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nacreous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | iridescent, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent |
nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl.
nacreous:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | nacre |
Examples of nacreous
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The inside of the valves is nacreous and the pallial line has a broad, shallow sinus.
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A nacreous moth-colored blouse felt weightless as a wing made of dust.
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These include polar mesospheric noctilucent clouds and nacreous polar stratospheric clouds.
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Nacre samples were cut from the nacreous layer of the shell with a water-cooled, low-speed diamond saw.
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Also known as nacreous clouds, these colorful clouds appear in the otherwise dark sky in the polar spring.
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Although non-nacreous, the surface of fine Conch pearls has a unique and attractive appearance of its own.
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When the transition to nacre secretion occurs, the brown pebble becomes covered with a nacreous coating.
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The shell structuring consists of a regular prismatic calcitic outer layer and an interior layering which is nacreous.
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Nacreous clouds are sub-classified alpha-numerically based on chemical makeup rather than variations in physical appearance.
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- Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
- Iridescent: 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"
- Consisting of nacre - an iridescent material composed of aragonite (a form of calcium carbonate). Nacre is also known as mother of pearl.
