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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood" |
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PHOSPHORESCENT is a 14 letter word that starts with P. |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Phos`phor*es"cent\, a. [Cf. F. phosphorescent.]
Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible
heat. -- n. A phosphorescent substance.
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