Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GLISTEN
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
(noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
(verb) be shiny, as if wet; “His eyes were glistening”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
glisten (third-person singular simple present glistens, present participle glistening, simple past and past participle glistened)
(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
Noun
glisten (plural glistens)
A glistening shine from a wet surface.
Anagrams
• Etlings, Tingles, lingets, niglets, singlet, sniglet, tingles
Source: Wiktionary
Glis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] Etym: [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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