Lightwood may refer to:
Trees
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Acacia implexa'', Australian tree
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Fatwood
Fatwood, also known as "fat lighter", "lighter wood", "rich lighter", "pine knot", "lighter knot", "heart pine", "fat stick" or "lighter'd", is derived from the heartwood of pine trees. The stump (and tap root) that is left in the ground after a ...
, the resinous core of the pine tree, in the Southern United States
Places
United Kingdom
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Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent
Lightwood is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is located to the south of Longton Longton may refer to several places:
* Longton, Kansas, United States
* Longton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
* Longton, Staffordshire, United K ...
, Staffordshire
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Lightwood, Derbyshire
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Lightwood, Ditton Priors
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Lightwood, Hinstock
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Lightwood, Staffordshire Moorlands
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Lightwood Reservoir
Lightwood Reservoir is an empty reservoir near the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, and associated wildlife reserve. Formerly operated by Severn Trent Water, the land is now owned by Nestlé and is the source of their Pure Life bottled water.
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, in Derbyshire
United States
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Lightwood, Alabama, United States, a
place in Elmore County
* Lightwood House, plantation house in Virginia
People with the name
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Ray Lightwood
Raymond Lightwood (1922–2001) was a British medical engineer who developed the first variable rate heart pacemaker, together with Leon Abrams at the University of Birmingham.
Ray Lightwood was born in Coventry. He was educated at Birchfield ...
(1922–2001), British medical engineer
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Reginald Cyril Lightwood
Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language.
Etymology and history
The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...
, writing in 1935, namesake of
Lightwood–Albright syndrome
Lightwood–Albright syndrome is a neonatal form of renal tubular acidosis. It is characterized by distal renal tubular acidosis that occurs as a result of bicarbonate wasting and the inability to excrete hydrogen ions. By definition, it is a trans ...
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Simon Lightwood
Simon Robert Lightwood (born 15 December 1980) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield since the 2022 by-election, following the resignation of Conservative MP, Imran Ahmad Khan, who resigned foll ...
(born 1979/1980), British politician
Fictional characters
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Alec Lightwood
This is a list of the main characters from ''The Mortal Instruments'' series by Cassandra Clare, including the novels '' City of Bones'', ''City of Ashes'', '' City of Glass'', ''City of Fallen Angels'', '' City of Lost Souls'', and ''City of He ...
and
Isabelle Lightwood
This is a list of the main characters from ''The Mortal Instruments'' series by Cassandra Clare, including the novels '' City of Bones'', '' City of Ashes'', '' City of Glass'', ''City of Fallen Angels'', '' City of Lost Souls'', and '' City of ...
, from ''The Mortal Instruments'' novels by Cassandra Clare
* Maryse, Max and Robert Lightwood,
secondary characters from the same novels
Other uses
* ''Lightwood'', 1939 novel by
Brainard Cheney
Brainard Cheney (June 3, 1900 – January 15, 1990) was an American novelist, playwright, speechwriter and essayist from Georgia who was associated with the Southern Agrarians literary movement
Cheney's writing career covered four decades. He pu ...
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Lightwood's law, in paediatric medicine
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Lightwood Hoard
The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with per ...
, found near Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent
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