The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LANTERNS , but the solution may also be LAMP which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in USA Today).
Source of illumination crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LANTERNS | 50 % | 8 |
| LAMP | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Source of illumination
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- light source
- illuminating
- illuminated
- ambient light
- lighting
- illuminate
- transillumination
- illuminates
- illumining
- illuminance
- luminescence
- light beam
Crossword Answer definitions
LANTERNS noun- A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
- Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
- An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
- A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
- (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
- A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
- A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- Aristotle's lantern
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LANTERNS
- Japanese or magic items
- The "two" in "two if by sea"
- Floaters in a Japanese ceremony
- Light sources
- Kerosene burners
- Portable lights
- Party decorations from China or Japan.
- Portable lights.
- Signals for Paul Revere.
- Source of illumination.