opalescent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- opalescence noun
- opalescently adverb
Etymology
Origin of opalescent
Example Sentences
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The crab is small, being around 15 millimeters in length, and is opalescent white-yellow in color.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
The powdered slurry becomes a strong, opalescent material called sintered glass.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023
He added Phillip Jeffries’ Chromatic in orange opalescent on the ceiling.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
He learned how to manipulate liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide, how sodium alginate and calcium chloride could turn olive juice into an opalescent olive sphere.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020
The logs are dark brown and shiny, and they reflected opalescent colors in the beam of my head lamp.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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