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pearllike

  • a word derived from pearl.
    pearl
    noun
    a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.

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The muted palette of the “X” paintings continues in “Melting Eyes and Stones ‘More Than the Instant I Want Its Flow,’ ” in which two pearllike orbs do seem to be dissolving.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2015

He was certain that the pearllike palace was a place of intrigue.

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser

Then Finnerty saw, for a second, an outlined figure where the moon fell upon the pearllike cups of water; and the straight, athletic Rajput swing betrayed that it was Darna Singh.

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser

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