9-Letter Words Starting: LANT

• a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

• 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

• any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)