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opalescent

[oh-puh-les-uhnt] / ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs ənt /


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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

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

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2020

The logs are dark brown and shiny, and they reflected opalescent colors in the beam of my head lamp.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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