Leading Light

  

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Leading Light

Definition: Leading Light

Leading Light

Noun

1. 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 Light

Synonyms: guiding light (n), luminary (n), notability (n), notable (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Leading Light

Specialty definitions using "leading light": gasoline finisherHuygens, ChristiaanINFANTRY WEAPONS CREWMEMBERJuvenileslead blenderschillerizationWEFT STRAIGHTENER, WIRER, STREET LIGHT. (references)

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Modern Usage: Leading Light

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Leading Light (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Leading Light

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

   

Romanian

  

far de aliniament. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

önemli ve etkili kimse. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Leading Light

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Leading Light


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)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01001100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#97 &#100 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 0061 0064 0069 006E 0067      004C 0069 0067 0068 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4671677075807324675737486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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