Pearl
31pearl — im·pearl; pearl; pearl·er; pearl·es·cent; pearl·et; pearl·i·ness; pearl·ing; pearl·ite; pearl·ized; pearl·in; pearl·it·ic; …
32Pearl — (as used in expressions) Bailey, Pearl (Mae) Buck, Pearl Pearl Sydenstricker Pearl Grey Pearl Harbor Pearl, río Primus, Pearl …
33pearl — [[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… …
34pearl — 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)… …
35pearl */ — UK [pɜː(r)l] / US [pɜrl] noun Word forms pearl : singular pearl plural pearls 1) a) [countable] a small round jewel that is white and shiny and that grows inside the shell of an oyster a string of pearls a pearl necklace b) an artificial jewel… …
36pearl — I. /pɜl / (say perl) noun 1. a hard, smooth, often highly lustrous concretion, a mass of nacre, white or variously coloured, and rounded, pear shaped, or irregular (baroque) in form, secreted as a morbid product within the shell of various… …
37pearl — [[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… …
38pearl — ‘Ho, ho, my dainty, my little pearl! No lady loves her hound, monkey, or parakeet as I do thee.’ Thus speaks a mother to her child in The Witch of Edmonton, by Rowley, Dekker, and Ford. ‘Pearl’ has been applied to a person considered precious… …
39pearl — 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… …
40pearl — 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… …
