Word Meanings - PEARLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Related words: (words related to PEARLY)

• FLOODER
  One who floods anything.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• PEARLACEOUS
  Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• FLOODAGE
  Inundation. Carlyle.
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• PEARL-EYED
  Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
• CLEAR-HEADED
  Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
• YIELDING
  Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. --
• CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
  Acute discernment.
• PEARLFISH
  Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
• 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.
• PEARL
  1. To resemble pearl or pearls. 2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
• CLEAR-SEEING
  Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• FLOODING
  The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
• YIELDER
  One who yields. Shak.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• 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.
• WATERFLOOD
  A flood of water; an inundation.
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• LANDFLOOD
  An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.