Pearlescent Definition & Meaning
pearlescent
- 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"
Words that rhyme with pearlescent
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