an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
(noun) an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an earlier poem / (noun) a formal retraction
(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise
(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a portent / (adjective) eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious / (adjective) being a grave or serious matter / (adjective) self-consciously solemn or important; pompous / (adjective) ponderously excessive
the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe