luminant
- a word derived from luminate.
Example Sentences
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Professor Silliman reported that the oil had great possibilities if refined, both as a luminant and as a lubricant.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert
The lightning directed rightly becomes the luminant by which we look on each other's faces to-night.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
Most of the bergs in the two irregular lines were distant, and showed as patches of curiously luminant whiteness against the intense blue of the sky.
From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)
The garden was dimly luminant with the promise of was that men discovered out there among dawn, yet not light enough to show what it the roses.
From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia
It sells palm oil to other countries and buys alcohol, arms and ammunition, thus exchanging a peaceful luminant and lubricant for the elements of moral and physical strife.
From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps
