n. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "rbry Dunday he gave his car a good polishing"

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. marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"

adj. clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"

adj. perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

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. 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. 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. of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

adj. distinguished from all others in excellence: "a banner year for the company"

adj. selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season"

adj. exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

adj. holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

adj. of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

adj. of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

adj. of the highest quality or value; "gilt-edged securities"; "gilt-edged credentials"

adj. well above average in performance: "a good student"

adj. highest in quality

adj. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"

adj. highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage"

adj. excellent; best possible

adj. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

adj. skillfully constructed

adj. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"

adj. resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell

adj. almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "radiolucent tissues"

adj. almost transparent; allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows"