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1 Chatoyant -- rank: 1000

Chatoyant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CHATOYANT, a. A hard stone, a little transparent, which being cut ... seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: French, from ... color with an undulating narrow band of white light < a chatoyant gem > II. noun Date: circa 1828 a chatoyant gem Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chatoyant Cha*toy"ant, ...

2 Shot -- rank: 424

... seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] n 1: the act of firing a projectile ... Range, reach. 5. Young hog. See shote. II. a. 1. Chatoyant, iridescent, irisated. 2. Interwoven, interspersed, intermingled. 1811 Dictionary of the ...

3 Iridescent -- rank: 424

... seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] 2: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors ... Synonyms a. Rainbow-like, irisated, nacreous, pavonine. Moby Thesaurus burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised ...

4 Cymophanous -- rank: 335

... 1828 Dictionary CYMOPHANOUS, a. Having a wavy floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cymophanous Cy*moph"a*nous (s ... s or s?-), a. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

5 Changeable -- rank: 335

... seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 13th century capable ...

6 Opalescent -- rank: 212

... English Synonyms a. Iridescent, irisated, polychromatic, nacreous. Moby Thesaurus burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated ...

7 moire -- rank: 212

... surface). Moby Thesaurus Dalmatian, antigorite, burele, butterfly, candy cane, chameleon, chatoyant, cheetah, chrysotile, confetti, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin, iridal, iridescent, iridial ...

8 Elaolite -- rank: 212

... is uneven, and sometimes imperfectly conchoidal. Some varieties are slightly chatoyant. It is fusible by the blow-pipe into a white ...

9 Sapphire -- rank: 212

... violet, yellow, green, white, or limpid, and one variety is chatoyant, and another asteriated or radiated. Sapphire is a subspecies of ...

10 chatoyancy -- rank: 212

... s noun Date: 1894 the quality or state of being chatoyant

11 Chatoyment -- rank: 212

... 1913 Dictionary Chatoyment Cha*toy"ment, n. [F. chatoiement. See Chatoyant.] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors ...

12 Nacreous -- rank: 212

... iridescent, irisated, opalescent, pavonine, polychromatic, irisated, pearlaceous. Moby Thesaurus burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated ...

13 Tiger-eye -- rank: 212

... n. (Min.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament ...

14 tigereye -- rank: 212

... s-eye noun Date: 1888 a usually yellowish to brown chatoyant stone that consists of silicified crocidolite and is much used ...

15 rainbowlike -- rank: 212

... Merriam Webster's adjective see rainbow I Moby Thesaurus burele, chatoyant, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, moire, mother-of-pearl ...