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Adjective: phosphorescent  ,fós-fu're-s(u)nt
  1. Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
    "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"

See also: light

Encyclopedia: Phosphorescent

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phosphine
phosphite
phosphocreatine
phospholipid
phosphonium
phosphoprotein
phosphor
phosphor bronze
phosphoresce
phosphorescence
phosphorescent
phosphoric
phosphoric acid
phosphorite
phosphorous
phosphorous acid
phosphorus
Phosphorus
phosphoryl
phot
photalgia