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nacelle | nacho | nacimiento | nacker | nacré | nacre | nacreous | nacreous cloud | nad | nada | nada daiquiri

nacre

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na=cre

CIDE DICTIONARY

nacren. [F., cf. Sp. nácara, nácar, It. nacchera, naccaro, LL. nacara, nacrum; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. nakīr hollowed.].
     A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nacre, n. mother-of-pearl from any shelled mollusc.

Derivative
nacred adj. nacreous adj. nacrous adj.
Etymology
F

THESAURUS

nacre

Dalmatian, antigorite, butterfly, candy cane, chameleon, cheetah, chrysotile, confetti, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin, iridescence, iris, jaguar, leopard, mackerel, mackerel sky, marble, marbled paper, moire, mother-of-pearl, mother-of-pearl cloud, nacreousness, ocelot, opal, opalescence, ophite, patchwork quilt, peacock, pearliness, rainbow, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, spectrum, tortoise shell, zebra

ROGET THESAURUS

nacre

Semitransparency

N semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity, opalescence, milkiness, pearliness, gauze, muslin, film, mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre, mist, opal, turbidity, Adj, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, V, opalesce, (ii) SPECIFIC LIGHT.

Variegation

N variegation, colors, dichroism, trichroism, iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae, spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell, mackerel, mackerel sky, zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble, check, plaid, tartan, patchwork, marquetry-, parquetry, mosaic, tesserae, strigae, chessboard, checkers, chequers, harlequin, Joseph's coat, tricolor, variegated, many-colored, many-hued, divers-colored, party- colored, dichromatic, polychromatic, bicolor, tricolor, versicolor, of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors, kaleidoscopic, iridescent, opaline, opalescent, prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant, irisated, pavonine, pied, piebald, motley, mottled, marbled, pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous, mosaic, tesselated, plaid, tortoise shell, spotted, spotty, punctated, powdered, speckled, freckled, flea-bitten, studded, flecked, fleckered, striated, barred, veined, brinded, brindled, tabby, watered, grizzled, listed, embroidered, daedal, naevose, stipiform, strigose, striolate, (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT.


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