nacreous

Example Sentences

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A giant pearl appears between floating lips, and more nacreous orbs separate the fingers of two hands that emerge from the darkness.

From Los Angeles Times

Among them are nacreous clouds hanging in the stratosphere, mixtures of supercooled water, ice crystals and nitric acid.

From Scientific American

The cold air the storm blew in also led to the formation of beautiful nacreous clouds.

From National Geographic

But, because conditions have not been right for the aurora, the organisation suspects people have been seeing nacreous clouds.

From BBC

In some parts of the UK, people have been treated to a vision of nacreous - otherwise known as mother-of-pearl - clouds.

From BBC