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1. 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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2. Pearl
   A lamp with a frosted, translucent envelope, giving a softer more diffuse light.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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.
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9. Pearl
   Pearl adjective Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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 ...
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13. pearl
    noun a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
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14. 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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15. 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 ...
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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. pearl
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pĕrl Definitions: 1. A concretion formed around a grain of sand or other foreign body within the shell of certain mollusks. 2. One of a number of small tough masses, mucus occurring in the sputum in asthma. Synonyms: keratin pearl
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20. Pearl
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pĕrl Definitions: 1. Raymond, U.S. biologist, 1879-1940. See: Pearl index
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21. Pearl
    HMS Pearl (formerly the Dervish) was a British armed trawler of 649 tons displacement launched in 1934 and used by the British navy during the Second World War for anti-submarine training. HMS Pearl had a top speed of 12 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun and depth charges.
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22. 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 ...
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23. Pearl
    Pearl is a cultivated variety of potato.
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24. 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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25. 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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