They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain.
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Nacreous
/ˈneɪ.kɹi.əs/
Synonyms for "nacreous" (60 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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4 entriesatmospheric phenomenonoptical phenomenonoptical propertyvisual attribute
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6 entriescloud iridescencenacreous colorationnacreous glownacreous sheenpearly glossstratospheric shimmer
Collocations
6 entriesnacreous coatingnacreous colorationnacreous glownacreous lusternacreous sheennacreous surface
Inflections
2 entriesmore nacreousmost nacreous
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2 entriessimilar
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