nacreous luster

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• nacreous — Lustrous, like mother of pearl; descriptive term for bacterial colonies. [Fr. nacre, mother of pearl] * * * na·cre·ous nā krē əs, k(ə )rəs adj having a pearly appearance <nacreous bacterial colonies> * * * na·cre·ous (naґkre əs) [Fr.… …   Medical dictionary

• nacreous — adjective 1. consisting of or resembling mother of pearl • Pertains to noun: ↑nacre • Derivationally related forms: ↑nacre 2. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors an iridescent oil slick nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother of …   Useful english dictionary

• Shimmering Icefield — (coord|76|39|S|159|44|E|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is an icefield between the Shipton and Tilman Ridges in the Allan Hills, Victoria Land. Reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) Allan Hills… …   Wikipedia

• porcelaneous — adj. [It. porcellana, procelain] Resembling porcelain; an enameled like surface; a nacreous luster …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Pearl — For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). Pearl Pearls General Category Mineral Chemical formula Ca …   Wikipedia

• Conch — For other uses, see Conch (disambiguation). For the Indian Ritual Conch, see Shankha. Apertural view of an adult shell of the queen conch Lobatus gigas, from Trinidad Tobago …   Wikipedia

• Ammolite — Infobox mineral name = Ammolite category = fossilized, mineralized Ammonite shell boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = Unprocessed sample of ammolite, a dragon skin pattern is apparent formula = CaCO3 aragonite polymorph, with minor… …   Wikipedia

• pearl|y — «PUR lee», adjective, pearl|i|er, pearl|i|est, noun, plural lies. –adj. 1. like a pearl; having the color or luster of pearls: »pearly teeth …   Useful english dictionary

• pearl essence — a nacreous pigment containing guanine crystals derived from scales, e.g. from herrings, used to produce sparkle in metallic paints, lip gloss and iridescent eye shadow and used in simulated pearls and plastics. Guanine crystals are rhombic… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• pearlescent — /peuhr les euhnt/, adj. having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow. [1945 50; PEARL1 + ESCENT, on the model of IRIDESCENT, OPALESCENT, etc.] * * * …   Universalium

• gloss — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acting, affectation, afterglow, air glow, alibi, allowance, amplification, analysis, annotate, annotation, apology, apparatus criticus, appearance, apply paint, attitudinizing, bedaub, bedizen, begild,… …   Moby Thesaurus