'pearlescent' definitions:
Definition of 'pearlescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]
Definition of 'pearlescent'
From: GCIDE
- pearlescent \pearl*es"cent\ (p[~e]r*l[e^]s"ent) adj.
- 1. Having an iridescent pearl-like surface, giving a play of lustrous rainbowlike colors; nacreous; pearlaceous.
- Syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlaceous. [WordNet 1.5]