opal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
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chemistry
gemology
genetics
geography
geology
jewelry
lifestyle
medicine
microbiology
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natural-sciences
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Etymology: In Florio’s A World of Words 1598 as opale, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”), from उपरि (upári, “the upper millstone”). Distantly related to over.
Inflected forms:
form: opals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
pos: noun
examples: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
gloss: A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
pos: noun
gloss: The colour of opal: any shade of blue with bright flecks of other colours, such as white, yellow, and red.
pos: noun
examples: The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.
gloss: A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.
pos: noun
Derived words: black opal
boulder opal
chloropal
fire opal
Grawin Opal Fields
jasper opal
opal aura
opaled
opalesce
opalescence
opalescent
opalesque
opaleye
opal glass
opalic
opaline
opalise
opalish
opalize
opalotype
opal pineapple
opal pseudomorph
Opalton
opalware
pineapple opal
pipe opal
semiopal
sun opal
wood opal
xylopal
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أُوبَال
roman: ʔubāl
lang: Azerbaijani
word: opal
lang: Bulgarian
word: опал
roman: opal
lang: Catalan
word: òpal
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蛋白石
roman: dànbáishí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 歐泊 /欧泊
roman: ōubó
lang: Czech
word: opál
lang: Dutch
word: opaal
lang: Esperanto
word: opalo
lang: Estonian
word: opaal
lang: Finnish
word: opaali
lang: French
word: opale
lang: German
word: Opal
lang: Greek
word: οπάλι
roman: opáli
lang: Hebrew
word: לֶשֶׁם
roman: léshem
lang: Hungarian
word: opál
lang: Icelandic
word: ópall
lang: Irish
word: ópal
lang: Italian
word: opale
lang: Japanese
word: オパール
roman: opāru
lang: Kazakh
word: опал
roman: opal
lang: Korean
word: 오팔
roman: opal
lang: Korean
word: 단백석
roman: danbaekseok
lang: Latin
word: opalus
lang: Macedonian
word: опал
roman: opal
lang: Marathi
word: ओपल
roman: opal
lang: Persian
word: اپال
roman: opâl
lang: Persian
word: چشمگربه
roman: čašmegorbe
lang: Persian
word: عینالهر
roman: eynolherr
lang: Polish
word: opal
lang: Portuguese
word: opala
lang: Romanian
word: opal
lang: Russian
word: опа́л
roman: opál
lang: Slovene
word: opal
lang: Spanish
word: ópalo
lang: Swedish
word: opal
lang: Tagalog
word: opalo
lang: Tamil
word: அமுதக்கல்
roman: amutakkal
lang: Thai
word: โอปอล
roman: oo-bpɔɔl
lang: Turkish
word: opal
lang: Vietnamese
word: opan
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngọc mắt mèo
lang: Vietnamese
word: miêu nhãn thạch
lang: Welsh
word: opal
lang: Welsh
word: fflamfaen