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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

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

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