nacreous pigment

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• nacreous pigment — nacreous pigment, = pearl essence. (Cf. ↑pearl essence) …   Useful english dictionary

• pearl essence — noun 1. : a translucent substance containing guanine and constituting the silvery coloring matter of the scales of various fish (as the bleak or herring) that is used in making artificial pearls and also lacquers and plastics compare essence d… …   Useful english dictionary

• pearl essence — a nacreous pigment containing guanine crystals derived from scales, e.g. from herrings, used to produce sparkle in metallic paints, lip gloss and iridescent eye shadow and used in simulated pearls and plastics. Guanine crystals are rhombic… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… …   Universalium

• pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …   Universalium

• Goldfish — This article is about the ornamental fish. For other uses, see Goldfish (disambiguation). Goldfish …   Wikipedia

• bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …   Universalium

• Mollusca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• gloss — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acting, affectation, afterglow, air glow, alibi, allowance, amplification, analysis, annotate, annotation, apology, apparatus criticus, appearance, apply paint, attitudinizing, bedaub, bedizen, begild,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pearl white — noun 1. : any of several white or pearly white substances: as a. : bismuth subnitrate especially when used in cosmetics or ceramics b. : bismuth oxychloride especially when used as a pigment or in cosmetics c. : a nacreous preparation (as of… …   Useful english dictionary