twilight
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transparent
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translucid
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glance
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lambency
photopsia
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shimmer
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shine
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play
fadeaway
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limpid
black
dazzle
poke out
veily
dark space
Tyndall effect
multilight
transluce
diffraction
winkle
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umbra
opaqueness
twinkle
scintillate
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clearness
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opaque
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lambency
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play
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noun
- Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
verb
adj
noun
- One or more very small, short bursts of light.
- Correction fluid or correction tape.
- The chaffinch.
- A very short moment of time.
- A young, attractive, slim male, usually having little body hair.
- A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
- A player (or character created by a player) in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game who engages in obnoxious or abusive behaviour, especially one who uses a higher level character to give advanced equipment to one of their own lower-level characters.
verb
adj
- Of light: cloudy, opaque.
- Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
- Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
- Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
- Dirty, filthy.
- Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
- Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
- Of an image: blurry or dim.
- Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
- Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
- Soiled with feces.
- Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
- Not clear.
verb
- To become contaminated or impure.
- To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
- To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
- To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
- To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
- Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
- To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
- To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
- To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
noun
noun
- a momentary flash of light
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
verb
adj
- Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
- Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
- Brilliant and vivacious.
noun
adj
- Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
- Thick; difficult to penetrate.
- Obscure, or difficult to understand.
- Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.
- Having relatively high density.
- Compact; crowded together.
- Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See the Wikipedia article on dense sets for a mathematical definition.
noun
noun
noun
adj
- See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
- Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
- Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
- Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- Of an image or animated gif, having parts that do not overwrite the color of the background the image is placed over.
- Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
noun
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
- The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
- A pool.
- Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
- Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
- The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
- A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
- A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
- A form of military insignia.
- A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
- A flashlight; an electric torch.
- The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
- A very short amount of time.
- A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
- A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
verb
- To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
- To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
- To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
- To burst out into violence.
- To send by some startling or sudden means.
- To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
- To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
- To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
- To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
- To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
- To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
- To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
- To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
- To perform a flash.
- To be visible briefly.
- To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
- To make visible briefly.
- To communicate quickly.
adj
noun
noun
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Ignorance.
- Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
adj
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
- Off the air; not transmitting.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- Having racing capability not widely known.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Extinguished.
- Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
verb
noun
- Any device that or spreads out or scatters light, making the light appear softer.
- Any person or thing that diffuses.
- A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
- A hairdryer attachment that diffuses the flow of air.
- A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system.
- A shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties.
- A cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source.
- An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles.
adj
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- Obtuse, stupid.
- Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
- Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
verb
noun
adj
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- darkened by clouds
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- of relatively large extent and density
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- prodigious
- full and loud and deep
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- slow and laborious because of weight
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- sharply inclined
- full of; bearing great weight
- requiring or showing effort
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
adj
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- of great intensity or power or force
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
noun
adv
adj
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- not keenly felt
- not having a sharp edge or point
adj
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- (of business) not active or brisk
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- darkened with overcast
verb
adj
adj
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- vile; despicable
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- violating accepted standards or rules
- unethical or dishonest
- unpleasantly stormy
verb
adj
noun
- a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
- a shape that spreads outward
- a sudden burst of flame
- reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
- a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms
- a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
- an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
- a sudden outburst of emotion
- a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
- a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
- (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
verb
noun
- The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
- Secrecy; concealment.
- The product of being dark.
- Gloom; gloominess; depression.
- Hell.
- The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
- Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
noun
- A sudden flash of light or splendour.
- An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
- Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- A brief or cursory look.
- A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
- A deflection.
- Glance coal.
verb
- To look briefly (at something).
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
- A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.
- To sparkle.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
- To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- To graze at a surface.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- an alert and refreshed state
- light from nonthermal sources
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- a steady even light without flames
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
verb
noun
- The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.
- A style of electronic music, being a form of hardcore characterized by discordant sounds; darkcore.
- The side that is distressing or undesirable.
- Synonym of farside (“the side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits”)
- Synonym of nightside (“the side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits”)
- The side that is evil.
adj
- Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
- Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
- Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
- Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth.
- Overly sweet.
- Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
- Tending to produce nausea.
- Lacking intensity or vigour.
- Frequently ill or in poor health.
verb
adv
noun
- Brightness from reflected light.
- Shoeshine.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- Brightness from a source of light.
- Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
- Sunshine.
- A liking for a person; a fancy.
- The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
verb
- To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- To reflect light.
- To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
- To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
noun
- a weak and tremulous light
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
- The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
- A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
noun
- The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- The edge of home plate.
- A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- The black ball.
- A black dye or pigment.
- A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.)
- A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- The person playing with the black set of pieces.
- Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- Marijuana.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- Black cloth hung up at funerals.
verb
- To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
- To make black; to blacken.
- To apply blacking to (something).
adj
- Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red (“of the hearts or diamonds suit”)
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white (“said of a character or symbol outline, not filled with color”).
- Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
- Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Anarchist; of or pertaining to anarchism.
- Overcrowded.
- Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- Without light.
- Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
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