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{
"opacifier":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a constituent or additive (as of an enamel, a paint, a glass) that tends to opacify the system of which it is a part":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135741",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opacimeter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an instrument (as a turbidimeter or a nephelometer) for measuring opacity":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary opaci- + -meter":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u014dp\u0259\u02c8sim\u0259t\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203930",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opacity":{
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
],
"definitions":{
": an opaque spot in a normally transparent structure (such as the lens of the eye)":[],
": obscurity of sense : unintelligibility":[],
": the quality or state of being mentally obtuse : dullness":[]
},
"examples":[
"the opacity of the glass",
"Critics have noted the opacity of her writing style.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all the concerns about the opacity of TikTok\u2019s policies, Stamos and Krapyva both acknowledged that Russia\u2019s actions had left social media platforms with few good options. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This opacity can be a useful tool to stall proceedings or evade sanctions entirely (despite decades of trying, Forbes has not been able to pin down exactly how much Putin is worth). \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"For her and her pupils, the weeks-long Russian occupation of the town, with all its attendant terrors, had both the dreamlike clarity and the nightmare opacity of a Prymachenko piece. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"The difference in opacity between a $100 standard curtain and our $45 best overall curtain pick on a sunny day. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 30 Apr. 2022",
"For decades after its founding, in 1913, the Federal Reserve believed in opacity . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Earl Sweatshirt\u2019s music is an exercise in opacity ; the continual reassertion of Blackness needs no translation. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Given the opacity of merchant flag-bearing, American planners cannot trust foreign-flagged ships. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Excellent biographies of Xi - there's still a degree of opacity that makes even these leaders a challenge to understand. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French opacit\u00e9 shadiness, from Latin opacitat-, opacitas , from opacus shaded, dark":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d-\u02c8pas-\u0259t-\u0113",
"\u014d-\u02c8pa-s\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opaqueness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012718",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opacous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": opaque":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin opacus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d\u02c8p\u0101k\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032811",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"opah":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large elliptical laterally compressed marine bony fish ( Lampris guttatus of the family Lampridae) with brilliant colors":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After dissecting the opah , samples will be studied further. \u2014 Paulina Firozi, Anchorage Daily News , 19 July 2021",
"In 2009, a fisherman caught a 97-pound opah while plying the mouth of the Columbia River just north of Seaside, reports Jamie Hale of the Oregonian. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 July 2021",
"The Seaside Aquarium retrieved the opah \u2019s virtually undamaged body and placed it in a freezer for preservation. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 July 2021",
"Dewar said biologists are still developing methods to determine how old the opah are. \u2014 Paulina Firozi, Anchorage Daily News , 19 July 2021",
"The opah is being stored in a large freezer, Chandler said. \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 19 July 2021",
"In 2009, a Milwaukie man caught a 97-pound opah while fishing for tuna off the mouth of the Columbia River. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 July 2021",
"As if catching one opah in Ocean City wasn't enough, Ensor caught a second one, weighing 159.6 pounds, in early December. \u2014 Erika Butler, The Aegis , 23 Dec. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1750, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Ibo \u00fab\u00e0":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-p\u0259",
"-\u02ccp\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214512",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"opaloid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": milky and translucent : opaline":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"opal + -oid":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dp\u0259\u02ccl\u022fid"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140700",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"opaque":{
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"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"definitions":{
": blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity sense 1 )":[],
": hard to understand or explain":[
"opaque prose"
],
": obtuse , thickheaded":[]
},
"examples":[
"In the opening hour, a group of strangers receive a maddeningly opaque cell-phone summons to join a secret cross-country race with a $32 million prize. The thing is, the summons can also be a threat (one competitor's wife is possibly being held captive), and the consequences of falling behind are murderous. \u2014 Tom Gliatto , People , 23 Apr. 2007",
"The reality facing Rory Stewart was that he was sent into a collapsed rural region in a country of which he knew almost nothing, and in which he had to find his way through a maze of opaque tribal and religious relationships. \u2014 Robert Skidelsky , New York Review of Books , 5 Oct. 2006",
"Arborio rice, the kind that grows in the Po Valley and gave rise to the wonderful dish risotto, has a tiny opaque white pearl on the inside that remains al dente, and starch on the outside that the grains release during cooking, making a creamy sauce. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , March 1993",
