glistening

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of glisten

noun

1. The appearance of something that glistens.

   “My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh.”

2. A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.