Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Capable of, suitable for, or exhibiting luminescence.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Characterized by luminescence.
Wiktionary
- adj. emitting light by luminescence
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. emitting light not caused by heat
Etymologies
- From stem of Latin lumen ("light") + -escent (Wiktionary)
- Latin lūmen, lūmin-, light; see lumen + -escent. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This glowing Martian baby lamp also comes in luminescent orange and blue.”
“In a few years flat TV screens in luminescent plastic may have become a reality.”
“Some of the most 'luminescent' individuals are almost without words - they operate within a”
“I distinctly remember reading a Stephen King books with an alien kinda species on the cover which was a luminescent green.”
“Inside, LED lighting pulses in reds, pinks and purples across robot-carved shelves of horizontal luminescent Corian in Strawberry Ice.”
“The television was on and set to full-blazes, the walls a luminescent, cavernous bluish-gray.”
“It's interesting, but less striking than Jaar's recent luminescent Don't Break My Love, which is still free to download at clownandsunset.com.”
“Lubricating my limber legs with a creamy lotion that electrifies my luminescent captivation, lustrously.”
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“Her soul soaked them up, engorging itself, manifesting in a luminescent radiant glow through her skin, reflecting back into her environment.”
“My face is pretty enough - some might even say lovely - but not as luminescent as the pearl I'm named for.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘luminescent’.
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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Interesting
iridescent, luminescent, gossamer, blithe, illusory, halo, cygnet, covet, bloody, iris, pruinose, limerence and 15 more...
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bling
( open list, visual, light, descriptive )
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sparkle, shine, gleam, glisten, shimmer, gloss, pearly, opalescent, iridescent, prismatic, multifaceted, glow and 35 more... -
Light Adjectives
lucid, bright, fluorescent, luminous, lustrous, vivid, radiant, shining, clear, brilliant, scintillant, unclouded and 10 more...
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More Light!
light, lamp, Betty lamp, lightbulb, floor lamp, lantern, candle, gas mantle, Davy lamp, Geordie lamp, limelight, spotlight and 50 more...
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Lillyjames's Words
uncategorized words that I enjoy
replete, unabashed, dauntless, ubiquitous, fanged, blush, flush, murmur, mercurial, dishevelled, decrepit, raven and 146 more...
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Morthalion's Words
supercilious, kvetch, kvass, splurge, erroneous, pugnacious, macabre, gauche, conglomerate, abyss, paraphernalia, kleptomania and 285 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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zanshin's Words
gargoyle, ennui, paradigm, aardvark, verisimilitude, ghoti, tenacity, nescience, guillemet, squonk, maven, moxie and 210 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (L)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
labyrinth, lace, lad, lady fingers, lagoon, lamb, lament, lammas, lantern, larkspur, lass, lauds and 92 more...
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junemoonchild's Favorite Words
Aubrey, astrology, Cancer, Taurus, dybbuk, enchantress, love, mystery, mysteriarch, spirit, melancholy, disintegration and 129 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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words i love
mahogany, serenity, quell, requiem, parhelion, echo, surfacing, ethereal, melodic, vivid, sirenic, sprightly and 122 more...
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kenspeckle's Words
kenspeckle, milquetoast, effluvium, kaboom, maelstrom, ennui, alpenglow, defenestration, schadenfreude, autochthonous, obstreperous, lachrymose and 124 more...
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luckylime's Words
cacophony, cascade, trigger, crunch, vellum paper, arduous, luminescent, voluminous, euphoric, bucolic, diaphanous, danger and 162 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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