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| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | The hard pearly iridescent substance forming the inner layer of a mollusk shell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Mother of Pearl The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve molluses, especially that of the pearl oyster. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jewelry | Pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl; mother of pearl; coral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MOTHER OF PEARL |
| Specialty definitions using "MOTHER OF PEARL": Misnomers. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "MOTHER OF PEARL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sedef (nacre, Pearl), i sedeftë (pearly). (various references) | |
Arabic | عرق اللؤلؤ, صدف أم اللالئ, صدف (conch, helix, seashell, shell). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | седефен (nacrous), седеф (nacre, rue). (various references) | |
Danish | perlemor (mother-of-pearl). (various references) | |
Dutch | paarlemoer. (various references) | |
French | nacre. (various references) | |
German | perlmutter (nacre). (various references) | |
Greek | σεντέφι (nacre), μαργαριταρόρριζα (nacre), μαργαροκόγχη, μαραγαριταρένιος, φίλντισι (ivory). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פ י " (coral, gem), אם "פ י ", "ר, צ"פת "פ י ים, צ"ף (nacre, seashell, shell). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyöngyházszínû, gyöngyház-. (various references) | |
Indonesian | gewang. (various references) | |
Italian | madreperla (nacre). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 真 貝 (pearl oyster). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し"じゅがい (pearl oyster), し"じゅかい (pearl oyster). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | othermay ofay earlpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | madrepérola (mother-of-pearl, nacre, pearl-shell). (various references) | |
Romanian | sidef (nacre, Pearl). (various references) | |
Russian | перламутр (nacre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sedefni (nacrous, pearly), sedefast (nacrous, pearlash), sedef (nacre). (various references) | |
Spanish | madreperla (Pearl, pearl oyster), nacar, nácar (nacre). (various references) | |
Swedish | pärlemor (nacre, Pearl). (various references) | |
Turkish | sedef (nacre, Pearl). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | перламутровий (nacreous, nacrous), перламутр (nacre). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | x c. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-h-l-m-o-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: foremother. | |
-4 letters: heatproof, perforate, preformat, reformate, therefrom. | |
-5 letters: ephorate, falterer, forepart, hamperer, helpmate, homeport, latherer, metaphor, operator, orometer, palterer, perorate, platform, plethora, porthole, preflame, premolar, premoral, promoter, reformat, rooftree, tamperer, temporal, therefor, threaper, trampler. | |
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