Phrase Hound found 41 phrases and 8 compound words that contain candles. The most common are listed below. Open candles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 41
- ear candlesplural of ear candle: A hollow candle used in certain alternative medicine practices to assist the natural clearing of earwax.
- electric candlesplural of electric candle: A type of electric carbon arc lamp.
- foot candlesplural of foot candle: A measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot.
- Roman candlesplural of Roman candle, a type of firework.
- standard candlesplural of standard candle: Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude.
- Advent candlesplural of Advent candle: A candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve.
- corpse candlesplural of corpse candle: A thick candle formerly used at a wake (pre-internment event).
- votive candlesplural of votive candle: A thick cylindrical pillar-shaped candle often encased in a glass casing.
- composite candlesplural of composite candle: A candle made of a mixture of stearic acid and the stearin of coconut oil.
- death candlesplural of death candle: A candle lit in memory of the dead or to commemorate a solemn event.
- desert candlesplural of desert candle: A foxtail lily (Eremurus gen. et spp.)
- green candlesplural of green candle: A rise in price or value, often used in financial charts to indicate a positive market trend.
- ice candlesplural of ice candle: A natural vertical formation of ice shaped like a candle.
- mineral candlesplural of mineral candle: A candle made of paraffin.
- new candlesplural of new candle: A unit of luminous intensity, such that the brightness of the full radiator at the temperature of solidification of platinum is 60 new candles per square centimetre; superseded by the candela.
- oxygen candlesplural of oxygen candle: A chemical oxygen generator
- red candlesplural of red candle: A bearish period on a chart, representing selling pressure and a price decrease over a specific timeframe.
- rush candlesplural of rush candle: A candle of tallow or wax that uses a piece of rush as a wick.
- sun candlesplural of sun candle: An area of the air which appears to glow because of the many tiny ice crystals that are suspended in it, e.g., in a cirrus cloud or an ice fog and sunlight reflects off of them.
- tea candlesplural of tea candle: A small, typically circular candle encased in a thin metal cup, so that it liquefies completely when lit and burns as a wick immersed in molten wax.
- time candlesplural of time candle: A candle that burns at a uniform rate and is used to measure the passage of time.
- Easter candlesplural of Easter candle: A large symbolic white candle used at Easter.
- cube candlesplural of cube candle: A type of decorative candle that is typically square or cube-shaped.
- candles in the windplural of candle in the wind: A fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.
- grave candlesplural of grave candle: A candle lit in memory of the dead or to commemorate a solemn event.
Compound words 8
- candlesticksplural of candlestick: A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
- footcandlesplural of footcandle: A measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot.
- candleshadeAlternative form of candle-shade: A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
- candleshadesplural of candleshade: A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
- candleshinesplural of candleshine: The light thrown from a lit candle
- candlestickedsimple past and past participle of candlestick
- candlestickingpresent participle and gerund of candlestick
- candlestubsplural of candlestub: The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.