scintillate
41glint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. luster, brightness, gleam. v. i. flash, gleam, glisten, scintillate. See light. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glimmer, gleam, shimmer; see light 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sparkle, gleam, flash,… …
42glisten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. glister, gleam, glint, glitter, coruscate. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shine, sparkle, shimmer, flicker, flash; see also shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …
43glitter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. & n. flash, gleam, twinkle, glisten, glint, sparkle. See light, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sparkle, shimmer, gleam; see light 1 . v. Syn. glare, shimmer, sparkle, flash; see shine 1 . See …
44shimmer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flicker, glimmer, gleam, sheen, glint, twinkle. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glisten, glow, gleam, flash; see shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. flash… …
45spangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sequin, paillette, ornament, bead, gem, stud, bauble, trinket, sparkler. v. t. bespangle, jewel, stud, ornament, decorate. v. i. sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintillate, coruscate. See light. II (Roget …
46stencil — [14] Stencil was originally a verb, meaning ‘decorate with bright colours’. It came from Old French estenceler ‘cause to sparkle’, a derivative of estencele ‘spark’. This was descended from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, an alteration of Latin… …
47tinsel — [16] Tinsel is etymologically something that ‘sparkles’. Its ultimate source is Latin scintilla ‘spark’, which has also given English scintillate [17]. This was altered in the postclassical period to *stincilla, which passed into Old French as… …
48scintillation — 1620s, from L. scintilationem, noun of action from pp. stem of scintillare (see SCINTILLATE (Cf. scintillate)) …
49σπινθηροβολοῦντα — σπινθηροβολέω scintillate pres part act neut nom/voc/acc pl (attic epic doric) σπινθηροβολέω scintillate pres part act masc acc sg (attic epic doric) …
50stencil — [14] Stencil was originally a verb, meaning ‘decorate with bright colours’. It came from Old French estenceler ‘cause to sparkle’, a derivative of estencele ‘spark’. This was descended from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, an alteration of Latin… …
