Word Meanings - PEARLACEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

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• MOTHER-OF-PEARL
  The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
• PEARLACEOUS
  Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
• MOTHER'S DAY
  A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who
• QUALITY
  1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
• MOTHERING
  A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
• MOTHERLESS
  Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
• PEARL-EYED
  Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
• MOTHER-OF-THYME
  An aromatic plant ; -- called also wild thyme.
• PEARLFISH
  Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
• MOTHERLINESS
  The state or quality of being motherly.
• PEARLY
  1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton. 2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
• MOTHER-IN-LAW
  The mother of one's husband or wife.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• MOTHER-NAKED
  Naked as when born.
• PEARLASH
  A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium
• MOTHERHOOD
  The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• MOTHER
  modar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. moedhir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. matrs; cf. Skr. ma to measure. *268. Cf. Material, Matrix, 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human
• MOTHERWORT
  A labiate herb , of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. The mugwort. See Mugwort.
• PEARL
  A fringe or border. -- v. t.
• SMOTHER
  Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
• UNMOTHERED
  Deprived of a mother; motherless.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• EEL-MOTHER
  The eelpout.
• STEPMOTHER
  The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• DISAPPEARANCE
  The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
• SMOTHERINESS
  The quality or state of being smothery.
• GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.