Oh – the purple blue opalescent is my fav, followed by the blue-red. From Wordnik.com. [Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » December 2008 Ornaments] Reference
Boil until an imperfect opalescent solution is obtained. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Above the city, its dome was opalescent in the morning sun. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
The former is easily separated from its opalescent solution. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
Opalinus: = opalescent; q.v. Opaque: without lustre: not transparent. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Tanning experiments with these opalescent solutions proved them to exert. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
The lovely, opalescent dawn began to show in the East, and Malone swore at it. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
Suivre le cours des flots Past islands hushed and errants .... opalescent dunes. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
Somewhere a temple, opalescent in the sunset, suggested rather than defined itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
It is so pliable, so dreamy, and so opalescent that I can scarce restrain my enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [Reveries of a Schoolmaster] Reference
Near the bottom of the box was a mushroom-colored shoebox filled with opalescent buttons. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
As a stage image, Kidman is the essence of - escense: luminescent, opalescent, incandescent. From Wordnik.com. [Scorched-Earth Strategy] Reference
In its place was a great wrought-metal thing of old silver jeweled with opalescent medallions. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
Inside a room rose, high, domed, vaulted above his head, whitish opalescent, washed with green. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
Her face, half concealed by the fringe of the awning, appeared opalescent in the filtered sunlight. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
If there are pure high-lights (almost transparent) and opalescent shadows, the plate is a good one. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
We sailed now a sea of opalescent greens and purples that shimmered and changed with the changing lights. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
A semicircle of nine opalescent orbs bordered the apex of the creature's head, if such it could be called. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
On adding gelatine to this liquid, a slimy precipitate is thrown down, leaving a slightly opalescent liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
A second later the rat-man was pinned against the faceted crystalline side just under the opalescent nucleus. From Wordnik.com. [Devil Crystals of Arret] Reference
While thus engaged a beautiful colour effect developed softly before us through an opalescent, vaporous shroud. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
These filtrates are in fact opalescent from the presence of a portion of nitrate in a colloidal (hydrated) form. From Wordnik.com. [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference
A sunset of myriad tints and opalescent fires made molten copper of the river and a carnival float of every craft. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Many other stones possess one or more properties of the opal, and are therefore considered more or less opalescent. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
Examine a drop of the supernatant opalescent emulsion microscopically to determine its freedom from clumps and masses. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
"Ees it for dis, den, I haf to you come?" she cried, addressing the circle of mountains shimmering in opalescent light. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
Sweet the first opalescent stir, as if the vanguard sunbeams shivered as they dashed along the chilly reaches of night. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
I allude to the phase of the aura which presents the "pearly" appearance of the opalescent body, which we have just noted. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms] Reference
Tremendous fan-shaped shafts of opalescent fire shot toward the zenith and like search-lights moved to and fro across the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
Some of the indestructible pearls are made over beads of opalescent glass, thus imparting a finer effect to the finished product. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
A tablecloth of glass recently completed shines with a satiny, opalescent luster by day, and under gaslight shows remarkable beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
When heated several hours an opalescent liquid results from which, however, no flocculent deposits separate when left for some time. From Wordnik.com. [Synthetic Tannins] Reference
She was clad in flowing lines of opalescent green, and her black hair was banded low across the forehead with a narrow line of emerald. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
The asterias, or star-stone, is a very beautiful variety, in which the colour is generally of a reddish violet, with an opalescent lustre. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832] Reference
Spanish artist Joan Fontcuberta displays a series of prints that render, as delicately as a Japanese flower painting, opalescent dabs of red blood with fingerprints. From Wordnik.com. [Truth, Beauty And The Double Helix] Reference
Then the wonderful fire of the malignant eyes, green, serpentine, opalescent, with the wave-like flux of a glowworm's light seen under a glass, riveted her attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
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