Word Parts - lum, luc, luco, luci, lux, lucence, lucent...

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lum, luc, luco, luci, lux, lucence, lucent, lumin, lumen - Latin for light, shine.

lucid - clear, understandable; antelucan - being before light; pellucid - let light through; luminary - someone who is a leader; lumens - measurement of light; triboluminescent - producing light by friction; illuminate - light up; translucent - let light through; circumlucid - bright on every side; lucific - light producing; lux - measure of illumination of one lumen per square meter; noctiluca - plankton that produces light; relucent - reflecting light.

And for you...
bioluminescence, luminist, elucubrate, elucid, illuminate, luminologist, luminosity, phillumenist, sonoluminescent, stenolumic, transillumination.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary