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opalescent

[oh-puh-les-uhnt] / ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs ənt /


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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

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

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

Werner thinks of Jutta with her opalescent hair and quick eyes and blunt manners: she would never be mistaken for the weakest.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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