Crossword-Solution: HYDROPHANE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hydrophane | n. | A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “HYDROPHANE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| OPAL absorbing water on immersion and becoming transparent | 1 answer |
| a semi-translucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water | 1 answer |
| opaque opal | 1 answer |
| Translucent opal. | 2 answers |
| Opal | 7 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with HYDROPHANE (3)
The fifth variety in order of value, is that known as the "hydrophane," which has an interesting characteristic in becoming transparent when immersed in water, and only then.
Thus the deportment of various minerals, such as hydrophane and tabasheer, the transparency of tracing paper used by engineers, and many other considerations of the highest scientific interest, are involved in the simple enquiry of this unsuspecting little boy.
CHAPTER XXIV VARIOUS KINDS OF OPAL CACHOLONG, THE OPAL OF FRIENDSHIP: FLOAT STONE, THE LOVERS’ OPAL: GIRASOL, THE FIRE OPAL: HYALITE, THE EYE OPAL: HYDROPHANE, THE MAGIC OPAL: MENILITE, THE LIVER OPAL: OPAL JASPER: ROSE OPAL: SEMI-OPAL, THE FOREST OPAL: TABASHEER: MARCO POLO’S ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE GREAT KAAN: THE OPAL OF INVULNERABILITY AND REMOVER OF DREAD: THE MARVEL OF TRANSFORMATION.