Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Adularia
noun · 78% connection
A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Apophyllite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Argentine
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Avicula
noun · 78% connection
A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Brewsterite
noun · 78% connection
A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Brucite
noun · 78% connection
A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Chinchilla
noun · 78% connection
A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Diaspore
noun · 78% connection
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Discoid
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Ehlite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Enerlasting
noun · 78% connection
A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immorte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Fiorite
noun · 78% connection
A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly lus…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Heulandite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Lurg
noun · 78% connection
A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Maara shell
unknown · 78% connection
A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Marasritaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Margaric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
Margarite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: consisting, resembling, nacre, pearly.
