Look up: PEARL

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   Pearl
   A natural gemstone formed when a oyster is irritated by a substance that gets into its shell. If the irritation is a naturally occurring grain of sand, it is an Oriental pearl. If it is produced by purposefully inserting a mother-of-pearl bead, a cultured pearl is formed.
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   Pearl
   Pearl is a township in Pike County Illinois, USA Pearl is a township in McCook County South Dakota, USA Pearl is a township in Hand County South Dakota, USA Pearl is a township in Golden Valley County North Dakota, USA Pearl is a city in Rankin County Mississippi, USA Pearl is a village in Pike County Illinois, USA
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   Pearl
   A lamp with a frosted, translucent envelope, giving a softer more diffuse light.
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   pearl
   [adj] - relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl 2. [n] - a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster 3. [v] - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
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   Pearl
   A natural pearl by definition, whereas cultured pearls should be referred to as ‘cultured pearl` However, as cultured pearls now make up over 95% of world pearl production, it has become common to use the term ‘pearl` to refer to cultured pearls.
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   PEARL
   1. (language, mathematics) A language for constructive mathematics developed by Constable at Cornell University in the 1980s. 2. (language, real-time) Process and Experiment Automation Real-Time Language. 3. (language, education) One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in 'Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent La...
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   pearl
   pearls are the result of the natural secretion of various sea or fresh water molluscs,especially of the pearl oyster and the pearl mussel Category: Domestic economy
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   pearl
   Pearls form when foreign particles are covered by organic tissue, called nacre, or mother-of-pearl, in the shells of certain molluscs. A wild or true pearl occurs naturally, whereas a cultured pearl forms around an artificially implanted particle. Pearls vary in colour according to the habitat of the mollusc, ranging from shades of pink to black. T ...
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   Pearl
   Pearl noun A fringe or border. [ Obsolete] -- transitive verb To fringe; to border. [ Obsolete] See Purl . Pearl stitch . See Purl stitch , under Purl .
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    Pearl
    Pearl noun [ Middle English perle , French perle , Late Latin perla , perula , probably from (assumed) Latin pirulo , dim. of Latin pirum a pear. See Pear , and confer Purl to mantle.] 1. (Zoology) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantl ...
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    Pearl
    Pearl adjective Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
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    Pearl
    Pearl transitive verb 1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively. 2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
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    Pearl
    Pearl intransitive verb 1. To resemble pearl or pearls. 2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling .
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    pearl
    1. <marine biology, zoology> 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 aro ...
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    pearl
    noun a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
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    Pearl
    A `pearl` is a hard, rounded object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of mollusks, a pearl is composed of [[calcium carbonate] in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes of pearls occur, see baroque pearl. The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and o...
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    pearl
    (purl) a smooth lustrous deposit found in certain mollusks, valued as a gem. something resembling this structure, either because of being round and hard or because of being considered valuable. a rounded mass of tough sputum, as seen in the early stages of an attack of asthma. ...
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    Pearl
    • (n.) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. • (n.) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. • (v. t.) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively. • (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, fou...
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    Pearl
    (from the article `English literature`) ...poems called Patience and Purity (or Cleanness), and an elegiac dream vision known as Pearl, all miraculously preserved in a single manuscript ...
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    pearl
    concretion formed by a mollusk consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother-of-pearl) as the mollusk`s shell. It is a highly valued ... [10 related articles]
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    Pearl
    Pearl is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `gemstone ` Where is it used? The name Pearl is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Pearle ( In English (Modern) )Perele ( In Other languages) See also In English: Perlie (F) In English: Pearlie (F) Pearl doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Pearl a
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    Pearl
    Pearl, Chin. Zhujiang, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, S Guangdong prov., S China. Formed at Guangzhou by the confluence of the Xi and Bei rivers, it flows E then S past Guangzhou and Huangpu island to form a large estuary between Hong Kong and Macao. The river links Guangzhou to Hong Kong and the Sout...
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    pearl
    pearl, hard, rounded secretion formed inside the shell of certain mollusks, used as a gem. It is secreted by the epithelial cells of the mantle, a curtain of tissue between the shell and body mass, and is deposited in successive layers around an irritating object—usually a parasite in the case...
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    Pearl
    Pearl, river, 485 mi (781 km) long, rising in E Miss. and flowing S to Lake Borgne, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico; its lower section (116 mi/187 km) forms the Miss.-La. boundary. Above Jackson, Miss., the Pearl's largest city, is Ross Barnett Reservoir, one of the state's chief water-storage areas.
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