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Definition of Nacreous

1. Adjective. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.

2. Adjective. Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors. "A milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

Definition of Nacreous

1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.

Definition of Nacreous

1. Adjective. Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl). ¹

2. Adjective. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nacreous

1. nacre [adj] - See also: nacre

Medical Definition of Nacreous

1. Consisting of, or resembling nacre, pearly, lustrous, like mother-of-pearl; descriptive term for bacterial colonies. Origin: Fr. Nacre, mother-of-pearl (21 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nacreous

nachas nache naches nacho nachos nack nacked nacker nacket nackets

nacking nacks nacolomab tafenatox nacre nacred nacreous (current term) nacreous cloud nacreous ichthyosis nacres nacrite

nacrites nacroleptic nacroleptics nacrous nada nadas nadder nadders nadgers

Literary usage of Nacreous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"... and had derided that magnesia was present in them in inconsiderable quantity only; and he had, therefore, proposed the name of nacreous schists, ..."

2. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell, William Crookes (1888)
"FELSPAR, nacreous FELSPAR, FISH-EYE, ETC. Specific gravity, 2'3 to 2-5 ; hardness 4'5 to 5. This species of felspar has a lamellar texture. ..."

3. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation: Intended as a Work of General Reference by Charles Holtzapffel (1846)
"... AND nacreous SHELLS, BONES, ETC. THE hard solid substances derived from the Animal Kingdom, are parts of the external or internal skeletons, ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1845)
"The prismatic cellular structure here exists in large amount, as in Pinna ; and the interior is nacreous or sub-nacreous. In these respects it entirely ..."

5. Modern Inorganic Chemistry by Joseph William Mellor (1912)
"Long nacreous flakes separate at the cold end of the tubo and gradually extend ... An ideal monoclinic crystal of nacreous sulphur is illustrated in Fig. ..."

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