RAY OF LIGHT Synonyms

• a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• the main (mid) section of a long bone

• obscene terms for penis

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

• a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

• a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

• the hollow spine of a feather

• equip with a shaft

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

• unusual mental ability

• a momentary flash of light

• North American woodpecker

• the act of moving back and forth

• move back and forth very rapidly

• shine unsteadily

• flash intermittently

• an appearance of reflected light

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• be shiny, as if wet

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• to shine with faint or brief light

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• an alert and refreshed state

• light from nonthermal sources

• the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

• a feeling of considerable warmth

• a steady even light without flames

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• an appearance of reflected light

• emit a steady even light without flames

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• shine intensely, as if with heat

• be exuberant or high-spirited

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• a quality that outshines the usual

• the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

• a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• an attractive combination of good health and happiness

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• a ray of sunlight

• the rays of the sun

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• gleam or glow intermittently

• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

• the condition of being exposed to radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

• the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background

• (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus

• (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

• cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

• emit as rays

• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

• expose to radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)