Search Result for "scintilla":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount;
[syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2. a sparkling glittering particle;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scintilla \Scin*til"la\, n. [L.] A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. --R. North. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintilla": blink, blinking, cast, coruscation, dash, firefly, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint, idea, intimation, lick, look, scintillation, shade, shadow, shimmer, shimmering, sip, smack, smattering, smell, soupcon, spangle, spark, sparkle, sprinkling, stroboscopic light, suggestion, sup, suspicion, taste, thought, tincture, tinge, tinsel, touch, trace, twinkle, twinkling