"the opaque water of the muddy river",
"somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It's perfectly calibrated in so many ways: the material is breathable but opaque , the pieces are relaxed but tailored. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"But life in Japan is difficult even for those who are granted refugee or asylum status under cumbersome and often opaque immigration laws. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"As was the case during the run-up to the war, Putin\u2019s motives can be read as both bafflingly opaque and blindingly obvious. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Unlike The Cream, which is thick and opaque , The Light Cream is a moisturizer-serum hybrid, with a more liquid-like consistency. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Solid / Stick Firm and opaque , solid or stick deodorants go on dry with a slight residue. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"For now, somewhat like cryptocurrency, sustainability is opaque and expensive. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Truth Social is a characteristic Trump business: opaque and unconvincing. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"For those who can attend a caucus, the process can be complicated and opaque . \u2014 Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin opacus \u2014 see opacity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d-\u02c8p\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022919",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"opaque projector":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a projector using reflected light for projecting an image of an opaque object or matter on an opaque support":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140306",
"type":[
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"opaqueness":{
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"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
],
"definitions":{
": blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity sense 1 )":[],
": hard to understand or explain":[
"opaque prose"
],
": obtuse , thickheaded":[]
},
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"In the opening hour, a group of strangers receive a maddeningly opaque cell-phone summons to join a secret cross-country race with a $32 million prize. The thing is, the summons can also be a threat (one competitor's wife is possibly being held captive), and the consequences of falling behind are murderous. \u2014 Tom Gliatto , People , 23 Apr. 2007",
"The reality facing Rory Stewart was that he was sent into a collapsed rural region in a country of which he knew almost nothing, and in which he had to find his way through a maze of opaque tribal and religious relationships. \u2014 Robert Skidelsky , New York Review of Books , 5 Oct. 2006",
"Arborio rice, the kind that grows in the Po Valley and gave rise to the wonderful dish risotto, has a tiny opaque white pearl on the inside that remains al dente, and starch on the outside that the grains release during cooking, making a creamy sauce. \u2014 Corby Kummer , Atlantic , March 1993",
"the opaque water of the muddy river",
"somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It's perfectly calibrated in so many ways: the material is breathable but opaque , the pieces are relaxed but tailored. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"But life in Japan is difficult even for those who are granted refugee or asylum status under cumbersome and often opaque immigration laws. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"As was the case during the run-up to the war, Putin\u2019s motives can be read as both bafflingly opaque and blindingly obvious. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Unlike The Cream, which is thick and opaque , The Light Cream is a moisturizer-serum hybrid, with a more liquid-like consistency. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 15 June 2022",
"Solid / Stick Firm and opaque , solid or stick deodorants go on dry with a slight residue. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"For now, somewhat like cryptocurrency, sustainability is opaque and expensive. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Truth Social is a characteristic Trump business: opaque and unconvincing. \u2014 Steve Coll, The New Yorker , 5 June 2022",
"For those who can attend a caucus, the process can be complicated and opaque . \u2014 Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin opacus \u2014 see opacity":""
},
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"\u014d-\u02c8p\u0101k"
],
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"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073754",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"Opata":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Taracahitian people or group of peoples of the northeastern part of the state of Sonora, Mexico":[],
": a member of such people or group of peoples":[],
": the language of the Opata people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u014d\u02c8p\u00e4t\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Pima, literally, hostile people":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124712"
},
"opal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a usually amorphous mineral that is a hydrated silica softer and less dense than quartz and typically with definite and often marked iridescent play of colors and is used especially as a gem":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-p\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The opal is larger than a brick and is broken into two pieces, which von Brandt said was a practice used decades ago to prove gem quality. \u2014 Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin opalus , from Greek opallios , ultimately from Sanskrit upala stone, jewel":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100818"
},
"opakapaka":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several brightly colored chiefly Hawaiian snappers of the genus Pristipomioides including some that are important food fishes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u014dp\u0259k\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4k\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hawaiian \u02bd\u014dpakapaka":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104007"
},
