightfooted adjective: Alternative form of light-footed.
lightfootedly adverb: Alternative form of light-footedly
lightfront noun: The set of photons in the same phase of a pulse of (especially laser) light.
lightful adjective: Full of light; bright.
lightfulness noun: The quality of being lightful.
lightguide noun: A waveguide used to guide light
lightgun noun: Alternative form of light gun.
lighthanded adjective, adverb: benign and with minimal intervention.
lighthandedly adverb: Alternative form of light-handedly.
lighthandedness noun: Alternative form of light-handedness.
lighthead noun: A light source that is mounted at the head of an extension.
lightheaded adjective: Alternative spelling of light-headed.
lightheadedly adverb: Alternative form of light-headedly.
lightheadedness noun: The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
lighthearted adjective: Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive; not depressed or sad.
lightheartedly adverb: In a lighthearted manner, cheerfully, with joy.
lightheartedness noun: The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
lighthouse noun /ˈlaɪthaʊs/: A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
lighthouse keeper noun: A person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light together with its optics and mechanisms.
lighthousekeeper noun /laɪt.haʊs kiːpə/: Alternative form of lighthouse keeper.
lighthouselike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a lighthouse.
lighthouseman noun: The keeper of a lighthouse.
lightie noun: Alternative form of lighty (“young man; boy”).
lightin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of lighting.
lighting noun, verb /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/: The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
lighting engineer noun: One who installs and maintains lighting equipment.
lighting rig noun: The infrastructure for providing stage lighting.
lighting technician noun: A technician involved with rigging stage and location sets and controlling artificial electric lights for art and entertainment venues (theatre or live...
lighting-up time noun: A time period during which all motor vehicles on unlit public roads must have their headlights switched on.
lightish adjective /ˈlaɪtɪʃ/: Somewhat light in colour.
lightkeeper noun: The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
lightland noun: Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)
lightless adjective /ˈlaɪtlɛs/: Lacking light; unilluminated; dark.
lightlessly adverb: In a lightless way; without light.
lightlessness noun: The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light.
lightlike adjective: (of a four-vector) Having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.
lightliness noun: The quality or condition of one who acts lightly; ease; facility.
lightly adverb /ˈlaɪtli/: In a light manner.
lightman noun: A man who carries or takes care of a light.
lightmans noun: The day.
lightmap noun: A precomputed data structure that stores the brightnesses of surfaces in a video game, etc.
lightmapped adjective: Illuminated using a lightmap.
lightmapping noun: The use of lightmaps.
lightmeter noun: Alternative form of light meter.
lightminded adjective: Alternative form of light-minded.
lightmindedly adverb: Alternative form of light-mindedly.
lightmindedness noun: Alternative form of light-mindedness.
lightmonger noun: One who installs lighting.
Lightner proper noun: A surname.
lightness noun /ˈlaɪtnəs/: the condition of being illuminated
lightning adjective, noun, verb /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/: A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
lightning arrester noun: A device used on electrical and telecommunications systems to protect the insulation and conductors from the damaging effects of lightning. Typically, it...
lightning beetle noun: Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence
lightning bird noun: A mythological creature in South African tribal folklore: a large, vampiric, black and white bird that can summon thunder and lightning and is said to...
lightning bolt noun: A single, visible discharge of lightning.
lightning bruiser noun: A very strong and fast, usually violent person.
lightning bug noun: A firefly.
lightning carrier noun: A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)
lightning chess noun: Synonym of blitz chess.
lightning conductor noun: A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning.
lightning crotch noun: The condition, late in pregnancy, of having intense pain shoot through one's pelvic region, especially due to the baby's head lowering and bumping into...
lightning detector noun: A device that provides an alarm to inform its user(s) that lightning has occurred nearby. Specific devices are available for a variety of applications.
lightning discharger noun: A lightning arrester.
lightning does not strike twice in the same place proverb: Alternative form of lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place proverb: Alternative form of lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
lightning fast adjective, adverb: Extremely fast, fast as lightning.
lightning in a bottle noun: That which one seeks in attempting a difficult or challenging feat.
lightning mapper noun: A system that displays a map of the position of recorded or real-time lightning discharges relative to the user or other objects.
lightning never strikes in the same place twice proverb: Alternative form of lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
lightning never strikes the same place twice proverb: Alternative form of lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
lightning never strikes twice proverb: An allusive shortening of lightning never strikes twice in the same place, usually used figuratively.
lightning never strikes twice in the same place proverb: Something is not affected in the same way twice.
lightning protection system noun: A system consistent of lightning rods that protects a building from lightning strikes.
lightning-quick adjective: Incredibly fast.
