"Sidlaw" is a word in HILIGAYNON
sídlaw - Dazzling brightness; to be
dazzling, bright, shine with a dazzling light
or with a brightness that dazzles the eyes.
(cf. sílaw, sídlak, sílak).
A newly formed planet appeared on the large screen. its surface was till red-hot, like a piece of charcoal fresh out of the furnace. Time passed at the rate of geological eras, and the planet gradually cooled. The color and patterns on the surface slowly shifted in a hypnotic manner. A few minutes later, an orange planet appeared on the screen, indicating the end of the simulation run."The computations were done at the coarsest level; to do it with more precision would require over a month." Green Glasses moved the mouse and zoomed in on the surface of the planet. The view swept over a broad desert, over a cluster of strangely shaped, towering mountain peaks, over a circular depression like an impact crater."What are we looking at?" Yang Dong asked."Earth. Without life, this is what the surface of the planet would look like now.""But . . . where are the oceans?""There are no oceans. No rivers either. The entire surface is dry.""Your'e saying that without life, liquid water would not exist on Earth?""The reality would probably be even more shocking. Remember, this is only a coarse simulation, but at least you can see how much of an impact life had in the present state of the Earth.""But--""Do you think life is nothing but a fragile, thin, soft shell clinging to the surface of this planet?""Isn't it?""Only if you neglect the power of time. If a colony of ants continue to move clods the size of grains of rice, they could remove all of Mount Tai in a billion years. As long as you give it enough time, life is stronger than metal and stone, more powerful than typhoons and volcanoes.
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To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Read the complete definitionTo be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
Read the complete definitionTo shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
Read the complete definitionDazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Read the complete definitionExquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
Read the complete definitionDazzling brightness; splendor.
Read the complete definitionA bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
Read the complete definitionTo shine with a bright, dazzling light.
Read the complete definitionOf a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.
Read the complete definitionkasídlaw - Radiance, dazzling brightness. (cf. kasílaw, sídlaw—sílaw). kasidô Hiccough, hiccup. (cf. sidô). kasíga – kasulúg kasíga, Light, brightness, gleam, …
Read the complete definitionlágtì - Brightness of white colour; very white, dazzling white, candent; to be or become dazzling white, etc. Naglágtì na …
Read the complete definitionmakasisílaw - (H) Dazzling, bright, shining, very bright or clear, splendid. (cf. sílaw).
Read the complete definitionmasánag - Clear, bright, light, broad daylight, illuminating, glaring, strong, dazzling; manifest, evident. (cf. sánag, dayág).
Read the complete definitionmasídlak - Shining, dazzling, very bright, like sunlight, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, glowing, scintillating, beaming, vivid, brilliant, resplendent, refulgent, effulgent. (sídlak).
Read the complete definitionmasig— - See under nasig—. masíga, Bright, brilliant, good, shining, powerful, vivid, dazzling, shedding—, casting—, light, giving much light, said …
Read the complete definitionmasílì - (H) Dazzling white, shining with a white lustre, very bright. (cf. masídlak, masílaw). (sílì).
Read the complete definitionsídla - Bravery, courage, intrepidity; to be brave, courageous. (cf. ísug, sígla, pág-on, bákud). sídlak – sikâ-sikâ sídlak, Splendour, brilliance, …
Read the complete definitionadj. /NA-/ bright, shining, brilliant, dazzling. v. /-UM-/. /MA-/ to be dazzled.
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