pearl

suomi-englanti sanakirja

pearl englannista suomeksi

1. helmi

2. pyytää helmiä

3. helmenharmaa

0. Substantiivi

1. helmi

2. helmi, kapseli

3. kaihi

3. Verbi

pearl englanniksi

1. (senseid)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. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.

2. Something precious.

3. (RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1920|author=Herman Cyril McNeile|title=Bulldog Drummond|chapter=1

5. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.

6. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.

7. A whitish speck or film on the eye.

8. {{quote-text|en|year=1641|author=John Milton|title=Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus|section=Section III

9. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.

10. A light-colored tern.

11. One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.

12. A fringe or border.

13. A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or (l) that is operationally useful for decision-making.

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14. (senseid) The clitoris.

15. {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Richard Knight|title=Simple Fantasies Can Come True|page=10

16. (quote-book)

17. (short for)

18. Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.

19. {{quote-book|en|year=1720|author=Francis Nichols|title=Rudiments of Honour|page=296

20. {{quote-book|en|year=1726|author=John Guillim|title=The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim|page=504

21. {{quote-book|en|year=1754|author=John Lodge|title=The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ...|page=71

22. The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.

23. A jewel or gem.

24. 1635, Douay Rheims Bible, Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.

25. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.

26. To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.

27. To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.

28. {{quote-text|en|year=1993|title=New Scientist|volume=139|page=62

29. To resemble pearl or pearls.

30. To bead; to form a droplet.

31. {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Angela Patten|title=Reliquaries|publisher=Salmon Publishing|isbn=9781903392621|page=5

32. {{quote-book|en|date=2011-09-01|author=Kristen Painter|title=Blood Rights: House of Comarré: Book 1|publisher=Hachette UK|isbn=9780748121298

33. {{quote-book|en|date=2022-05-09|author=Lori Power|title=Backlash Bounty|publisher=The Wild Rose Press Inc|isbn=9781509240579

34. To hunt for pearls

35. To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.

36. 1999, Joanne VanMeter https://web.archive.org/web/20071027111258/http://www.letsplay.net/archive99/020399.shtml:

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.

37. Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.

38. {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=Jian|title=Sh-Boom: The Way of the World

39. Of aquatic plants: to produce visible bubbles on the stems and leaves during photosynthesis, usually in a simulated environment like an aquarium.