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  • 41Light — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Light >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 light light ray beam stream gleam streak pencil Sgm: N 1 sunbeam sunbeam moonbeam Sgm: N 1 aurora aurora GRP: N 2 …

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  • 42flame — [14] Flame traces its history back to an Indo European *bhleg , *phleg , which also produced Greek phlóx ‘flame’ (source of English phlox, and related to phlegm and phlegmatic), Latin flāgrāre ‘burn, blaze’ (source of English flagrant), Latin… …

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  • 43flame — [14] Flame traces its history back to an Indo European *bhleg , *phleg , which also produced Greek phlóx ‘flame’ (source of English phlox, and related to phlegm and phlegmatic), Latin flāgrāre ‘burn, blaze’ (source of English flagrant), Latin… …

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  • 44effulgence — noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light • Syn: ↑radiance, ↑radiancy, ↑shine, ↑refulgence, ↑refulgency • Derivationally related forms: ↑refulgent (for …

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  • 45radiance — noun 1. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑glow, ↑glowing • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑visible light, ↑visible radiation …

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  • 46radiancy — noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light • Syn: ↑radiance, ↑shine, ↑effulgence, ↑refulgence, ↑refulgency • Derivationally related forms: ↑refulgent (for …

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  • 47refulgence — noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light • Syn: ↑radiance, ↑radiancy, ↑shine, ↑effulgence, ↑refulgency • Derivationally related forms: ↑refulgent (for: ↑ …

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  • 48refulgency — noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light • Syn: ↑radiance, ↑radiancy, ↑shine, ↑effulgence, ↑refulgence • Derivationally related forms: ↑refulgent, ↑refulgent …

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  • 49Bright — Bright, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba[ i]rhts. [root]94.] 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. [1913 Webster] The sun was bright o …

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  • 50bright side — Bright Bright, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba[ i]rhts. [root]94.] 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. [1913 Webster] The sun was… …

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