According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
lambent, aglow(p), lucent, luminous
(adjective) softly bright or radiant; “a house aglow with lights”; “glowing embers”; “lambent tongues of flame”; “the lucent moon”; “a sky luminous with stars”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)
emitting light; glowing brightly
brightly illuminated
• (emitting light): beamful, shining, radiant; see also shining
• (brightly illuminated): lighted, lit up; see also illuminated
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.]
1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow.
2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. Longfellow.
3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement." Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.
Syn.
– Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.
– Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv.
– Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.