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 |
pearl hominy | hominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size |
pearl barley | barley ground into small round pellets |
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 |
mother-of-pearl nacre | the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell |
pearl ash | an impure form of potassium carbonate |
pearl sago | sago ground into small round grains |
pearl | gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
colored coloured dark dark-skinned non-white | having skin rich in melanin pigments, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, dark-skinned peoples |
peachy peachy-colored peachy-coloured | of something resembling a peach in color |
pearl grey pearl gray | of a grey with a pearly tinge |
colored coloured colorful | having color or a certain color, sometimes used in combination, colored crepe paper, the film was in color, amber-colored heads of grain |
brightly-colored brightly-coloured | having a bright color |
buff-colored buff-coloured | having a buff color |
chestnut-colored chestnut-coloured | having the brown color of chestnuts |
chocolate-colored chocolate-coloured | having the color of dark chocolate |
cinnamon colored cinnamon coloured cinnamon-colored cinnamon-coloured | having the color of cinnamon |
dark-colored dark-coloured dusky-colored dusky-coloured | having a dark color |
dun-colored dun-coloured | having a dun color |
fawn-colored fawn-coloured | having the color of a fawn |
flame-colored flame-coloured | having the brilliant orange-red color of flames |
flesh-colored flesh-coloured | having a bright red or pinkish color |
garnet-colored garnet-coloured | having the color of garnet |
gold-colored gold-coloured | having the color of gold |
honey-colored honey-coloured | having the color of honey |
lead-colored lead-coloured | having the color of lead |
metal-colored metal-coloured metallic-colored metallic-coloured | having a metallic color |
s motley calico multicolor multi-color multicolour multi-colour multicolored multi-colored multicoloured multi-coloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly, a jester dressed in motley, the painted desert, a particolored dress, a piebald horse, pied daisies |
neutral-colored neutral-coloured | having a color that does not attract attention |
olive-colored olive-coloured | having the color of green olives |
orange-colored orange-coloured orange-hued | having the color of ripe oranges |
straw-colored straw-coloured | having the color of dry straw |
tawny-colored tawny-coloured | having a tawny color |
violet-colored violet-coloured violet-flowered | having a violet color |
solid self-colored self-coloured | of the same color throughout, solid color |
bleached colored coloured dyed | (used of color) artificially produced, not natural, a bleached blonde |