opalescent
pronunciation
How to pronounce opalescent in British English:
UK [ˌəʊpəˈlesnt]
How to pronounce opalescent in American English:
US [ˌoʊpəˈlesnt]
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- Adjective:
- having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors
Word Origin
- opalescent (adj.)
- 1813, from opal + -escent.
Example
- 1. Opalescent flame insert and bolted logo .
- 2. Opalescent fabrics have a shinny thread weaved through out the fabric to give it sparkle .
- 3. Around the rock the water calmed down , and drifting along I noticed these two opalescent nudibranchs crawling over each other .
- 4. This is an arrangement similar to that found in opal ( except that in opal the spheres are made of silica ) and the result is , indeed , opalescent .
- 5. Objective : to relieve and even eliminate the pain of pulpitis in opalescent teeth with the sterilized eugenol cottonball after the blockade of the pulp devitalizer .