Opalescent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opalescent \O`pal*es"cent\, a.
     Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having
     an opaline play of colors.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  opalescent
       adj : having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an
             iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent)
             clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky
             opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: {iridescent}, {nacreous},
              {opaline}, {pearlescent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "opalescent":
     burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal,
     iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, lustrous,
     mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry,
     opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine,
     pearl-like, pearlish, pearly, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad,
     semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened,
     somber, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, tortoise-shell