opalescent
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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
He learned how to manipulate liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide, how sodium alginate and calcium chloride could turn olive juice into an opalescent olive sphere.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
The horns of the largest were as long as a walking stick, and opalescent.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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