glisten

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glisten
    n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
         {glitter}, {glister}, {glisten}, {scintillation},
         {sparkle}]
    v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
         {glitter}, {glisten}, {glint}, {gleam}, {shine}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glisten \Glis"ten\ (gl[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian,
   akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E.
   glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.]
   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 stars.

   Syn: See {Flash}.
        [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "glisten":
      blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam,
      glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering,
      glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation,
      shimmer, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark, sparkle,
      stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, wink
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