Pearly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling pearls.
  • adj. Covered or decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
  • n. tooth
  • adj. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls.
  • adj. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Resembling a pearl in size, shape, texture, or color; pearlaceous.
  • Resembling mother-of-pearl; nacreous: margaritaceous.
  • Producing, containing, or abounding in pearls; margaritiferous; pearl-bearing.
  • Dotted, flecked, or spangled as if with pearls; pearled.
  • Clear; pure; glittering; translucent or transparent, as a color: as, pearly white.
  • In the technique of the pianoforte, noting a touch that produces a clear, round, sweet tone, or noting a tone thus characterized.
  • Clothes with large pearl buttons, worn by costermongers.
  • In the manner of a pearl; like a pearl.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of a white the color of pearls
  • n. informal terms for a human `tooth'
  • Equivalent
    neutral    achromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tooth   
    Variant
    pearlier    pearliest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clear    pure    transparent    iridescent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adderley    Curley    Early    Hurley    Shirley    burley    burly    curly    early    erly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    milky    bluish    silvery    iridescent    rosy    misty    lustrous    azure    coppery    dewy