Synonyms of the word

nacreous

• adj. Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
• adj. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.

bright

• adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
• adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
• adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
• adj. Happy, in good.
• adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
• adj. Illustrious; glorious.
• adj. Clear; transparent.
• adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
• n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle…
• n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness.
• n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
• n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

iridescent

• adj. (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
• adj. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

opalescent

• adj. Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

opaline

• adj. resembling opal in its iridescence.
• n. a clear-to-white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water.
• n. (mineralogy) any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
• n. opal glass.

pearlescent

• adj. pearl-like, either in color or luster.

shell

• n. A hard external covering of an animal.
• n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
• n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
• n. The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
• n. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
• n. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
• n. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon…
• n. The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
• n. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in,…
• n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that…
• n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
• n. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
• n. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims…
• n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
• n. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
• n. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
• n. (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper;…
• n. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs…
• n. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
• n. An emaciated person.
• n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
• n. (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
• n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
• n. (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
• v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
• v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
• v. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
• v. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
• v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
• v. (topology) To form a shelling.