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opalescent

adjective as in prismatic

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The crab is small, being around 15 millimeters in length, and is opalescent white-yellow in color.

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They traded a few lines and harmonized beautifully on the chorus — her tone opalescent, his bringing some grit — but Combs never overshadowed Chapman.

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The doors would not open, and for a while it was just me, the opalescent fake hair, and the panicky sound of an “OPEN DOORS” button being pressed repeatedly to no avail.

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I raised one foot and kicked the tippy-toe spike of a traction device attached to my boot into the opalescent surface.

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The powdered slurry becomes a strong, opalescent material called sintered glass.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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