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  • 71boiling — bubbling ubbling adj. 1. giving off bubbles; of a liquid. [Narrower terms: {foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; of people. Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling,… …

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  • 72bubbling — ubbling adj. 1. giving off bubbles; of a liquid. [Narrower terms: {foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; of people. Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly,… …

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  • 73effervescent — bubbling ubbling adj. 1. giving off bubbles; of a liquid. [Narrower terms: {foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; of people. Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling,… …

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  • 74foaming frothing — bubbling ubbling adj. 1. giving off bubbles; of a liquid. [Narrower terms: {foaming, frothing}; {effervescent}; {boiling}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; of people. Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling,… …

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  • 75glinting — adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; as, glinting eyes; glinting water. Syn: aglitter(predicate), fulgid, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, sparkling(prenominal), sparkly. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 76Glisten — 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;… …

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  • 77Glistened — 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… …

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  • 78Glistening — 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… …

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  • 79Ignescent — Ig*nes cent, a. [L. ignescens, p. pr. of ignescere to become inflamed, fr. ignis fire: cf. F. ignescent.] Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 80Scintillate — Scin til*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. [1913 Webster] As the electrical globe only… …

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