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Opalescent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having variegated and changing colors like those of the opal.

Milky.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

Word Usage

"To the observer of the aura the term "opalescent" instinctly presents itself, for there is a striking resemblance to the opaline peculiar play of colors of delicate tints and shades in a body of pearly or milky hue."

Equivalent

bright

Cross Reference

opalescent glass

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

bluish iridescent milky luminescent phosphorescent blackish translucent coppery many-colored prismatic