| VERB | weather | opalesce | reflect light or colors like an opal |
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| stative | opalesce | exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal |
| Meaning | Reflect light or colors like an opal. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The coins opalesce | |
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| Broader | reflect, shine | Be bright by reflecting or casting light |
| Spanish | opalizar | |
| Adjectives | opalescent | having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
| Nouns | opalescence | the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface |
| Meaning | Exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions" | |
| Broader | iridesce | Be iridescent |
| Adjectives | opalescent | having a play of lustrous rainbow colors |
| Nouns | opalescence | the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface |
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