opalesce
intransitive verb
opal·esce
¦ōpə¦les
-ed/-ing/-s
: to emit or exhibit a play of colors like those of an opal
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from opalescence & opalescent
- lead ocher
- lead oleate
- lead on
- lead one down the garden path
- lead one up the garden path
- lead one's eye to
- lead one's own life
- lead oxide
- lead pencil
- lead peroxide
- misconstruales
- misconstruals
- misconstruct
- misconstructed
- misconstructing
- misconstruction
- misconstructions
- misconstructs
- misconstrue
- misconstrued
- misconstrues
- misconstruing
- miscontent
- miscontented
- miscontenting