opalescent
Example Sentences
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The crab is small, being around 15 millimeters in length, and is opalescent white-yellow in color.
From Science Daily
They traded a few lines and harmonized beautifully on the chorus — her tone opalescent, his bringing some grit — but Combs never overshadowed Chapman.
From New York Times
The doors would not open, and for a while it was just me, the opalescent fake hair, and the panicky sound of an “OPEN DOORS” button being pressed repeatedly to no avail.
From New York Times
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
The powdered slurry becomes a strong, opalescent material called sintered glass.
From Seattle Times
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