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light

(Easy), adjective breezy, carefree, cushy, debonair, effortless, facile, lighthearted, manageable, not burdensome, not complex, not complicated, not difficult, not involved, nothing to it, painless, plain, simple, smooth, straightforward, uncomplicated

light

(Entertaining), adjective amusing, animated, beamish, bird-witted, blithe, blithesome, breezy, capricious, carefree, changeable, cheerful, cheery, comical, debonair, distracting, diverting, easygoing, elated, erratic, fickle, flighty, flyaway, free and easy, frivolous, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, happy as a lark, happy-go-lucky, humorous, impulsive, in good or high spirits, inconsequential, inconstant, insouciant, irresponsible, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, jubilant, laughing, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, optimistic, out in left field, out to lunch, petty, pleasing, pleasurable, positive, recreative, riant, scatterbrained, skittish, smiling, sportive, sunny, superficial, trivial, unimportant, untroubled, upbeat, volatile, witty

light

(Weightless), adjective airy, buoyant, diluted, feathery, floatable, floating, fluffy, light as a feather, light as air, lighter than air, slender, slight, superficial, thin, unsubstantial, watered down

light

(Daylight), noun crack of dawn, dawn, day, daylight hours, daytime, starlight, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, sunup, visibility

light

(Illumination), noun beaming, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, clearness, comprehension, effulgence, flood of light, fluorescence, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glitter, glow, glowing, incandescence, irradiation, knowledge, lambency, lightness, luminescence, luminosity, luminous energy, luminousness, luster, openness, publicity, radiance, radiation, sheen, shine, shining, sparkle, sunlight, understanding
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She was on her way to New York for a wedding and surrendered the lighter - engraved with dolphins - with no questions asked, saying, ``It's not like I can't find another lighter with dolphins on it.

ITEMS CONFISCATED FROM TRAVELERS AT AIRPORTS ON THE RISE

In the meantime, the company is moving forward with applications for truck trailer side panels--10-ft X 53-ft laminated panels finished with UV-cured automotive-quality paint finishes that are lighter and stronger than current designs--as well as products for the marine, aerospace, and office products markets.

The natural choice: mixing natural fibers like hemp and kenaf with thermoplastics put FlexForm on the map--and in the door panels of Chrysler's Sebring convertible. However, the combination of rising oil prices and exterior applications could drive its utilization even higher

Accelerant was found round the door of the house and a man found the empty lighter fluid tin in a nearby back garden.

Lighter-fuel clue to arson attack which killed child

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has changed a rule banning unfilled lighters in checked luggage on US airliners.

US removes ban on unfilled lighters

As long as you get it with a Garden Salad with light dressing and broccoli or fresh fruit, you'll beat anything else on the Lighter Fare menu.

Bob Evans

The author notes that the cigarette lighter, with its striker, fuel and wick was invented less than a century ago and was once available in every style and shape.

Weekend: Antiques/collecting - All lit up for auction; Old cigarette lighters are auction room favourites. Could it soon be glass milk bottles? asks Richard Edmonds

In an amusing play on designs, Dunhill also manufactured a silver plate table lighter called the Giant Unique which was identical in shape to a pocket lighter,but about 10 times bigger.

antiques: Igniting a passion for lighters

The key to achieving this was replacing the Pico Sliders attached to the drive's heads, which maintain the appropriate distance from the disk during read and write operations, with Femto Sliders that are 35 percent smaller and much lighter.

Toshiba's new 100GB 2.5-inch HDD offers world's highest capacity

Bic, with more than $18 million in drug store sales over the past year, has steadily enhanced its offerings since debuting its first disposable lighter in 1973.

Lighters mainstay at checkstand

A jury recently awarded the child $5 million in damages in a lawsuit against BIC, the alleged maker of the lighter involved.

BIC lighters loses lawsuit in Texas case

If anything hurts, do less, do lighter or move in a different way.

Stress patterns & the Trager[R] approach: Arida Emrys teaches us new ways to move and relax. (Breath & Movement)

Many girls make tile mistake of using a shade lighter than their skin, but that actually highlights blemishes when you want to erase them.