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UK
/ˈəʊpəlˌaɪn/
]
[ US /ˈoʊpəˌɫin/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊpəˌɫin/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
an iridescent oil slick
How To Use opaline In A Sentence
- a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
- They are largely silicified replacements of the once opaline skeletons, but details of their spicular and skeletal relationships are moderately well preserved.
- To the observer of the aura the term "opalescent" instinctly presents itself, for there is a striking resemblance to the opaline peculiar play of colors of delicate tints and shades in a body of pearly or milky hue. The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms
- Another group of fakes which appeared a few years ago were white opaline mallet-shaped decanters with painted medallions.
- Arach and Hawkke turned their head to the door, listening to the woman's pace dying away in the corridor, and then two trails of scarlet blemished her opaline cheeks, as she understood what that silly wench had believed she had seen.
- A table in the centre exhibited curiosities of the rarest description: the shell of a Cauchoise cap, two argil urns, medals, and a phial of opaline glass. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life
- In this paper, we show that the opaline silica and amorphous sulphides are precipitating mainly on filamentous microbes and biofilms, which form templates for both the metal-rich sinter and the suspended flocs.
- He had rich, wavy hair of a raven black hue and opaline green eyes that she swore looked right into her soul.
- A favorite combination for the dining table is a row of six opaline blue glasses found at a flea market.
- They are largely silicified replacements of the once opaline skeletons, but details of their spicular and skeletal relationships are moderately well preserved.