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Opacus

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  [oh-puh] /ˈoʊ pə/ noun 1. a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius. /ˈəʊpə/ noun 1. a large soft-finned deep-sea teleost fish, Lampris regius (or luna), of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, having a deep, brilliantly coloured body: family Lampridae Also called moonfish, kingfish

• Opafication

  n. 1852, from French opafication; see opacity + -fication.

• Opal

  [oh-puh l] /ˈoʊ pəl/ noun 1. a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white. 2. an iridescent variety of this that is used as a gem. 3. a gem of this. [oh-puh l] /ˈoʊ pəl/ noun […]

• Opalesce

  [oh-puh-les] /ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs/ verb (used without object), opalesced, opalescing. 1. to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal. /ˌəʊpəˈlɛs/ verb 1. (intransitive) to exhibit a milky iridescence

• Opalescence

  [oh-puh-les-uh nt] /ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs ənt/ adjective 1. exhibiting a play of colors like that of the . 2. having a milky iridescence. /ˌəʊpəˈlɛsənt/ adjective 1. having or emitting an iridescence like that of an opal n. 1792; see opalescent + -ence. adj. 1813, from opal + -escent. opalescent o·pal·es·cent (ō’pə-lěs’ənt) adj. Resembling an opal in […]

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