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| coruscate |
to give off flashes of light; sparkle; glitter. |
| crystal |
a piece of a certain substance that is made when the substance changes from a liquid to a solid. In becoming solid, as when water turns to ice, this type of substance takes on a structure that has a repeating pattern of flat surfaces. These flat surfaces reflect light and can make the substance sparkle when looked at from different directions. [1/5 definitions] |
| glint |
to give off small flashes of reflected light. [1/3 definitions] |
| glisten |
to shine or sparkle with reflected light. |
| glitter |
to shine brightly; sparkle. [2/3 definitions] |
| lackluster |
lacking shine or sparkle; dull. [1/2 definitions] |
| outsparkle |
combined form of sparkle. |
| scintillate |
to sparkle or flash. [1/4 definitions] |
| spangle |
to shine or sparkle with or like spangles. [1/4 definitions] |
| sparkle |
to cause to sparkle. [1/9 definitions] |
| twinkle |
to flicker or sparkle in the light, as a gem or other shiny object. [1/6 definitions] |
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