gleam

nouns

an appearance of reflected light

gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

be shiny, as if wet

"His eyes were glistening"

gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shine

shine brightly, like a star or a light

gleam, glimmer

is derived from

appear briefly

"A terrible thought gleamed in her mind"

gleam

is a type of (narrower)

come into being or existence, or appear on the scene

"Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"