Word Finder - halo

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A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

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A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.

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Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.

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Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.

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The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

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(iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head

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A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.

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A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.

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To encircle with a halo.

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• inaureole

The angel Jeffrey's halo may be rusty.

The heads are surrounded with a kind of head-dress or halo and one wears a necklace.

A Brescian friar relates that a halo of light was seen to flash round his head, and the citizens remembered his awful prophecies when in 1512 their town was put to the sack by Gaston de Foix.

In that world some structure was still being erected and did not fall, something was still stretching out, and the candle with its red halo was still burning, and the same shirtlike sphinx lay near the door; but besides all this something creaked, there was a whiff of fresh air, and a new white sphinx appeared, standing at the door.

Less brilliant are the parhelia of the outer halo.

Changing shape of the circumscribed halo with solar altitude.

Our measurements of the HI in our Galaxy have given us insight into the dark matter halo around our Galaxy.

Billy hit the dirty floor of the garage with a soft thud, a pool of blood surrounding his head like a halo.

Today, games, like the popular Halo or Runescape, invite multiple players to compete with one another in full 3D interactive worlds or even play alone with interactive technology.

In the circular form it constitutes a natural and even primitive use of the idea of a crown, modified by an equally simple idea of the emanation of light from the head of a superior being, or by the meteorological phenomenon of a halo.

As the sun rises, the rays enter the prisms more and more obliquely, and the angle of minimum deviation increases; but since the emergent ray makes the same angle with the refracting edge as the incident ray, it follows that the parhelia will remain on the parhelic circle, while receding from the inner halo.

Auburn curls formed a halo around her pale face.

Brandon towered over her - the living room light forming a halo around his tall muscular frame.

Caleb began to hurry, and in her haste to keep up with the halo in front of him, she stumbled, falling to her knees and rolling to her side in the wet mud.

The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and looked up to with reverent awe.

I'm now 7 weeks into a 13 week period of wearing a halo brace.

The slow exposure, produced a ghostly halo around the fish.

A child in the snow surrounded by a halo of gold goes shaking the heavy branches.

Theories of halo nucleus scattering often use an approximation in which the halo nucleus scattering often use an approximation in which the halo is appeared frozen during the collision.

A romantic heroine is often backlit to create a halo effect on her hair.

Then it was down to the developers to make matchmaking and stuuf like in Halo 2. Hopefully the 360's live service will be better.

The central figure might have a nimbus or halo, indicating that he is a saint, so perhaps the other figures represent demons.

Theories of halo nucleus scattering often use an approximation in which the halo is appeared frozen during the collision.

The existence of the dark halo is inferred from its gravitational pull on the visible matter.

Halo phytes.Plants which grow in very saline soils; e.g., Tr-iglochin iritimum, Salicornia spp., Zygophyllum cornutum, Aster Tnhum, Artemisia maritima.

While my days at Radcliffe were still in the future, they were encircled with a halo of romance, which they have lost; but in the transition from romantic to actual I have learned many things I should never have known had I not tried the experiment.

The clouds contain ice crystals which refract the light to give the halo effect.

Red light is refracted more strongly than blue giving the halo its red inner edge.

It was a stumpy figure with a round face and a hat like a black halo.

With the introduction of the Snuza Halo, however, parents can breathe a little easier.

In between running around after her two boys, she is the Product Manager for Snuza Halo Baby Movement Monitors.

The Snuza Halo is a portable breathing monitor, specifically designed for babies, that monitors baby's smallest breathing movements.

The Snuza Halo is clipped over the waistband of baby's diaper, where it senses baby's belly movements.

This includes the Snuza Halo, an Instructional DVD with an Infant First Aid and Healthcare section that tells parents how to perform Rescue Breathing and CPR.

Information on how the monitor works, along with product testimonials and instruction video clip, can be found about the Snuza Halo on the product website at Snuza.

These growths usually begin developing as small red dots commonly found on the upper torso or head and surrounded by a pale halo.

The Xbox 360 from Microsoft is well known for its library of first-person and third-person shooter games like Gears of War, Halo and Call of Duty.

The Xbox launched with Halo, which saw tremendous success and continues to do so.

Halo 2 was an even bigger hit, and set records for being the highest grossing release in entertainment history.

Halo cat rood is manufactured using holistic health care principles.

Andi Brown, a cat lover, founded the Halo pet food company.

The idea of healthy cat food took hold and that original recipe is now known as Halo's signature product, "Spot's Stew".

Halo cat food has a tag line - "Purely for Pets".

The Halo pet food company is dedicated to making the lives of furry family members better, thus ensuring they live a long and happy life.

Try Halo's Cloud Nine Herbal Dip, or ask your veterinarian for a recommendation.

Around the rim or edge of the mirror, known as diffuse or halo lighting, and are often seen in circular mirrors.

If you play games like Halo, Call of Duty, or Guitar Hero, you can also connect your Wii, Xbox 360, or Play Station 3 into the Internet and play against other people all across the world.

Each seven-inch angel comes with its own tinsel halo.

Each breed comes dressed in an angelic robe with wings and halo, and is priced at $35.99.

The whole series this month started out with our first guest, Andi Brown, a New York Times bestselling author and the founder of Halo, Purely for Pets.