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21 headlight
noun (a powerful light at or on the front of a car, lorry, train, ship, aeroplane etc: As it was getting dark, the driver switched on his headlights.) framljós -
22 kite
(a light frame covered with paper or other material, and with string attached, for flying in the air: The children were flying their kites in the park.) flugdreki -
23 lager
(a light-coloured beer.) lageröl -
24 lighthouse
noun (a building built on rocks, coastline etc with a (flashing) light to guide or warn ships.) viti -
25 lighting
noun (a means of providing light: The lighting was so bad in the restaurant that we could hardly see.) lÿsing -
26 moonbeam
noun (a beam of light reflected from the moon.) tunglgeisli -
27 moonlight
noun, adjective ((made with the help of) the light reflected by the moon: The sea looked silver in the moonlight; a moonlight raid.) tunglsljós -
28 pumice
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29 quasar
(a star-like object which gives out light and radio waves.) dulstirni, kvasi -
30 radiation
noun (rays of light, heat etc or of any radioactive substance.) geislun -
31 reflector
noun (something, especially of glass or metal, that reflects light, heat etc.) endurvarps-/spegilflötur -
32 refreshments
noun plural (food and drink served eg at a meeting: Light refreshments are available in the other room.) hressing -
33 searchlight
noun (a strong light with a beam that can be turned in any direction, used eg to see enemy aeroplanes in the sky.) leitarljós; kastljós -
34 shaft
1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) skaft2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) vagnstöng/-kjálki3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) drifskaft4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) -stokkur5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) ljósgeisli -
35 shutter
1) (one of usually two usually wooden covers over a window: He closed the shutters.) gluggahleri2) (the moving cover over the lens of a camera, which opens when a photograph is taken: When the shutter opens, light is allowed into the camera and reacts with the film.) loki, lokari• -
36 sidelight
noun (a light fixed to the side, or at the side of the front or back, of a car, boat etc: He switched his sidelights on when it began to get dark.) hliðarljós -
37 snowflake
noun (one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls: A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.) snjókorn/-flygsa -
38 spotlight
noun ((a lamp for projecting) a circle of light that is thrown on to a small area.) kastljós -
39 starlight
noun (the light from the stars.) stjörnuskin -
40 stretcher
noun (a light folding bed with handles for carrying the sick or wounded: The injured man was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher.) sjúkrabörur
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