| culture | the raising of plants or animals, the culture of oysters |
| cranberry culture | the cultivation of cranberries |
| drip culture | a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing |
| culture | (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar), the culture of cells in a Petri dish |
pearl oyster
Pinctada margaritifera | tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America, a major source of pearls |
pearlfish
pearl-fish | found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds |
| pearl fishery | a fishery where they fish for pearl oysters |
bone
ivory
pearl
off-white | a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
| culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
| culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group |
| mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
acculturation
culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
| culture | the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization, the developing drug culture, the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture |
| Kalashnikov culture | the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms, the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan |
| mosaic culture | a highly diverse culture, the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts |
| pearl hominy | hominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size |
| pearl barley | barley ground into small round pellets |
culture
civilization civilisation | a particular society at a particular time and place, early Mayan civilization |
| youth culture | young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture |
Aegean civilization
Aegean civilisation
Aegean culture | the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries, by BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery |
Helladic civilization
Helladic civilisation
Helladic culture | the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished - BC |
Minoan civilization
Minoan civilisation
Minoan culture | the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished - BC |
Cycladic civilization
Cycladic civilisation
Cycladic culture
Cyclades | the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished - BC |
Mycenaean civilization
Mycenaean civilisation
Mycenaean culture | the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished - BC |
Paleo-American culture
Paleo-Amerind culture
Paleo-Indian culture | the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America |
| Clovis culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony |
| Folsom culture | the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America, distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf |
Western culture
Western civilization | the modern culture of western Europe and North America, when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea |
| Pearl Harbor | a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu, location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on Dec |
nacreous cloud
mother-of-pearl cloud | a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon |
| Pearl River | a river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico |
Zhu Jiang
Canton River
Chu Kiang
Pearl River | a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea |
pearl diver
pearler | a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls |
Bailey Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey | United States singer (-) |
Buck
Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (-) |
pearlwort
pearlweed
pearl-weed | any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls |
pearl millet
bulrush millet
cattail millet
Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum Americanum | tall grass having cattail like spikes, grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage, sometimes used in making beer |
| pearl | a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster, much valued as a jewel |
| seed pearl | a small imperfect pearl |
drop
bead
pearl | a shape that is spherical and small, he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops, beads of sweat on his forehead |
polish
refinement
culture
cultivation
finish | a highly developed state of perfection, having a flawless or impeccable quality, they performed with great polish, I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art--Joseph Conrad |
mother-of-pearl
nacre | the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell |
| pearl ash | an impure form of potassium carbonate |
culture medium
medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
| pearl sago | sago ground into small round grains |
prehistory
prehistoric culture | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word |
| culture | grow in a special preparation, the biologist grows microorganisms |
| pearl | gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
pearl grey
pearl gray | of a grey with a pearly tinge |