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opalescent

 
Dictionary: o·pal·es·cent   (ō'pə-lĕs'ənt) pronunciation
 
adj.

Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

opalescence o'pal·es'cence n.
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Dental Dictionary: opalescent
 
(ō′pəles′ent)
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Resembling an opal in the display of various colors, as in opalescent dentin.

 
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From our Archives: Today's Highlights, February 18, 2005

The opalescent colored glass used in a great deal of stained glass designs was developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Born on this date in 1848, Tiffany was famous for his lamps, vases, murals and windows. Many of his pieces are exhibited in NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art (NYC).
 
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Showing a milky iridescence, like an opal.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opaliserende

Nederlands (Dutch)
opaalachtig, kleurenspel als bij een opaal

Français (French)
adj. - opalescent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schillernd, opaleszierend, schimmernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιριδίζων

Italiano (Italian)
opalescente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - opalescente

Русский (Russian)
опаловый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - opalescente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - opalskimrande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
乳白色的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 乳白色的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유백광을 내는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乳白色の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) براق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבהיק (בשלל-צבעים)‬


 
 
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From Today's Highlights
February 18, 2005

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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