Synonyymisanakirja
pearl
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jalokivi, korukivi, valkoinen, valkoisuus, valkea, luunväri, kermanvalkoinen, norsunluunvalkoinen, helmenharmaa, luonnonvalkoinen, luunvalkoinen, likaisenvalkoinen, helmi, pieni helmi, pallo, pisara, kastepisara.
Käännökset
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helmi pyytää helmiä
helmenharmaa
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. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application. nacre Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. A whitish speck or film on the eye.
A light-colored tern. One of the circle of tubercle tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. puhekieltä The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point. A fringe or border. puhekieltä A jewel or gem. Douay Rheims 1635 - Proverbs 20:15 puhekieltä To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains
To give or hunt for pearls puhekieltä to dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff. 1999, Joanne VanMeter http://www.letsplay.net/archive99/020399.shtml: |
Sitaatit
"Markkinat eivät olisi kestäneet toista kaaosviikkoa. Viime viikko oli talouden pearl Harbour." "
Läheisiä sanoja
paussi, paussimerkki, paviaani, paviljonki, pedaali, pedagogi