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• Candle — For other uses, see Candle (disambiguation). A close up image of a burning candle showing the wick and the various parts of the flame …   Wikipedia

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• and candle — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bougie — A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to diagnose or treat a condition. A bougie may be used to widen a passageway, guide another instrument …   Medical dictionary

• Christmas lighting technology — has been subject to considerable development and variation since the replacement of candles by electric lights. Contents 1 Incandescent Christmas Lights 2 LEDs 3 Fiber optic lights 4 B …   Wikipedia

• Chamberland filter — Cham·ber·land filter chām bər lən(d) , shän ber län n a candle shaped porcelain filter used chiefly to filter out microorganisms (as from culture media) Cham·ber·land shän ber län Charles Édouard (1851 1908) French bacteriologist. A close… …   Medical dictionary

• candlepin — /ˈkændlpɪn/ (say kandlpin) noun 1. a slender, candle shaped pin used in a game similar to tenpin bowling. 2. (plural) a game using such pins …  

• chamberland filter — ˈchāmbə(r)lən(d) , F shäⁿberläⁿ noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: after Charles Édouard Chamberland died 1908 French scientist, its inventor : a candle shaped porcelain filter used chiefly to filter out microorganisms (as from culture… …   Useful english dictionary

• Oil lamp — Neolithic stone lamps in Thousand Lamp Museum in Qiandeng town of Kunshan …   Wikipedia

• Chandelier — This article is about actual chandelier lighting fixtures. For the drinking game, see Chandeliers (game); for the song by Idlewild, see Chandelier (song); for the album by Rachael Sage see Chandelier (Rachael Sage album). Early 19th century… …   Wikipedia

• metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …   Universalium