"Nacre" is a word in ENGLISH
A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells,
and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and
naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.
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QUESTION: What do you get from a bee that has an udder? ANSWER: Milk and honey.
abukádu n avocado or alligator pear: Persea sp. It is usually eaten with sugar and milk.
Read the complete definitionAn acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
Read the complete definitionA transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries …
Read the complete definitionOne of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of …
Read the complete definitionA West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Read the complete definitionA mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. …
Read the complete definitionarapal (from dápal) n a cactus similar to the prickly pear, but thornless: Nopalea cochinellifera. v [A13] appear in distinct …
Read the complete definitionA siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar …
Read the complete definitionA genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed …
Read the complete definitionThe pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a …
Read the complete definitionbágis a {1} be completely careless of all rules of decorum, esp. proper dress. Bágis kaáyu siya kay magtiniil lang …
Read the complete definitionA Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It …
Read the complete definitionA variety of pear.
Read the complete definitionA tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an …
Read the complete definitionA pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists …
Read the complete definitionA beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre …
Read the complete definitionA name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.
Read the complete definitionA rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, …
Read the complete definitionA white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
Read the complete definitionA sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
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