English words starting with pear

Meanings of Pear:

noun

A yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider towards the base, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh.

Usage examples:

Sweet juicy fruits such as pears, grapes, watermelon and mangoes both nourish and cleanse.

Meanings of Pear-shaped:

adjective

Shaped like a pear

Usage examples:

A pear-shaped physique

Meanings of Pearceite:

noun

A black, lustrous, brittle mineral consisting of a sulphide of silver and arsenic, ag₁₆ as₈ s₁₁, occurring as tabular crystals of the monoclinic system and usually containing copper in place of some of the silver.

Meanings of Pearl:

noun

A hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.

Usage examples:

A linen garment decorated with pearls

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

Meanings of Pearled:

adjective

Adorned with pearls.

Usage examples:

We saw her pearled like the queen

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

noun

A small, shiny, hard ball, usually white or blue-gray, that forms around a grain of sand inside some oyster shells and is valued as a jewel

Usage examples:

A string of pearls

Meanings of Pearlescence:

noun

A lustre like that of pearl or mother-of-pearl; a pearlescent effect or appearance.

Meanings of Pearlescent:

adjective

Having a lustre resembling that of mother-of-pearl.

Usage examples:

Pearlescent colours

Meanings of Pearlet:

noun

A small pearl.

Meanings of Pearleye:

noun

A long-bodied fish of open oceans, with tubular eyes which are directed upward and bear a glistening white spot that may be a light organ.

Meanings of Pearleyes:

noun

A long-bodied fish of open oceans, with tubular eyes which are directed upward and bear a glistening white spot that may be a light organ.

Meanings of Pearlfish:

noun

A long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates.

Usage examples:

One creature that takes advantage of the movement of water to the respiratory trees in the sea cucu…

Meanings of Pearlfishes:

noun

A long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates.

Usage examples:

One creature that takes advantage of the movement of water to the respiratory trees in the sea cucu…

Meanings of Pearlier:

adjective

Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour.

Usage examples:

Nice pearly teeth

noun

Pearly kings and queens.

Usage examples:

Her mum and dad had been pearlies

Meanings of Pearliest:

adjective

Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour.

Usage examples:

Nice pearly teeth

noun

Pearly kings and queens.

Usage examples:

Her mum and dad had been pearlies

Meanings of Pearling:

noun

The activity or occupation of diving or fishing for pearl oysters.

Usage examples:

Pearling was an exciting yet dangerous occupation

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

Meanings of Pearlish:

adjective

Slightly pearl-coloured or pearl-like.

Meanings of Pearlite:

noun

A finely laminated mixture of ferrite and cementite present in cast iron and steel, formed by the cooling of austenite.

Usage examples:

The structure now consists of free cementite and pearlite.

Meanings of Pearlitic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or of the nature of pearlite.

Meanings of Pearlized:

adjective

Made to have or give a lustre like that of mother-of-pearl.

Usage examples:

Pearlized paint finishes

Meanings of Pearls:

noun

A hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.

Usage examples:

A linen garment decorated with pearls

verb

Form drops resembling pearls.

Usage examples:

Raindrops pearled on water-soaked windowpanes

Meanings of Pearlsides:

noun

A small cosmopolitan marine fish, maurolicus muelleri (family sternoptychidae), having a row of pale blue light-organs along its belly and tail.

Meanings of Pearlstone:

noun

A greyish glassy volcanic rock characterized by concentric spheroidal cracks.

Meanings of Pearlwort:

noun

A small plant of the pink family, with inconspicuous white flowers, native to north temperate regions.

Usage examples:

Even antarctica's only two species of flowering plants, hairgrass and pearlwort, have changed their…

Meanings of Pearly:

adjective

Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour.

Usage examples:

Nice pearly teeth

noun

Pearly kings and queens.

Usage examples:

Her mum and dad had been pearlies

Meanings of Pearmain:

noun

A pear-shaped dessert apple of a variety with firm white flesh.

Usage examples:

Worcester pearmain