phosphorescent
exhibiting phosphorescence.
Origin of phosphorescent
1Other words from phosphorescent
- phos·pho·res·cent·ly, adverb
- sem·i·phos·pho·res·cent, adjective
Words Nearby phosphorescent
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How to use phosphorescent in a sentence
My eyes traveled up their phosphorescent legs to their faces and back down again.
White Girls, Big City: What HBO’s New Show Misses | Rebecca Carroll | April 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAmid was phosphorescent with love for his wife and kids, his sisters, his in-laws, his mom.
The Japanese matted floor, even in darkness, gives out a sort of ghostly, phosphorescent glow.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaInside each was a small projection apparently of a fungoid character, that was phosphorescent.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyThe waiters were all Martian slaves, he noticed, their phosphorescent owl-eyes smoldering in the dim blue light.
Security | Poul William Anderson
The air and the plain were literally sparkling with the phosphorescent light of the fire-fly.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftDuring my fortnight's stay I often sat listening to the eloquent silence of these phosphorescent nights.
British Dictionary definitions for phosphorescent
/ (ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsənt) /
exhibiting or having the property of phosphorescence
Derived forms of phosphorescent
- phosphorescently, adverb
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