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Sunrays

A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam

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noun
  1. 1

    A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam

  2. 2

    A beam of artificial light, especially one rich in ultraviolet

  3. 3

    A plant, Enceliopsis nudicaulis, that has a broad, yellow flowerhead

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sunbeamnounA ray of sunlight; especially, a visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
sunburstnoun(countable) A figure or shape showing rays radiating from a central point.
enceliopsis nudicaulisnounherb having a basal cluster of gray-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas idaho to arizona
foldedbent over or doubled up so that one part lies on another
sunlightnounAll the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
raysnounA beam of light or radiation.
sunnounThe star that is closest to the Earth.
sunbeamsnounA ray of sunlight; especially, a visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
mistnoun(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
ultraviolet lightnoun(uncountable) Light in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum.
ultraviolet radiationnoun(physics) A form of non-ionizing radiation emitted by the sun and other artificial sources.
starlightnounLight emitted from stars.
radiant heatnoun
prominencesnounThe state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
alpenglownounA rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
opalescencenounthe state of being opalescent
dewdropsnounA droplet of water formed as dew.
sunburningnounA burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
cirrus cloudnounCirrus (cloud classification symbol: Ci) is a genus of high cloud made of ice crystals.
shimmernounA faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

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