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Opalesce

To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.

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Reflect 76% connected

To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…

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Shine 76% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Iridescence 74% connected

Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Iridescence 74% connected

Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of…

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Opalescent 74% connected

Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.

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Opalescent 74% connected

Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.

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Amorphism noun · 78% connection

A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc.

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Aquarelle noun · 78% connection

A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.

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Beam verb · 78% connection

To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.

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Cacholong noun · 78% connection

An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.

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Chloropal noun · 78% connection

A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.

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Chromatics noun · 78% connection

The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.

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Color noun · 78% connection

That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

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Colorist noun · 78% connection

One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

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Dichroism noun · 78% connection

The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in…

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Dichromic adjective · 78% connection

Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instea…

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Discharge verb · 78% connection

To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horri…

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Distemper verb · 78% connection

To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size.

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Emit verb · 78% connection

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boilin…

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Fiorite noun · 78% connection

A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly lus…

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Frolic verb · 78% connection

To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

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Geyserite noun · 78% connection

A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and gey…

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Girasole Girasol noun · 78% connection

A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color.

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Glazing noun · 78% connection

Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

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