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pearly![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pearly \Pearl"y\, a.
1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls;
as, pearly shells. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent;
iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
[1913 Webster]
Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pearly
adj 1: of a white the color of pearls [syn: pearly, pearly-
white]
n 1: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper,
pearly]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 118 Moby Thesaurus words for "pearly": Quaker-colored, acier, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, ashen, ashy, burele, canescent, chatoyant, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, delicate, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, flat, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, lead-gray, leaden, light, lint-white, livid, lustrous, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, off-white, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl, pearl-gray, pearl-like, pearlish, pearly-white, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, simple, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, subdued, subtle, sweet, taupe, tender, tortoise-shell, whitish, whity Matching Word(s) Early Pearl Dearly Nearly Rearly Yearly early peary pearl dearly nearly yearly
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