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 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.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
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
The nixies begin to surface, looking at us with hungry, opalescent eyes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
