Definition of pearl

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Pearl (n.) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.

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Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Bdellium :: Bdellium (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia..
Pearlfish :: Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait..
Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..
Pearlite :: Pearlite (n.) Alt. of Pearlston.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious..
Argentine :: Argentine (n.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure..
Union :: Union (n.) A large, fine pearl..
Maara Shell :: Maara shell () A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament..
Pearl :: Pearl (v. i.) To resemble pearl or pearls.
Pyrophyllite :: Pyrophyllite (n.) A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina..
Pearlins :: Pearlins (n. pl.) Alt. of Pearling.
Perlitic :: Perlitic (a.) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite..
Madreperl :: Madreperl (n.) Mother-of-pearl.
Brewsterite :: Brewsterite (n.) A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and strontia..
Ehlite :: Ehlite (n.) A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Pearl :: Pearl (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl..
Mother-of-pearl :: Mother-of-pearl (n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl..
Empearl :: Empearl (v. t.) To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl..
Apophyllite :: Apophyllite (n.) A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium..
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