"opalescent":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": reflecting an iridescent light":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8le-s\u1d4ant",
"\u02cc\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8les-\u1d4ant"
],
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"iridescent",
"nacreous",
"pearlescent"
],
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"examples":[
"once given away as a cheap prize at carnivals, this opalescent glass is now highly prized by collectors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The white lam\u00e9 dress embroidered with opalescent crystals was a showstopper, but also meshed perfectly with Barbaro\u2019s style. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
"The pinky fingers were a sheer pink jelly finish with opalescent flecks that were encapsulated in the nail. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Some of the nails also came along with some opalescent jewels. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Kilims underlay altars from Thailand alongside opalescent glass and incense burners and mid-century Czech light fixtures and tables extracted from ancient French farmhouses and on and on and on. \u2014 Christopher Bonanos, Curbed , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The earbuds have touch controls with an opalescent jewel style. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The letters of her name were even glued onto her opalescent blue mani with rhinestoned letters. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 27 June 2021",
"Perched along a famous beach where people search in the sand for actual moonstones - an opalescent rock that is said to channel sensitivity and abundance. \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"Coffee aficionados may be most compelled, however, by a pale pink opalescent 24-ounce coffee tumbler with a domed lid. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 15 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1813, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115936"
},
"opal blue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a grayish blue that is redder and paler than electric, greener and paler than copenhagen, and redder and lighter than Gobelin":[],
": national blue":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-152836"
},
"opalesce":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to emit or exhibit a play of colors like those of an opal":[]
},
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"\u00a6\u014dp\u0259\u00a6les"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from opalescence & opalescent":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214847"
},
"opalesque":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": suggesting opal : opalescent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u014dp\u0259\u00a6lesk"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"opal + -esque":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-001637"
},
"opaleye":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"opal + eye":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-041531"
},
"opal glass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-193829"
},
"opal gray":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a reddish gray that is duller and slightly yellower than evenglow and yellower and duller than mist gray":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022539"
},
"Opalina":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Opalinidae) of large flattened multinucleate protociliates that are endozoic in the rectum of amphibians":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113n\u0259",
"\u02cc\u014dp\u0259\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin opal us opal + New Latin -ina":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184247"
},
"opaline":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling opal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u0113n",
"\u02c8\u014d-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bn"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The opaline finish creates a subtle texture that works well with the gradient blue, which darkens only slightly toward the outer edge. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The galvanized rose opaline dial has lovely blue appliques and the hands are pear shaped and blued. \u2014 Matthew Catellier, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"Crafted in 18-karat white gold, the watch case is set with 84 baguette-cut sapphires and the crown is set with 16 more baguettes cut sapphires \u2013 all to reflect the beauty of the dark blue opaline dial with the lion constellation. \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
"The master bath\u2019s custom mirror and Carrara marble\u2013topped vanity are based on early-20th-century English furniture designs; the opaline glass pendant is vintage, and the artworks are by Lila de Nobili. \u2014 Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor , 13 Mar. 2018",
"Chrome comes in a few options including holographic chrome, opaline chrome and mirror chrome. \u2014 Allison Carey, cleveland.com , 8 Jan. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203937"
},
"opaline green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a very light green":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215417"
},
"opalinid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the genus Opalina or the family Opalinidae":[],
": protociliate":[]
},
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"\"",
"-l\u0113n-",
"-lin-",
"\u00a6\u014dp\u0259\u00a6l\u012bn\u0259\u0307d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Opalinidae , family of protociliates, from Opalina , type genus + -idae":"Adjective",
"New Latin Opalinidae":"Noun"
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003439"
},
"opalization":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the process of opalizing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u012b\u02c8z-",
"\u02cc\u014dp\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-104738"
},
"opalize":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to replace with or convert into opal":[
"opalized trunks of trees, most of them of prehistoric species",
"\u2014 National Geographic"
],
": to make opalescent":[
"opalize glass"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dp\u0259\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
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