luminescent

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  1. adjective Capable of, suitable for, or exhibiting luminescence.

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  • She had stopped grooming herself; her wing feathers were droopy and creased, her hooded blue bio-luminescent eyes were dull, and her glorious blue-black glossy hair hung in salty honey-sticky twisted loops. —  Harpy Thyme
  • The intruders interfered with his control over the Stronghold's machinery This presence took on a luminescent, humanoid form within his mind as it wrestled into the pattern of transference in his mind. —  Loren L
  • The spear point, glancing off, dug a deep furrow from the twisted jaw to the staring eyes, and a flood of deep, luminescent, reddish blood stained and clouded the atmosphere of the room. —  Dickson, Gordon - Childe Cycle 02 Necromancer
  • They had been spotted during two previous CRC expeditions: luminescent, vaguely man-shaped apparitions that suddenly appeared in the close vicinity of timeships, then winked out of sight just as quickly as they had appeared. —  chronospace
  • Against the darkness, his words appear as a luminescent line: I cannot tell. —  Steele, Allen - [Near-Space 05] - A King of Infinite Space
 

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  1. Latin lūmen, lūmin-, light; see lumen + -escent.

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  1. from Latin luminare, shine, + -escent.
 

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