Pearly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearly \Pearl"y\, a.
     1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls;
        as, pearly shells. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent;


        iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pearly
       adj : a white the color of pearls [syn: {pearly-white}]
       n : informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: {chopper}]
       [also: {pearliest}, {pearlier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "pearly":
     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