[syn: pearly, pearly-white]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pearly
adj 1: of a white the color of pearls [syn: pearly, pearly-
white]
n 1: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper,
pearly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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