Phrase Hound found 637 phrases and 297 compound words that contain light. The most common are listed below. Open light in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 637
- see the lightTo undergo a spiritual conversion.
- light bulbAn evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.
- speed of lightThe speed of electromagnetic radiation, which in a perfect vacuum is equivalent to 299,792,458 metres per second.
- green lightA traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
- light upTo illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- City of LightNickname for Paris: the capital and largest city of France.
- light blueA pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.
- red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
- light sourceA source of illumination.
- Range of LightThe Sierra Nevada mountain range in California and Nevada, USA.
- light railA kind of passenger railway in urban and suburban settings typically characterized by a mixture of tram (or in North America streetcar) and metro features, crossing streets at grade crossings and normally powered by electricity.
- New LightA relatively progressive or less traditional religious movement, especially (historical) the party within the 18th-century Scottish Secession Church which adopted Voluntary views of the relations of church and state; or the Socinianizing …
- light yearA unit of length used to measure extremely large distances, equal to approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres), equivalent to the distance light travels in one Julian year.
- light switchA switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.
- blue lightA mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.
- bring to lightTo expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown.
- traffic lightA signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code.
- visible lightThe part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between infrared and ultraviolet, that is visible to the human eye.
- come to lightTo become known; to be revealed.
- white lightLight, having a mixture of frequencies, being perceived as having no specific colour; such as sunlight.
- light-of-loveAlternative form of light-o'-love: An old dance tune, whose name made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
- light industryAny industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery.
- seen the lightpast participle of see the light: To undergo a spiritual conversion.
- ultraviolet lightLight in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum.
- natural lightLight as supplied by nature (non-manmade light sources), such as (especially) the Sun or (sometimes) the Moon and the stars.
Compound words 297
- spotlightA bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
- twilightThe soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- lighterA person who lights things.
- lighthouseA tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
- lightweightA particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
- daylightThe natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
- sunlightAll the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
- flashlightA battery-powered hand-held light source.
- lightlyIn a light manner.
- headlightA bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.