About The Word Phosphorescent

Learn about the word Phosphorescent to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Phosphorescent definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Phosphorescent

Phosphorescent Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Phosphorescent?
[adj] emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phosphorescent: light Related Terms | Find terms related to Phosphorescent: See Also | Phosphorescent In Webster's Dictionary \Phos`phor*es"cent\, a. [Cf. F. phosphorescent.]
Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible
heat. -- n. A phosphorescent substance.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Genus trachurus ‐ scads especially horse…
- Market square ‐ a public marketplace where food and…
- Pimenta ‐ allspice tree
- Set-aside(p) ‐ reserved…
- Cucumber tree ‐ American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like…
- Friendly islands ‐ a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific;…
- Lotus tetragonolobus ‐ sprawling European annual having a 4-winged…
- Christian friedrich schonbein ‐ German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as…
- Heaviside layer ‐ a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects…
- Melastoma malabathricum ‐ evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having…