scintillant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scintillant
    adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
           stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
           an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant},
           {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittering},
           {glittery}, {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scintillant \Scin"til*lant\, a. [L. scintillans, p. pr. of
   scintillare to sparkle. See {Scintillate}.]
   Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. --M.
   Green.
   [1913 Webster]