opalescent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: opalescent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for opalescent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalescent adj having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" Synonym(s): iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalescent \O`pal*es"cent\, a. Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.