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Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc..

Semidiaphanous :: Semidiaphanous (a.) Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica..

Dextrin :: Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Ery

Vaseline :: Vaseline (n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum..

Pellucid :: Pellucid (a.) Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.

Cartilage :: Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle..

Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..

Pectin :: Pectin (n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Diaphanie :: Diaphanie (n.) The art of imitating //ined glass with translucent paper.

Leucite :: Leucite (n.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius..

Gaylussite :: Gaylussite (n.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water..

Perspicuity :: Perspicuity (n.) The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.

Diaphanotype :: Diaphanotype (n.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.

Translucency :: Translucency (n.) The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency.

Glare :: Glare (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice..

Diaphaned :: Diaphaned (a.) Transparent or translucent.

Translucid :: Translucid (a.) Translucent.

Adularia :: Adularia (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone..

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