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

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

Crystal Holographic, this year’s iteration of Lancôme’s annual holiday highlighter, is quietly opalescent.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2020

She adds a cardboard flat of opalescent buttons for my unfinished dress.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline