p 3 h 4 o 1 s 1 p 3 h 4 o 1 r 1 e 1 s 1 c 3 e 1 n 1 t 1
14 letters · 26 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
originFrom phosphorus + -escent. It's interesting to note that phosphorus is not phosphorescent. Some phosphoric mixtures can be luminescent through chemical reactions, but none exhibit literal phosphorescence.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- phosphoresce 24
- photospheres 22
- photosphere 21
- nephoscopes 20
- phosphenes 20
- phosphores 20
- nephoscope 19
- technopops 19
- phosphene 19
- phosphore 19
- phosphors 19
- ctenophores 18