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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 around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones. 2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. "I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl." (Shak) "And those pearls of dew she wears." (Milton) 3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl. 4. <marine biology> A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. 5. <ornithology> A light-coloured tern. 6. <zoology> One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler. 7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. 8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether. 9. A size of type, between agate and diamond. This line is printed in the type called pearl. Ground pearl. <zoology> A crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. Pearl white. Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; used chiefly as a cosmetic. A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue. Origin: OE. Perle, F. Perle, LL. Perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. Pirulo, dim. Of L. Pirum a pear. See Pear, and cf. Purl to mantle. (19 Mar 1998) |
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| pearl cyst | <ophthalmology> A mass of epithelial cells introduced into the interior of the eye by a perforating injury. (21 Jun 2000) |
| pearl moss | Synonym: cartilage. 2. The plant Chondrus crispus, Fucus crispus, or Gigartina mamillosa (family Gigartinaceae); a demulcent in chronic and intestinal disorders. Synonym: carrageen, carragheen, Irish moss, pearl moss. Origin: G. Chondros, gristle (05 Mar 2000) |
| pearl necklace gallbladder | <radiology> Associated with the generalised form of adenomyomatosis findings: tiny extraluminal extension of contrast on oral cholecystogram, enhanced after contraction (12 Dec 1998) |
| pearl tumour | An obsolete term for cholesteatoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pearl-ash | <chemistry> A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; hence The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, or as a white crystalline pearl-ash. It has previously been an important source of potassium compounds, and previously used in making soap, glass, etc. Synonym: caustic potash. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pearl-worker's disease | Inflammatory hypertrophy of the bones affecting grinders of mother-of-pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pearlfish | <zoology> Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pearlstone | <chemical> A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish colour and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pearlwort | <botany> A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gouty pearl | A concretion of sodium urate on the cartilage of the ear, occurring in the gouty. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mother-of-pearl | <zoology> The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially. Of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squamous pearl | A focus of central keratinization within concentric layers of abnormal squamous cells; seen in squamous cell carcinoma. Synonym: epithelial nest, epithelial pearl, squamous pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enamel pearl | A developmental anomaly in which there is a small nodule of enamel below the cementoenamel junction, usually at the bifurcation of molar teeth. Synonym: enamel drop, enamel nodule, enamel pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epithelial pearl | A focus of central keratinization within concentric layers of abnormal squamous cells; seen in squamous cell carcinoma. Synonym: epithelial nest, epithelial pearl, squamous pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| keratin pearl | A focus of central keratinization within concentric layers of abnormal squamous cells; seen in squamous cell carcinoma. Synonym: epithelial nest, epithelial pearl, squamous pearl. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pearl |
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel bone: a shade of white the color of bleached bones drop: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
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| pearl cyst |
a cyst or a solid mass of epithelial cells in the iris caused by implantation of an eyelash, cotton, or other foreign particle.
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Pearl is an album by Janis Joplin released in 1971 just after her death from a heroin overdose. It is her fourth album and the only album she recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band. The album has a more polished feel than her earlier albums recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Kozmic Blues Band. Pearl features the hits Me and Bobby McGee written by Kris Kristofferson, her lover at the time, as well as Move Over, which she penned herself. ...
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| Pearl index |
The Pearl Index, also called the Pearl rate, is a technique used in clinical trials for measuring the effectiveness of a birth control method. It is calculated by dividing the number of unintended pregnancies by the number of months of use of the particular method whose efficacy is being measured, and multiplying the result by 1200. ...
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The nose of the kayak burying in the water.
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| pearl | a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
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| pearl | a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster |
| pearl | a shape that is small and round |
| pearl | gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
| pearl | relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl |
| pearl | American singer (1918-1990) |
| pearl | barley ground into small round pellets |
| pearl | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) |
| pearl | a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls |
| pearl | a fishery where they fish for pearl oysters |
| pearl | a harbor on Oahu west of Honolulu |
| pearl | hominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size |
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