Bai·ly's beads 
(bālēz)
(bālēz)pl.n.
Dots or patches of sunlight visible along the edge of the darkened moon's disk in the seconds before and after totality during a full solar eclipse, caused by sunlight passing through valleys in the moon's uneven topography.
[After Francis Baily (1774-1844), British astronomer who first observed them in 1836.]
Baily's beadstotal solar eclipse
August 11, 1999
- Indo-European root: yeug-
- Indo-European root: yewes-
- Indo-European root: yewo-
- Indo-European root: yu-
- Indo-European root: yē-
- Indo-European root: yēr-
- Indo-European root: yē̆kwr̥
- Indo-European root: āter-
- Indo-European root: ōku-
- Indo-European root: ōs-
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- indoleacetic acid
- indoleamine
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- indomitability
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