Glistening

glistening
    adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
           horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
           moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
           "shining white enamel" [syn: {glistening}, {glossy},
           {lustrous}, {sheeny}, {shiny}, {shining}]
    

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]
    

glistening \glistening\ adj.
   Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a
   surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than
   scattering it.

   Syn: glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "glistening":
      blinking, blinky, burnished, coruscant, coruscating, gleaming,
      glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistering, glittering, glittery,
      glossy, lustrous, polished, scintillant, scintillating,
      scintillescent, sheeny, shimmering, shimmery, shining, shiny,
      spangly, sparkling, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly