glistening

  • 51aglisten — əˈ adjective Etymology: a (I) + glisten, v. : glistening the garden aglisten with dew * * * /euh glis euhn/, adj. refulgent; glistening. [1890 95; …

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  • 52glisteningly — adverb Etymology: glistening (present participle of glisten) (I) + ly : in a glistening manner black hair that shone glisteningly …

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  • 53stilbum — ˈstilbəm Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stilbon, neuter of stilbos glistening; akin to Greek stilpnos glistening and perhaps to Welsh syllu to gaze synonym of stilbella …

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  • 54Beady — Bead y, a. 1. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening. Beady eyes. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads. [1913 Webster] 3. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55C6H10O5 — Starch Starch, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st[ a]rke, fr. stark strong.] 1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening,… …

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  • 56Dog's mercury — Mercury Mer cu*ry, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of… …

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  • 57English mercury — Mercury Mer cu*ry, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of… …

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  • 58Good King Henry — Mercury Mer cu*ry, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of… …

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  • 59Horn mercury — Mercury Mer cu*ry, n. [L. Mercurius; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of… …

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  • 60Knebelite — Kne bel*ite, n. [From Major von Knebel.] (Min.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese. [1913 Webster] …

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