Dictionary Definition
pearly adj : a white the color of pearls [syn:
pearly-white]
n : informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper] [also: pearliest, pearlier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)li
Noun
pearly- a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
- pearly colour:
Translations
colour
- Japanese: 真珠色 (しんじゅいろ, shinjyuiro)
Adjective
pearly- of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
Extensive Definition
"Pearly" is the nineteenth episode in the first
season of Space:
Above and Beyond. It originally aired in North
America on March 24,
1996.
Plot
While stranded on a Chig planet the Wild Cards encounter an eccentric British officer and a lone tank driver who named his vehicle Pearly.Other meanings
- A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue: see
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Quaker-colored, acier, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, ashen, ashy, burele, canescent, chatoyant, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, delicate, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray,
dreary, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, flat, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray, gray-black, gray-brown,
gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned,
gray-white, grayed,
grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, lead-gray,
leaden, light, lint-white, livid, lustrous, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl,
mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, off-white, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl, pearl-gray, pearl-like,
pearlish, pearly-white,
quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, simple, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued,
softened, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, subdued, subtle, sweet, taupe, tender, tortoise-shell, whitish, whity