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Tropical Definition–adjective | 1. | pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, esp. the humid tropics: tropical flowers. |
| 2. | very hot and humid: a tropical climate. |
| 3. | designed for use in the tropics or in very hot weather (often used in combination): tropical-weight woolens. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to either or both of the astronomical tropics. |
| 5. | pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical. |
–noun | 6. | tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, esp. summer weather. |
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Candle Definition–noun | 1. | a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. |
| 2. | something resembling a candle in appearance or use. |
| 3. | Optics.
| b. | Also called international candle. a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps: used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard. |
| c. | a unit of luminous intensity, equal to the luminous intensity of a wax candle of standard specifications: used prior to 1909 as the international standard. Abbreviation: c., c |
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–verb (used with object) | 4. | to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertility, etc., by holding them up to a bright light. |
| 5. | to hold (a bottle of wine) in front of a lighted candle while decanting so as to detect sediment and prevent its being poured off with the wine. |
—Idioms| 6. | burn the candle at both ends. burn (def. 43). |
| 7. | hold a candle to, to compare favorably with (usually used in the negative): She's smart, but she can't hold a candle to her sister. |
| 8. | worth the candle, worth the trouble or effort involved (usually used in the negative): Trying to win them over to your viewpoint is not worth the candle. |
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