Mother-of-pearl
71Pearl Ladderbanks — Infobox Emmerdale character 2 name= Mrs Pearl Ladderbanks portrayer=Meg Johnson years=2003 born=18 March 1938 home=Jacob s Fold occupation= first = 30 July 2003 last = spouse=Ted Ladderbanks (deceased) sons=Frank Bernard Hartbourne grandsons=Owen …
72pearl — [[t]pɜrl[/t]] n. 1) ivt jew a smooth, rounded bead, composed chiefly of aragonite, formed around an irritating foreign body within the shells of oysters and other mollusks: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored 2) jew something… …
73Pearl oyster — Taxobox name = Pearl oyster image caption = Black lip oyster, Pinctada margaritifera regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Pterioida familia = Pteriidae genus = Pinctada genus authority = Roding, 1798 subdivision ranks =… …
74pearl — 1. noun a) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and… …
75pearl — 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 …
76pearl — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] pearls 1) N COUNT A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and creamy white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery. → See also mother of pearl She wore a string of… …
77pearl — noun 1 JEWEL (C) 2 a) a small round hard white object with a silvery shine, that is formed inside the shell of an oyster, and is very valuable as a jewel: a string of pearls | a pearl necklace b) an artificial copy of this jewel 3 LIQUID (C)… …
78mother — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. b (in full adoptive mother) a woman who has continuous care of a child, esp. by adoption. 2 any female animal in relation to its offspring. 3 a quality or… …
79pearl — I. noun Etymology: Middle English perle, from Anglo French, probably from Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna upper leg, kind of sea mussel; akin to Old English fiersn heel, Greek pternē Date: 14th century 1. a. a dense variously… …
80pearl white — noun 1. : any of several white or pearly white substances: as a. : bismuth subnitrate especially when used in cosmetics or ceramics b. : bismuth oxychloride especially when used as a pigment or in cosmetics c. : a nacreous preparation (as of… …
