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Definition: Leading Light |
Leading LightNoun1. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Leading LightSynonyms: guiding light (n), luminary (n), notability (n), notable (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Leading Light |
| Specialty definitions using "leading light": gasoline finisher ♦ Huygens, Christiaan ♦ INFANTRY WEAPONS CREWMEMBER ♦ Juveniles ♦ lead blender ♦ schillerization ♦ WEFT STRAIGHTENER, WIRER, STREET LIGHT. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Leading Light (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "leading light"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fener (beacon, headlight, lamp, lantern, light, light house, street lamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leuchte (bulb, envelope, fitting, genius, headlamp, lamp, lantern, light, lighting fitting, ligthing fixture, luminaire, luminous source, shine, shiner, wizard), star (cataract, star, starling), nummer eins, großes licht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadinglay ightlay far de aliniament. (various references) человек (a man of great worship, April-fool, bodybuilder, contrarian, diarist, dieter, digamist, diner-out, fruitarian, fugleman, globe-trotter, good-timer, haemophiliac, hipster, hobbyist, hot stuff, human, human being, insomniac, interloper, irrepatriable, Job's post, kibitzer, killjoy, lawman, leaker, leaky vessel, left-winger, man, man set in authority, megalomaniac, middle-of-the-roader, name-child, Nosey Parker, nothingarian, pallbearer, person, prevaricator, prizeman, pseud, raver, returner, shopaholic, spoilsport, weather forecaster, wight 1, workaholic, worldling), на которого нужно равняться. (various references) önemli ve etkili kimse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-g-h-i-i-l-l-n-t" | |
-2 letters: delighting. | |
-3 letters: alighting, detailing, galleting. | |
-4 letters: alighted, alleging, atheling, delating, dialling, dighting, dilating, diligent, gelating, gilthead, gingelli, gliadine, ideating, legating, ligating, lighting. | |
-5 letters: aligned, anthill, atingle, dealing, delight, dialing, dieting, digital, editing, elating, eliding, gahnite, gaiting, gallein, gallied, galling, gelatin, gelding, gellant, gelling, genital, ghillie, gilding, gillied, gilling, gillnet, gingall, gingeli, gliadin, gliding, glinted, haggled, hailing, halting, heading, healing, heating, hedging, heiling, helling, higgled, hilding, hilling, hilting, ignited, inedita, inhaled, intagli, ladling, lathing, leading, ligated, lighted, lighten, lignite, lilting, niggled, nightie, nilghai, tailing, tallied, tangled, telling, tillage, tilling, tingled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 61 64 69 6E 67      4C 69 67 68 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01001100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e a d i n g   L i g h t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0061 0064 0069 006E 0067      004C 0069 0067 0068 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4671677075807324675737486 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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