Word Meanings - CORUSCATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CORUSCATE)

• Sparkle
• Scintillate
• flash
• glisten
• glitter
• gleam
• shine
• bubble
• radiate
• coruscate
• effervesce

Related words: (words related to CORUSCATE)

• EFFERVESCENCE; EFFERVESCENCY
  A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
• SPARKLER
  One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
• CORUSCATE
  To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
• RADIATE-VEINED
  Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
• FLASHING
  The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
• BUBBLE SHELL
  A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
• EFFERVESCENT
  Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
• GLISTEN
  To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See Flash. (more info) glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf.
• GLEAM
  To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
• SPARKLE
  1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy;
• FLASH
  1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary
• SCINTILLATE
  1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
• GLEAMY
  Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.
• FLASHY
  1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow. 2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke. 3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. 4. Without
• FLASH BURNER
  A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
• SHINESS
  See SHYNESS
• EFFERVESCE
  1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed;
• RADIATED
  Belonging to the Radiata. (more info) 1. Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat. 2. Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated
• RADIATE
  1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them , and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell. 2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies
• GLITTERINGLY
  In a glittering manner.
• MOONSHINER
  A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
• OUTSPARKLE
  To exceed in sparkling.
• INEFFERVESCENT
  Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
• BUSHINESS
  The condition or quality of being bushy.
• AGLEAM
  Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell.
• TRIRADIATE; TRIRADIATED
  Having three rays.
• DISPARKLE
  To scatter abroad. Holland.
• UNIRADIATED
  Having but one ray.
• FLESHINESS
  The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.
• ARSHINE
  A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
• WASHINESS
  The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
• EARTH SHINE
  See EARTH
• FISHINESS
  The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.