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• Pearl the Observation Car — Pearl is the new girl character and female lead in the West End musical Starlight Express . She is a railway observation carriage, although in Germany she is referred to as the first class car . Rusty is madly in love with her but when he asks… …   Wikipedia

• pearl — pearl1 [pʉrl] n. [ME perle < MFr < VL * perla, *perula, altered (? after L sphaerula,SPHERULE) < L perna, a sea mussel, lit., a ham: from the shape of its peduncle] 1. a smooth, hard, usually white or bluish gray body of varied but… …   English World dictionary

• pearl — [1] ► NOUN 1) a hard, shiny spherical mass, typically white or bluish grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other mollusc and highly prized as a gem. 2) a thing of great worth. 3) a very pale bluish grey or white colour. ► VERB 1)… …   English terms dictionary

• Pearl gourami — Taxobox name = Pearl Gourami image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Osphronemidae genus = Trichogaster species = T. leeri binomial = Trichogaster leeri binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• pearl — I. /pɜl / (say perl) noun 1. a hard, smooth, often highly lustrous concretion, a mass of nacre, white or variously coloured, and rounded, pear shaped, or irregular (baroque) in form, secreted as a morbid product within the shell of various… …  

• pearl — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a usu. white or bluish grey hard mass formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc, highly prized as a gem for its lustre (pearl necklace). b an imitation of this. c (in pl.) a necklace of… …   Useful english dictionary

• pearl — pearl1 noun 1》 a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem.     ↘an artificial imitation of a pearl.     ↘a very pale bluish grey or… …   English new terms dictionary

• Pearl Jam — performing in Toronto, Ontario in 2006. Left to right: Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Eddie Vedder and Stone Gossard Background information Also known as …   Wikipedia

• Pearl Jam (album) — Pearl Jam Cover to the Compact Disc version of the album Studio album by Pearl Jam Released …   Wikipedia

• Pearl millet — second name Bajra /Bajri U.S. pearl millet hybrid for grain Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia