shining polishing | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it, the shining of shoes provided a meager living, every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
New World flycatcher flycatcher tyrant flycatcher tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
vermillion flycatcher firebird Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus | tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona, adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage |
scissortail scissortailed flycatcher Muscivora-forficata | grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings |
Old World flycatcher true flycatcher flycatcher | any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Muscicapa grisola | common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage |
Shining Path Sendero Luminoso SL | a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru, is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world, seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime, is involved in the cocaine trade, Shining Path has been responsible for , deaths |
shining willow Salix lucida | common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves |
dwarf sumac mountain sumac black sumac shining sumac Rhus copallina | common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries |
shining clubmoss Lycopodium lucidulum | a variety of club moss |
glistening glossy lustrous sheeny shiny shining | reflecting light, glistening bodies of swimmers, the horse's glossy coat, lustrous auburn hair, saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet, shining white enamel |
bright burnished lustrous shining shiny | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing, reflecting a sheen or glow, bright silver candlesticks, a burnished brass knocker, she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves, rows of shining glasses, shiny black patents |
shining | marked by exceptional merit, had shining virtues and few faults, a shining example |