Candle

Noun

 * 1) A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
 * 2) The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
 * 3)  a fast growing, light colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer highlighted to one’s view.
 * 4)  A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.

Verb

 * 1)  To observe the growth of an embryo inside an egg, using a bright light source.
 * 2)  To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
 * 3) To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light souce and the eye.

Adjectives for Candle
dumb; newfangled; paraffin; shining; beeswax; flickering; brief; gigantic; guttering; meek; neglected; tall; ghastly; blessed; diminutive; melancholy; flaring; spent; cabbage-headed; half-burned; lighted; sputtering; waning; snuffed; long-wicked.

Verbs for Candle
dip ―s; extinguish―; mould ―s; snuff―; ―decorates ; ―drips ; ―flickers ; ―gutters; ―illuminates; ―melts; ―shadows; ―shines; ―shrinks; ―sputters; ―stains; ―tapers.

Thesaurus
intensity, international candle, lamp, lamp-hour, lantern, light, light bulb, light meter, light quantum, light source, lumen, lumen meter, lumen-hour, lumeter, luminant, luminary, luminous flux, luminous intensity, luminous power, lux, match, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, moon, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax, photon, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, quantum, relics, rood, rosary, rush candle, rushlight, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, source of light, stars, sukkah, sun, tabernacle, tallith, tallow candle, tallow dip, taper, thurible, torch, unit of flux, unit of light, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votary candle, votive candle, wax candle, ASA scale, Agnus Dei, British candle, Hefner candle, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, Scheiner scale, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, bayberry candle, beadroll, beads, bougie, bougie decimale, candle lumen, candle power, candle-foot, candle-hour, candle-meter, censer, chaplet, ciborium, corpse candle, cross, crucifix, cruet, decimal candle, dip, electric light bulb, eucharistial, exposure meter, farthing dip, fire, flame, flux, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, incensory,

Derived terms

 * Roman candle

Related terms

 * candelabrum
 * candela
 * candid
 * candidate
 * candlepower
 * candlestick
 * chandelier
 * chandler
 * chandlery