lightning rod noun /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ ˌɹɒd/: A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning.
lightning round noun: A round of a game or contest that gives participants a fixed time in which to achieve as much as possible.
lightning speed noun: An extremely high speed; great rapidity.
lightning storm noun: Synonym of thunderstorm.
lightning strike noun: A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
lightning talk noun: A very short verbal presentation given at a conference etc., usually one of a series delivered by different speakers.
lightning war noun: Synonym of blitzkrieg.
lightningbug noun: Alternative form of lightning bug
lightninglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
lightningly adverb: Extremely quickly.
lightningproof adjective: Resistant to lightning.
lightpaper noun: Alternative form of light paper.
lightpath noun: A section of an optical network in which light travels without being modified.
lightpen noun: Alternative spelling of light pen.
lightplane noun: A small, lightweight aeroplane.
lightpole noun: Synonym of streetlight (“any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area”).
lightpost noun: Synonym of lamppost.
lightproof adjective: Sealed so that no light can enter.
lightray noun: A ray of light.
lightroom noun: A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
lights noun, verb /laɪts/: The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
lights, camera, action phrase: The traditional cue to the members of a (silent) film crew at the beginning of a take.
lights out adjective, noun, verb /ˈlaɪts.aʊt/: The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
lightsaber noun /ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bə(ɹ)/: A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.
lightsabre noun: British standard spelling of lightsaber.
lightsail noun: Alternative form of light sail.
lightscape noun: An illuminated environment; a lighting arrangement that picks out some details and obscures others.
lightscot noun: A tax exacted to pay for candles or oil for lighting church lamps.
Lightsey proper noun: A surname.
lightshade noun: lampshade
lightsheet noun: A laterally-extended laser beam
lightshift noun: The change in the energy (and thus frequency) of light upon interaction with matter.
lightship noun: A ship riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.
lightshow noun: Alternative spelling of light show.
lightskin noun: A black, mixed race, Indigenous, Latino, or other person of color who has relatively light-coloured skin.
lightskinned adjective: Alternative form of light-skinned.
lightsman noun: A sailor belonging to a lightship.
lightsome adjective /ˈlaɪtsəm/: Characterised by light; luminous; emitting or manifesting light; radiant.
lightsomely adverb: In a lightsome manner.
lightsomeness noun: The state or quality of being lightsome (luminous); luminosity; illumination, brightness.
lightsource noun: Alternative form of light source.
lightspeed noun: The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).
lightspeed lag noun: A delay in communications or information processing caused by a signal propagation being limited by the speed of light.
lightstation noun: A lighthouse and associated outbuildings.
lightstick noun: A portable rod used for illumination.
lightstrip noun: A strip of small light bulbs, LEDs, or other light-emitting devices.
lightstruck adjective: Alternative spelling of light-struck.
lightswitch noun: Alternative spelling of light switch.
lighttight adjective: Alternative form of light-tight.
lightvessel noun: A vessel with a light as a navigation aid; especially, a lightship.
lightwand noun: A stylet, equipped with a light, used typically for transillumination of the soft tissue of the neck
lightward adverb: Toward the light.
lightwards adverb: Synonym of lightward.
lightwater noun: Water in its standard form.
lightwave noun: Alternative form of light wave.
lightweight adjective, noun, verb /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/: A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See...
lightweight spaceship noun: A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the smallest such example.
lightweightness noun: The quality or condition of being lightweight.
lightwell noun /ˈlaɪ̯tˌwɛl/: An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room.
lightwhip noun: A whip-like weapon with a lash resembling a light beam.
lightwitted adjective: Alternative form of light-witted.
lightwood noun: Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
lightwood-knot floater noun: A very heavy downpour of rain.
lightwork noun: The activities of a lightworker (New Age sense).
lightworker noun: A person driven and motivated to do work which makes the world a better place, improves people's lives, and/or elevates people to a higher level of...
lightworking noun: The activities of a lightworker (New Age sense).
lightwort noun: A flowering plant in the borage family, of species Mertensia maritima.
lighty noun: A young man; a boy.
lightyear noun: Alternative spelling of light year.
ligiid noun /ˈlɪdʒi.ɪd/: Any member of the family Ligiidae of woodlice.
ligma noun /ˈlɪɡmə/: A notional disease mentioned to trick the interlocutor into inquiring as to its nature, whereupon the speaker responds by saying ligma balls (lick my balls)...
lign- prefix: Derived from wood
lign aloe noun: Alternative form of lign-aloes.
lign-aloes noun: agalloch, aloes
lignaloe noun: Alternative form of lign-aloes.
lignan noun: Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by...

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under L: 22,765 words, in 76 parts.