Brightness: alternatives and connections

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

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The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

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A glimpse, glance, or gleam.

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To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening…

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To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

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To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

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To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

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A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

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Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of…

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One who lusts.

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Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.

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A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.

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Alt. of Radiancy

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The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.

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Alt. of Refulgency

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The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

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The act of scintillating.

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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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A little spark; a scintillation.

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Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.

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The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

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See Brite, v. i.

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See Brite, v. i.

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See Brite, v. i.

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See Brite, v. i.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

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The quality or state of being smart.

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The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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