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glowless

glowless adjective: without a glow.

Adjective

glowless (not comparable)

  1. Without a glow.
    • The nitrogen used was freed from oxygen by standing moist phosphorus in the cold, and drying with phosphoric oxide. On the other hand, heating in oxygen or in air will not make it glowless, and if it is glowless initially it gives the glow again in full brightness after this treatment.1942, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

Origin of glowless

From glow + -less.

Questions about glowless

What does glowless mean?
Glowless means without a glow.
What part of speech is glowless?
Glowless is an adjective.

Words near glowless in the dictionary

  1. glowingly
  2. glowingness
  3. glowings
  4. glowlamp
  5. glowlamps
  6. glowless
  7. glowlight
  8. glowlights
  9. glown
  10. glown up
  11. glownigger

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