Synonyms for nacreous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ney-kree-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈneɪ kri əs |
Top 10 synonyms for nacreous Other synonyms for the word nacreous
Définition of nacreous
Origin :- "resembling nacre," 1807, from nacre + -ous.
- As in iridescent : adj rainbow-colored
- As in pearly : adj opalescent
- He abominated the nacreous flesh tones of Titian, Correggio, or Rubens.
- Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
- It is seldom as much as half an inch in length, and has a nacreous interior.
- Extract from : « Beautiful Shells of New Zealand » by E. G. B. Moss
- Inside it is white and nacreous, with a large brown area under the apex.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- All the trochids are nacreous within the aperturea character which is constant throughout the family.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- Within the aperture the surface is nacreous and greenish in tint; the last whorl is drawn in, like gathers, at the suture.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- The shells are nacreous within, and the animal, with its rows of waving cirri upon each side, is very suggestive of Trochus.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- It is oblique, with a light-olive epidermis, nacreous interior, and finely crenulated margins.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- Moth′er-of-pearl′, the nacreous internal layer of the shells of several molluscs, esp.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
- Her bright, voluptuous glances upward rise Into the vague and nacreous infinite.
- Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
- Her boreal bloom doth win Our eyes to feasting rare On rich delight of nacreous skin, And a wealth of whiteness fair.
- Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
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