adularescent
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adularescent — adularescence, n. /aj euh leuh res euhnt/, adj. (of certain gemstones, esp. adularia) having a milky, bluish luster. [ADULAR(IA) + ESCENT] … Useful english dictionary
moonstone — /moohn stohn /, n. 1. Also called precious moonstone. a semitransparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly blue variety of adularia, used as a gem. 2. any of several adularescent feldspars, as certain varieties of albite, labradorite, or… … Universalium
milky — adj 1. lacteal, lactic, milk, milch; lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive. 2. white, creamy, pearly, nacreous, chalky, cretaceous; cloudy, opaque, fume , frosted, semipellucid, mat; whitish, albescent, adularescent, canescent; snowy, niveous, hoar,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
pearly — adj 1. nacreous, creamy, milky, white, whitish, chalky, cretaceous; cloudy, opaque, fume, frosted; albescent, adularescent, canescent; snowy, niveous, hoar, hoary; milk white, snow white, swan white; ivory, gray white, alabaster, eggshell, off… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
