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Opalescent Moderate

Opalescent has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

"an iridescent oil slick"

"nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"

"a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

2

Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

Example Sentences
"an iridescent oil slick" adjective
"nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl" adjective
"a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" adjective
See Also
opalesce cymophanous opaled iridescence opal nonopalescent opalotype opalization
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Rhyming Words
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