blink
twinkle
blicker
irradiate
belight
light up
bright
illuminate
alighten
sparkle
glower
coruscate
shine
luminant
illumine
lighten
glisten
catch the light
light
transluce
spot
leam
winkle
shiner
luciferous
scintillate
fluorescent
glowy
blaze
flare
spotlight
alight
beacon
glitter
flimmer
lamplight
outglow
retroilluminate
flame
lightness
staring
fire
reflect
nightlight
transluminescent
emblaze
lucent
luminiferous
luminous
incandescent
flush
radiate
outshine
kindling
irradiant
lightable
rutilant
gleam
wink
lit up
withering
adazzle
devastating
glowingness
aglow
annihilating
shed light on
lamplit
glowiness
crosslight
interilluminate
lightsome
flash
blue light
nitency
illumination
glimmer
flicker
in the light of
fulgorous
glint
inlighted
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luciferous
fluorescent
glowy
alight
staring
transluminescent
lucent
luminiferous
luminous
kindling
irradiant
lightable
rutilant
lit up
withering
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devastating
aglow
annihilating
lamplit
lightsome
light
fulgorous
inlighted
bright
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spot
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shiner
spotlight
lamplight
lightness
twinkle
nightlight
incandescent
glitter
glowingness
glowiness
blue light
nitency
illumination
blink
twinkle
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irradiate
belight
light up
bright
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alighten
sparkle
coruscate
shine
illumine
lighten
glisten
catch the light
light
transluce
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winkle
scintillate
blaze
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glitter
flimmer
outglow
retroilluminate
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fire
reflect
emblaze
flush
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crosslight
interilluminate
flash
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glint
verb
- To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
- To teleport, mostly for short distances.
- To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- To flash headlights on a car at.
- To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
- To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
- To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
- To flash on and off at regular intervals.
- To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
- To send a signal with a lighting device.
- To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
- To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
noun
- A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
- The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
- A glimpse or glance.
- An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
- The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
- gleam; glimmer; sparkle
- Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
- The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
verb
- To illuminate; to brighten; to shine light on.
- To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
- To emit rays; to shine.
- To animate by heat or light.
- To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria.
- To decorate with shining ornaments.
- To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
- To treat (a tumour or cancerous growth) with radiation.
adj
verb
- To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
- To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
- He saw Mary and his face lit up.
- To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower etc.
- To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
- Smoking in this building is not allowed, so I always step outside to light up.
- To make happy.
- To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
verb
- Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
- Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
adj
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
adv
- Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
- In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
noun
verb
- To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
- To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
- To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
noun
verb
- To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
- To reflect light.
- To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
- To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
- To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
- To distinguish oneself; to excel.
- To be immediately apparent.
- To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
- To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
noun
verb
- To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
- To become bright; to light up.
- To cause (the eyes) to see.
- To enlighten intellectually.
- To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
- To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
- To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
- To shine light on (something).
- To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
verb
- To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
- To become light or lighter in weight.
- To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
- To make less serious or more cheerful.
- To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
- To descend; to light.
- To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
- To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
- To become less serious or more cheerful.
- To make light or lighter in weight.
verb
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To start (a fire).
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To find by chance.
adv
adj
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- With low viscosity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- Served with extra milk or cream.
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
noun
- A low-alcohol lager.
- A source of illumination.
- A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- A cigarette lighter.
- The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
- The power of perception by vision.
noun
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A difficult situation.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A decimal point; point.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
adj
verb
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
noun
- something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
- any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
adj
- Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
- Of or relating to fluorescence.
- Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
- Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
noun
verb
- To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- To disclose; bewray; defame
- To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- To set in a blaze; burn.
- To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- To smoke marijuana.
- To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- To blazon
- To blow, as from a trumpet
- To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- To publish; announce publicly
- To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
noun
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- A hand consisting of five face cards.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
verb
- To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
- To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas (flare gas).
- To open outward in shape.
- To blaze brightly.
- To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
- To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- To suddenly happen or intensify.
- To suddenly erupt in anger.
- To cause inflammation; to inflame.
noun
- A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
- Bell-bottom trousers.
- The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
- A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
- A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.
- A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
- A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
- The increase in width of most ship hulls with increasing height above the waterline.
- A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
- A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
- An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).
- A sudden bright light.
adj
- Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
- Aglow with activity or emotion.
- Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
- Burning, lit, on fire.
verb
- Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
- Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
- Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
adv
verb
- To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
- To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
- To act as a beacon.
noun
- That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
- An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
- A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
- A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
- A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
- A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
noun
verb
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To forcibly direct (something).
- To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To set off an explosive in a mine.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
- To cauterize.
adj
noun
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
verb
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
- To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- To cause to blush.
- To cause to take flight from concealment.
- Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- To excite, inflame.
- To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
noun
- The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
adv
adj
verb
- To illuminate.
- To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
- To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
- To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
- To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
- To emit rays or waves.
- to spread into new habitats, migrate.
noun
adj
- Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
- Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
- Belonging to the Radiata.
- Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
- Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
- Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
verb
- To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.
- To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
- To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
- To close one's eyes.
- Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.
- Light that results from multiple sources and different directions.
- Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.
- One of differing points of view.
- A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.
- Multiple perspectives or points of view.
verb
- 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 break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
- To communicate quickly.
adj
- Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
- Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
- Having plenty of ready money.
- Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
noun
- 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.
- A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
- 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.
noun
- Someone or something that physically resembles the illuminating bright glow and/or displays a zeal figuratively reminiscent of the ardent burning intensity of the pyrotechnic light signal used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, light.
- A flashing light, usually fitted to an emergency vehicle.
- A mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for pyrotechnics, night-time signaling and general illumination.
- Visible light towards the blue end of the spectrum generated from the screen of an electronic device.
verb
English words for 'To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.'
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