(n.) A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.
(n.) That which gives light; a luminary.
Example Sentences:
(1) Okawa, who became the world's oldest person last June following the death at 116 of fellow Japanese Jiroemon Kimura , was given a cake with just three candles at her nursing home in Osaka – one for each figure in her age.
(2) Inoculating sputum on modified Thayer-Martin medium and extending the initial incubation period of 3 days at 35 degrees C under 10% carbon dioxide to a further 3 weeks at room temperature in a candle jar, led to the diagnoses, which otherwise would have been missed, of pulmonary nocardiosis in 3 patients and pulmonary infections due to Neisseria meningitidis, Pseudomonas cepacia, and Serratia marcescens in a further 22 patients.
(3) No clear gross or histological distinctions between the ventricular "candle gutterings" and "tumors" have been identified.
(4) Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris has put up with a lot in its first century - the flying angel headstone has been castrated (twice), commemorative candles have scorched the front, and multilingual graffiti are regularly scrawled over the tomb.
(5) In London a candlelit vigil – which the government hopes will be emulated in churches, by other faiths and by families across the land – will be held at Westminster Abbey, ending with the last candle being extinguished at 11pm, the moment war was declared.
(6) In parts of Russia, the shelves were emptied of fuel, matches, sugar and candles, supposedly in anticipation of something worse than winter in Russia.
(7) By the afternoon of the day of the Smolensk catastrophe, the candles that were usually found in cemeteries on the margins of town had appeared en masse in public spaces in the heart of Warsaw.
(8) Statistically significant decreases in recovery rate were noted when each system was compared with the traditional plate-candle jar technique.
(9) We meet at the headquarters of the Independent and the Evening Standard in Kensington, in an office scented by a Jo Malone orange blossom candle, and groaning with contemporary art.
(10) When the bombardment is particularly strong, they sit for hours in the windowless room lit by candles and strewn with mattresses.
(11) Cherepinsky writes a popular weekly picks column throughout the year and offers up plenty of fantasy football advice, but none of it holds a candle to the draft.
(12) US secretary of state John Kerry lights a candle and lays roses at the 'shrine of the fallen' for protesters killed in Kiev.
(13) In the three-minute video, ‘From Candles to Computers: Bringing Electricity to China’s Jing Jin village’, she says: “The coal industry is a major force in eliminating fuel poverty in China but, more importantly, it’s a critical driving force for the phenomenal economic growth China has experienced.” The video comes with a soothing soundtrack of traditional Chinese music, and is beautifully shot.
(14) Eggs were set weekly and candled at 7 days of incubation to determine fertility.
(15) He has the right idea in combining old and new, like Fulgence Bienvenüe, who built the all-electric Paris Metro , yet lit his house by candles because they're beautiful.
(16) The O2 index of flammability is the minimum O2 fraction in nitrogen that will support candle-like flame using a standard ignition source.
(17) Fertility was determined by candling eggs after 7 days' incubation.
(18) These isolates grew very well on Gonococcal Agar and Mueller-Hinton Agar incubated at 34 degrees C in candle extinction jars containing moistened filter paper.
(19) Collective jitters produced by the end of the Mayan calendar have been good business for the suppliers of candles, matches, salt and torches in some parts of Russia, even though, as one psychiatrist noted, what happens every day can be a lot scarier than Armageddon.
(1) Inside it's all old-world charm, with antiques scattered around, log fires, dark panelling, a billiards room, two pianos, a bar with 40 single malts and gourmet dinners by candlelight.
(2) Asylum seekers hold a candlelight vigil for the three members of a Russian family who died at the weekend.
(3) And I will never forget the passage in EP Thompson ’s Writings by Candlelight where he describes being editor of the New Left Review and editing the essays of a brilliant young Fife miner, Lawrence Daly .
(4) At times, as for example when candlelight flickers on bottle and glasses, it is not unpleasant to look into a pair of warm and friendly eyes and respond to the words "Tell me about yourself."
(5) Richards remembers their house on an island having no electricity, so they worked on a script by candlelight.
(6) It is hard to maintain pressure over Mary Jane.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activists held candlelight vigils for Mary Jane Veloso outside the Indonesian embassy in the Philippines before her last-minute reprieve.
(7) Outside the church where the controversial bishop is set to take the reins of power on Saturday, protesters have been holding candlelight vigils and promising to prohibit Barros from entering.
(8) Once in its deepest recess, they lay on their backs and, in flickering candlelight, started painting on the rock ceiling 3ft above them.
(9) A candlelight vigil to be held in the city’s Federation Square on Tuesday evening will take on a new meaning, serving as a remembrance for those on MH17, as well as a welcoming for conference guests and an acknowledgment to those living with and who have died as a result of HIV and AIDS.
(10) As protests in Minneapolis intensified over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced a planned candlelight vigil and march for Friday, which their leaders would attend.
(11) Back when we were on the frontline we didn’t have any electricity and it was all darkness and candlelight.
(12) It was dark before they came, and we had to do the stern questioning and the confession by candlelight.
(13) The lack of electricity means children have to do their homework by generators if their parents can afford the fuel for them, or by candlelight.
(14) Doubles from £33, B&B Pousada Canto Bravo, Ilhabela Bonete beach Accessible only by foot or boat, Canto Bravo sits, illuminated mostly by candlelight, on the isolated beach of Bonete (pictured), regarded as one of Brazil’s finest.
(15) A candlelight vigil held in Sydney in memory of 23-year-old Reza Barati, an Iranian Kurd, who was killed on 17 February 2014 during three days of rioting and attacks on asylum seekers in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre.
(16) Will Lord (@Will__Lord) A candlelight vigil on College Green at @Penn for the victims of #ChapelHillShooting .
(17) Missile crisis by candlelight: Donald Trump's use of Mar-a-Lago raises security questions Read more Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, inserted himself into the debate on Sunday, saying it costs $500,000 per day for nearly 200 police officers to protect Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, which houses the Trump family business headquarters and serves as the home of the first lady, Melania Trump, and the couple’s son, Barron.
(18) The library is open daily – apart from when it has to close due to bombings – and even during power outages, books are read by candlelight.
(19) Missile crisis by candlelight: Donald Trump's use of Mar-a-Lago raises security questions Read more Among the harshest critics of Obama’s travel was Donald Trump, then a private citizen.
(20) Still, if that happens we'll still be able to read, by candlelight, the OED 's top definition of "smart": "an instance of sharp physical pain, esp caused by a blow, sting or wound."