Light

John M.
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  1. scintillate
    emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  2. fluoresce
    exhibit or undergo fluorescence
  3. lambency
    an appearance of reflected light
  4. gleam
    a flash of light
  5. glimmer
    a flash of light
  6. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
  7. glitter
    the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  8. glint
    a momentary flash of light
  9. shine
    emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
  10. nitid
    bright with a steady but subdued shining
  11. agleam
    bright with a steady but subdued shining
  12. glow
    emit a steady even light without flames
  13. incandescence
    light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
  14. radiance
    an attractive combination of good health and happiness
  15. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Created on Fri Sep 21 20:38:42 EDT 2007

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