Pearl

  • 41pearl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. margarite, nacre, mother of pearl; artificial or cultured pearl; gem, treasure, jewel; pearl beyond price. See ornament, goodness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. blue gray, silver white, nacreous, mother …

    English dictionary for students

  • 42Pearl — noun from the English noun pearl. Her Pearl! For so had Hester called her; not as a name expressive of her aspect, which had nothing of the calm, white, unimpassioned lustre that would be indicated by the comparison. But she named the infant… …

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  • 43pearl — pearl1 noun 1》 a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.     ↘an artificial imitation of a pearl.     ↘a very pale bluish grey or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 44Pearl —    (Heb. gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matt. 7:6; 13:46; Rev. 21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Its shell is the mother of pearl, which is of great value for ornamental purposes (1 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 17:4).… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 45Pearl — Recorded in over forty spellings forms including Pearl, Perl, Perel, Perle, Perllman, Pearlman, Perles, Perlis, Perla, Perler, Perlinski, Perelson and many others, this is a surname of Roman (Latin) origins. It derives from the word perla and in… …

    Surnames reference

  • 46pearl — perlamutras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Dvigeldžių moliuskų kriauklės vidinis sluoksnis, susidedantis iš plonų aragonito plokštelių. atitikmenys: angl. mother of pearl; nacre; pearl vok. Perlmutter, f rus. перламутр, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 47pearl — перловая крупа pearl barley перловая крупа; «шрапнель» fine pearl перловая крупа …

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  • 48pearl — Brill Brill, n. [Cf. Corn. brilli mackerel, fr. brith streaked, speckled.] (Zo[ o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot ({Rhombus levis}), much esteemed in England for food; called also {bret}, {pearl}, {prill}. See {Bret}. [1913 Webster] || …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49Pearl — Raymond, U.S. biologist, 1879–1940. See P. index. * * * pearl pərl n 1) PERLE 2) one of the rounded concentric masses of squamous epithelial cells characteristic of certain tumors 3) a miliary leproma of the iris 4) a rounded abnormal mass of… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 50pearl — 1. A concretion formed around a grain of sand or other foreign body within the shell of certain mollusks. 2. One of a number of small tough masses, such as mucus occurring in the sputum in asthma. 3. SYN: keratin p …

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