pearl
suomi-englanti sanakirjapearl englannista suomeksi
helmi
pyytää helmiä
helmenharmaa
pearl englanniksi
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 sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
Something precious.
(RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)
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A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
A whitish speck or film on the eye.
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A light-colored tern.
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
1635, Douay Rheims Bible, Proverbs 20:15
- There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.
A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or (l) that is operationally useful for decision-making.
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The clitoris.
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Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
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To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
{{quote-text|en|year=1993|title=New Scientist|volume=139|page=62
To resemble pearl or pearls.
To hunt for pearls
To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
1999, Joanne VanMeter https://web.archive.org/web/20071027111258/http://www.letsplay.net/archive99/020399.shtml:
- Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.
Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
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