satiny's Usage Examples:

paint and a cosmetic called Venetian ceruse, because of its opacity and the satiny smooth mixture it made with dryable oils.

Maireana georgei, commonly known as slit-wing bluebush or satiny bluebush, is a shrub species that is endemic to Australia.

They are usually colored blackish, dark brown or grey, and often have a satiny sheen; they are generally not glossy (some are outright matte) and few are.

are of deep velvet black, the lower, ornamented by large particles of satiny yellow, through which the sunlight passes, and few insects can compare with.

The flowers are yellow, satiny, and shed after pollination.

The satiny plumage of all species is sexually dichromatic, to a greater or lesser degree.

The hindwings are satiny-grey.

It has smooth, satiny bark, narrow elliptical leaves, flower buds in groups of three, white flowers.

Wilson - Slit-wing bluebush or satiny bluebush Maireana glomerifolia (F.

It has satiny or glossy bark on its fluted trunk, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult.

The forewings are pure white with a satiny sheen.

However, it is grown as an ornamental plant for its satiny foliage and sweet-scented flowers.

Adults are satiny white and grey.

Adults are satiny white, the forewings with brown to black fringes and dots on the distal.

The sepals are satiny in texture and range from light pink to light purple to light green in color.

The ground color of the forewings is light golden brown, with a satiny luster, paler dorsally.

Adults are satiny white, the forewings with a black discal dot.

indistinct whitey-brown spot touching the first median nervule and the satiny patch extending from the base nearly to the outer angle and from the interno-median.

Fibrous in radial clusters; may be in crusts; powdery Luster Subadamantine to satiny Streak Light blue Diaphaneity Transparent Specific gravity 5.

Synonyms:

sleek; silken; silklike; bright; slick; silky;

Antonyms:

nonslippery; implausible; roughness; artless; dull;