opaline

Plural: opalines

Adjective Satellite

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  • "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

Adj

• Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.

Noun

• A milky, semi-opaque glass often resembling opal.
• A clear to white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water.
• Any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
• Synonym of opal glass.

Examples

• Her Words With Friends play of OPALINE was smooth and elegant, just like the glass itself.
• The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.

Synonyms

iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent, opal glass

Related Words

opalescent

Anagrams of opaline