n. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

adj. highly enthusiastic; "glowing praise"

adj. afire: "live coals"

adj. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors"

adj. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

adj. very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"

adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

adj. emitting light

adj. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

adj. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome"

adj. pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"

adj. connected to a power source: "a live wire"; "a hot wire"

adj. of a ball; "the ball is still in play"

adj. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";

adj. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

adj. still capable of exploding or being fired; "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb"

adj. having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"

adj. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"

adj. strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"

adj. resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"

adj. exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism; "prismatic light"

adj. having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states; "a psychedelic painting"

adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

adj. small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"

adj. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"

adj. shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"

adj. shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars"

adj. (metaphor) shining brightly

adj. full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"

adj. emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; "flashing lightning and roaring thunder"

adj. shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight"

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

adj. glistening tremulously; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin"

adj. 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"

adj. having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"

adj. not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"

adj. emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"