Pearl

Noun

 * 1) 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)  Something precious.
 * 3) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
 * 4) Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
 * 5) A whitish speck or film on the eye.
 * 6) A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
 * 7) A light-colored tern.
 * 8) One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
 * 9)  Five-point size of type, between agate and diamond.
 * 10) A fringe or border.

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.
 * 3) To resemble pearl or pearls.
 * 4) To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
 * 5)  to dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
 * 6) * 1999, Joanne VanMeter :
 * Used a pointed tip today and learned why I kept pearling with my round tipped board. Round noses like to dig into the water, causing frustrating wipeouts.

Derived terms

 * cultured pearl
 * mabe pearl
 * mother-of-pearl
 * pearl ash
 * pearl diver
 * pearl barley
 * pearl cotton
 * pearl essence
 * pearl gray
 * pearl millet
 * pearl necklace
 * pearl of wisdom


 * pearl onion
 * pearl oyster
 * perlemoen
 * pearler
 * pearlescent
 * pearling
 * pearly
 * pearly king
 * pearly nautilus
 * pearly queen
 * seed pearl
 * sulfur pearl

Thesaurus
Quaker-colored, acceptable person, acier, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, ashen, ashy, bead, boast, canescent, capital fellow, catch, chalk, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dewdrop, diamond, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, driven snow, drop, droplet, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, find, fleece, flour, flower, foam, gem, gentleman, glaucescent, glaucous, godsend, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good thing, good woman, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, honest man, iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, jewel, lady, lead-gray, leaden, light, lily, lint-white, livid, maggot, mensch, milk, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nonpareil, off-white, pale, paper, pearl-gray, pearly, pearly-white, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, plum, pride, pride and joy, prince, prize, raindrop, real man, right sort, rough diamond, sad, sheet, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snow, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, swan, taupe, teardrop, treasure, trophy, trouvaille, whitish, whity, windfall, winner, wonder, worthy

Etymology
From perle:, from  perla:. The surfing sense is from “pearl diving”, it being imagined the surfer is diving down for pearls.

Noun

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 * Hindi: मोती
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 * Interlingua: perla
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 * Ottoman Turkish: (inci),  (durr),  (mervârid)
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 * Romanian: perlă, mărgăritar
 * Russian:, жемчужина (individual),  перл
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 * Swahili: lulu
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 * Telugu: ముత్యం (mutyam)
 * Thai: ไข่มุก
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 * Finnish: helmi

Anagrams

 * APLer
 * paler
 * parle