adjective
definition
Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.
Examples of opalescent in a Sentence
They look opalescent, and are full of rainbow colors.
You can do accents in silver, gold or opalescent shades.
From soft and opalescent peach to brilliant magenta, pink is leading the way year round in fashion shows worldwide.
Only solutions which are colorless, clear or slightly opalescent, should be injected.
Go ahead and flaunt your extreme color with vivid and rich hues, or go soft and ethereal with shimmering opalescent color.
For example, there are eye catching and colored reading glasses, richly colored brown ones and even opalescent blue glasses.
Origami paper also comes in a rayon mesh, opalescent foil, and with holographic glitter.
All pearls are layered with nacre, the gradually thickening coating that covers the initial irritant to form the pearl, and nacre is the same material as the oyster's shell, creating an opalescent sheen known as "mother of pearl."
It is found that transparent oils under the influence of light absorb oxygen, becoming deeper in colour and opalescent, while strong acidity and a penetrating odour are developed, these changes being due to the formation of various acid and phenylated compounds, which are also occasionally found in fresh oils.