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glistenings

glistenings is the plural of glistening.

Meaning of glistening

Noun

glistening (plural glistenings)

  1. The appearance of something that glistens.
    • My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh.2008, Dan Simmons, Song of Kali
  2. A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.

Questions about glistenings

What is glistenings the plural of?
Glistenings is the plural of glistening.

Words near glistenings in the dictionary

  1. glistener
  2. glisteners
  3. glisteneth
  4. glistening
  5. glisteningly
  6. glistenings
  7. glistens
  8. glisteny
  9. glister
  10. glistered
  11. glistering

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