streak of light
61in all likelihood — adverb Very probably; almost certainly. I can now conjecture readily that this streak of light was, in all likelihood, a gleam from a lantern carried by some one across the lawn …
62lowness — noun The property of being low. Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to… …
63meteor — noun a) Any atmospheric phenomenon. (Thus the derivation of meteorology.) These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost) …
64shooting star — noun a) A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. b) Any of several wild plants in the Dodecatheon genus of flowering plants mostly found in Western North… …
65Oven murder — The oven murder (Finnish: uunisurma) refers to the murder of Hilkka Hillevi Saarinen (born 1 November 1927)[1], in the village of Krootila in the municipality of Kokemäki, Finland in December 1960. The event is one of Finland s best known cases… …
66accommodation phosphene — the streak of light surrounding the visual field seen in the dark after accommodation …
67falling star — bright streak of light that occurs when a meteor enters the earth s atmosphere …
68lightning — light·ning || laɪtnɪŋ n. flash or streak of light in the sky caused by the discharge of an electric spark in a thundercloud adj. of or pertaining to lightning …
69lightnings — light·ning || laɪtnɪŋ n. flash or streak of light in the sky caused by the discharge of an electric spark in a thundercloud adj. of or pertaining to lightning …
70Milky Way — galaxy in which we are located; streak of light in the night sky, river of fire in the night sky …
