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- noun Plural form of
candle .
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Examples
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The usage rate for fragrance in candles is surprisingly high.
Candlemaking - Wick Centering & Fragrancing Anne-Marie 2007
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The usage rate for fragrance in candles is surprisingly high.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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MAKGABO: South African children lighting what they call candles of hope.
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My parents were not overly stressed by this, they still had hundreds of candles from the 70's and the power cuts back then, but as a teenager with no real memories of such disruption, I found myself back then wanting to see the government win.
Archive 2009-03-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Choose candles that are made from beeswax, soy or palm wax rather than paraffin candles made from petroleum by-products, a non-renewable resource.
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Additional inventions by Meucci include: an improved propellant for fireworks (1825), an advanced way to chemically preserve corpses (1849), and paraffin candles (1860).
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And the information about candles is good to know, I will seek out better alternatives.
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The service therefore in most cases will end in broad daylight, and the ceremony of extinguishing the candles is rendered largely without its intended effect.
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"I'll not be wastin 'candles when I make a strike, savve!" the pocket-miner remarked savagely to the coffee, which he was settling with a chunk of ice.
CHAPTER 13 2010
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My parents were not overly stressed by this, they still had hundreds of candles from the 70's and the power cuts back then, but as a teenager with no real memories of such disruption, I found myself back then wanting to see the government win.
My memories of the miners strike Norfolk Blogger 2009
Prolagus commented on the word candles
I hate candle light.
April 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word candles
Not candles, just the light?
April 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word candles
Heehee, third WeirdNet!
I love candles and candle light.
April 4, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word candles
I hate candles when they are the only light in the room.
And people who think it's refined.
April 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word candles
But surely they're okay during blackouts? Or do you prefer flashlights? :-)
April 4, 2008