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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

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

I have this dish — it might be an incense holder — that’s an abalone shell whose interior is this beautiful opalescent pink.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2020

She adds a cardboard flat of opalescent buttons for my unfinished dress.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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