The meaning of Opalescent

adjective

Shining with a shimmering or sparkling light.

Usage examples:

Glittering chandeliers

verb

Shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light.

Usage examples:

The grass glittered with dew

adjective

Exciting or admired by many people, usually relating to rich and famous people

Usage examples:

A glittering career, the cannes film festival is one of the most glittering occasions in the movie …

adjective

Showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.

Usage examples:

The drake's head has an iridescent purple sheen

adjective

Showing many bright colours that change with movement

Usage examples:

Her latest fashion collection features shimmering iridescent materials.

adjective

Having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured.

Usage examples:

Kaleidoscopic diamond patterns

adjective

Quickly changing from one thing to another

adjective

Having lustre; shining.

Usage examples:

Large, lustrous eyes

adjective

Very shiny

Usage examples:

Long, lustrous hair

adjective

Containing or mixed with a large amount of milk.

Usage examples:

A cup of sweet milky coffee

adjective

Having the color or thickness of milk

Usage examples:

A milky white vase

noun

Silk fabric that has been subjected to heat and pressure rollers after weaving to give it a rippled appearance.

Usage examples:

A backless dress fashioned out of moire in the new fashionable colour

adjective

(of silk) having a rippled, lustrous finish.

Usage examples:

Now they carried the 60 feet of pale rose-colored moiré silk to the pit and held them high above th…

noun

Cloth, especially silk, with a pattern on the surface that looks similar to waves on water

Usage examples:

She was wearing a stunning backless dress made out of moire.

adjective

Having many colours.

Usage examples:

These squares are planted with vegetables of contrasting colours, which gives the impression of a m…

adjective

Having many different colours

Usage examples:

Multicoloured fish, a multicoloured scarf

adjective

Opalescent.

Usage examples:

Sponges have an internal skeleton composed of needle-like elements called spicules, which can be co…

noun

Another term for milk-glass.

adjective

Having a lustre resembling that of mother-of-pearl.

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Pearlescent colours

adjective

Having a surface that seems to shine with different colours

Usage examples:

The neckline is embellished with tiny, pearlescent beads., this smooth, pearlescent liquid foundati…

adjective

Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour.

Usage examples:

Nice pearly teeth

noun

Pearly kings and queens.

Usage examples:

Her mum and dad had been pearlies

adjective

White and shiny, like a pearl

Usage examples:

Pearly white teeth

adjective

Relating to or having the form of a prism or prisms.

Usage examples:

A prismatic structure

adjective

Containing, shaped like, or relating to a prism (= a transparent glass or plastic object that separates white light into different colours)

Usage examples:

A prismatic compass, the mineral often occurs as long, white prismatic crystals., when the sun rose…

adjective

Sparkling or shining brightly.

Usage examples:

The scintillating sun

verb

Emit flashes of light; sparkle.

Usage examples:

The sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light

adjective

Brilliantly clever

adjective

Shining with a soft, slightly wavering light.

Usage examples:

The shimmering waters of lake como

verb

Shine with a soft, slightly wavering light.

Usage examples:

The sea shimmered in the sunlight

adjective

Reflecting a gentle light that seems to move slightly

Usage examples:

We drove across the desert, through the shimmering heat haze., a shimmering new production of "a mi…

noun

The firing of a gun or cannon.

Usage examples:

Mulder killed him with a single shot

adjective

Past and past participle of shoot.

noun

A bill or one's share of it, especially in a pub or bar.

Usage examples:

He had paid her shot

adjective

Shining brightly with flashes of light.

Usage examples:

Her sparkling blue eyes

verb

Shine brightly with flashes of light.

Usage examples:

Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head

adjective

Energetic and interesting

Usage examples:

His writing is known for its sparkling dialogue., the whole house was sparkling clean., sparkling w…

adjective

Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks.

Usage examples:

Variegated yellow bricks

verb

Alter in appearance, especially by adding different colours.

Usage examples:

The designer can variegate the object's colour and physical character as needed

adjective

Having a pattern of different colours or marks

Usage examples:

Variegated leaves, a variegated plant