candle /kanˈdl/

1. A block, usu a cylinder, of wax, tallow or the like surrounding a wick, burned to give light
2. Something resembling this in appearance or function
3. A photometric unit
4. (also new candle) candela
5. (international candle or standard candle) a former unit of luminous intensity
6. A jet in a gas stove
7. A luminary (literary)

To test (an egg) for freshness by holding up before a candle or other light

canˈdler noun

canˈdleberry noun

The wax myrtle or bayberry (Myrica cerifera), or its fruit

candle bomb noun

A small glass container filled with water, that explodes when placed in a candle flame

canˈdle-coal same as cannel

canˈdle-dipping noun

The method of making candles by dipping instead of moulding

canˈdle-doup see under doup

canˈdle-end noun

The end-piece of a burned-out candle

canˈdlefish noun

1. See eulachon
2. A W American fish, Anaplopoma fimbria, cheek-armoured and spiny-finned, the black candlefish

canˈdle-holder noun

1. A candlestick or candelabrum
2. A person who holds a candle to provide light for another while working or reading
3. Hence someone who abets, connives or assists

canˈdlelight noun

1. The light of a candle
2. Illumination by candles
3. The time when candles are lighted, dusk

canˈdle-lighter noun

1. A person whose job it is to light candles
2. A spill

canˈdlelit adjective

1. Lit by candles
2. Done or performed by the light of candles

canˈdlenut noun

The oil-yielding fruit of a species of a tropical tree (Aleurites mollucana) of the Pacific Islands

canˈdle-paring adjective

Miserly, stingy or parsimonious

canˈdle-power noun

1. The illuminating power of a source of light
2. A former name for luminous intensity

canˈdle-snuffer noun

A person or device that snuffs out candles (see snuff²; also figurative)

canˈdlestick noun

A portable stand for a candle, orig a stick or piece of wood

canˈdle-tree noun

A tropical American tree (Parmentiera cerifera) with candle-like pods

canˈdle-waster noun (old slang)

Someone who studies late

canˈdlewick noun

1. A soft cotton tufted material used for bedspreads, etc
2. The wick of a candle

canˈdlewood noun

The wood of various West Indian and Mexican resinous trees

burn the candle at both ends

To exhaust oneself by attempting to do too much, usu by going to bed late and getting up early for work

do a candle

Of a parachute, to fail to open out properly

not fit to hold a candle to (derogatory)

1. Not to be compared with
2. Very inferior to

sell by the candle (historical)

To offer for sale by auction as long as a small piece of candle burns, the successful bid being the one made just before it goes out

the game is not worth the candle

The thing is not worth the effort or expense required

standard /stanˈdərd/

1. An established or accepted model
2. (often in pl) a principle of behaviour or morality
3. A criterion
4. A definite level of excellence or adequacy required, aimed at, or possible
5. An overall level achieved
6. An authorized model for a unit of measurement
7. The legally required weight and purity of the metal used in coins
8. The commodity, eg gold or silver, that is taken as the basis of value in a currency
9. A measure of wood in board form, equivalent to 4.7 cubic metres, 165 cubic feet or 1980 board-feet (board-foot = a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick)
10. A flag or military symbolic figure on a pole, marking a rallying point
11. A rallying point (also figurative)
12. A long tapering flag notched and rounded at the end, bearing heraldic symbols and fixed in the ground (heraldry)
13. A flag generally
14. A regimental flag
15. A standard-bearer
16. A standing shrub or tree not trained on an espalier or a wall
17. A fruit tree or other tree grafted and trained so as to have an upright stem without branches
18. An upright post, pillar, stick
19. A tree left growing amidst coppice
20. A song or piece of music that has remained popular over the years
21. A class or grade in an elementary school
22. The uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower
23. A streaming wing feather
24. A structure erected at a conduit (obsolete)
25. An accepted authoritative statement of a church's creed
26. That which stands or is fixed

1. Serving as or conforming to a standard
2. Of the normal, regular quality, size, etc, without additions or variations
3. Of accepted and enduring value
4. Growing as a standard
5. Standing upright

standardīzāˈtion or standardīsāˈtion noun

standˈardize or standˈardise transitive verb

To make, or keep, of uniform size, shape, etc

standˈardizer or standˈardiser noun

standard assessment task noun (education)

In England and Wales, a component of the standardized testing procedures employed, as part of the national curriculum, to determine a pupil's level of attainment in a particular subject (abbrev SAT)

standard atmosphere noun

1. 101325 newtons per square metre, or 1013250 dynes per square centimetre
2. A standard of measurement of atmospheric conditions used in comparing the performance of aircraft (aeronautics, etc)

standˈard-bearer noun

1. A person who carries a standard or banner
2. An outstanding leader

standard bread noun

Bread made with flour containing 80 per cent of the wholewheat including germ and semolina

Standˈardbred noun

A breed of horse orig developed in the USA as harness racehorses for trotting or pacing to a standard minimum speed

adjective

Relating to this breed of horses

standard candle see candle

standard cost noun

An estimated cost of a manufacturing process, etc against which the actual cost is assessed

standard deviation noun

In a frequency distribution, the root of the average of the squares of the differences from their mean of a number of observations, used as a measure of dispersion

standard English noun

The form of English taught in schools, etc, and used, esp in formal situations, by the majority of educated English-speakers

standard error noun

1. Standard deviation
2. Standard deviation divided by the root of the number of observations in a sample

standard gauge see under gauge

Standard grade noun

1. A former educational qualification awarded in Scotland
2. A subject offered, or satisfactory assessment obtained, at Standard grade

standardized mortality rate noun (medicine)

The ratio of observed to expected deaths in a subpopulation (abbrev SMR)

standard lamp noun

A lamp on a tall support

standard of living noun

A measure indicating the relative wealth and comfort in which people live

standard solution noun

A solution of known concentration, used for purposes of comparison, commonly containing the equivalent, in grammes, of the solute to a litre of solution (normal solution) or some simple fraction (as decinormal, one-tenth normal)

standard temperature and pressure noun

A temperature of 0ºC and a pressure of 101325N/m² (abbrev stp)

standard wing noun

A bird of paradise of the Moluccas with a pair of erectile white feathers at the bend of the wing

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