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The Japanese matted floor, even in darkness, gives out a sort of ghostly, phosphorescent glow.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
Inside each was a small projection apparently of a fungoid character, that was phosphorescent.
THE DEVIL-TREE OF EL DORADOFRANK AUBREY
The waiters were all Martian slaves, he noticed, their phosphorescent owl-eyes smoldering in the dim blue light.
SECURITYPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSON
The air and the plain were literally sparkling with the phosphorescent light of the fire-fly.
THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAMHENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT
During my fortnight's stay I often sat listening to the eloquent silence of these phosphorescent nights.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNOD
Sunday was a day at Edwardes Square from which Michael returned almost phosphorescent with decay.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIE
Phosphoridrosis is a rare condition, in which the sweat is phosphorescent.
ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF THE SKINHENRY WEIGHTMAN STELWAGON
Their polished sides seemed one huge mirror, bright as glass, and a phosphorescent glow hung about their tails.
THE ONSLAUGHT FROM RIGELFLETCHER PRATT
Paper lanterns swung among the trees like phosphorescent fruits and drew a myriad fluttering moths.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL
The phosphorescent pathway in the wake of the big ship gleamed and scintillated.
JACK HARKAWAY IN NEW YORKBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO PHOSPHORESCENT

  • ablaze
  • aglow
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • burnished
  • clear
  • cloudless
  • flashing
  • fluorescent
  • glossy
  • glowing
  • lambent
  • lucent
  • luminous
  • lustrous
  • phosphorescent
  • polished
  • radiant
  • refulgent
  • resplendent
  • rich
  • scintillant
  • shining
  • shiny
  • sunny
  • unclouded
  • unobscured
  • vivid
  • well-lighted
  • well-lit
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