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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

Her intricate renderings of abandoned interior spaces; massive opalescent soap bubbles resembling alien planets; and even the occasional pegasus have been exhibited at the Vito Schnabel Gallery in New York and Soft Opening in London.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2021

Moonlight floods the bedroom, shimmers the walls, opalescent.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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