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