Search Result for "nacreous": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl;

2. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors;
- Example: "an iridescent oil slick"
- Example: "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"
- Example: "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
[syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nacreous \Na"cre*ous\ (n[=a]"kr[-e]*[u^]s), a. [See Nacre.] (Zool.) Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly. [1913 Webster] Nad
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nacreous adj 1: consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl 2: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "nacreous": burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacry, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl-like, pearlish, pearly, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, tortoise-shell