translucent

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Sauté them together until the pancetta renders and lightly crisps, the onions turning translucent and sweet at the edges.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Under strong light, however, they become translucent with a grayish green hue.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

“This very rare geologic feature of translucent petroleum has been filtered by nature,” the sign read.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The boy’s candlecolored skin was all but translucent.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy