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121pearl — pearl1 pearler, n. pearlish, adj. pearllike, adj. /perrl/, n. 1. 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… …
122Pearl — /perrl/, n. 1. a town in central Mississippi. 20,778. 2. a female given name. * * * I Concretion formed by a mollusk and consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother of pearl) as the mollusk s shell. Long treasured as gemstones,… …
123pinto — /pin toh, peen /, adj., n., pl. pintos. adj. 1. marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted: a pinto horse. n. 2. Western U.S. a pinto horse. 3. See pinto bean. [1855 60, Amer.; < AmerSp (obs. Sp) < VL *pinctus painted; see… …
124Rosetta stone — 1. a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 2. a clue, breakthrough, or discovery that… …
125solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it. [1695 1705] * * * The Sun, its planets, and the small bodies (see asteroid, Centaur object, comet, Kuiper belt, meteorite, and Oort cloud) interplanetary dust and gas… …
126Langerhans, islets of — or islands of Langerhans Irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue in the pancreas. The normal human pancreas has about one million of them. Beta cells, the most common islet cells, produce insulin to regulate blood glucose. (Inadequate… …
127Safdie, Moshe — born July 14, 1938, Haifa, Palestine Israeli Canadian architect. Educated at McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal, he began his career in the offices of Louis Kahn. His Habitat 67 was a bold experiment in prefabricated housing using …
128garden and landscape design — Introduction the development and decorative planting of gardens, yards, grounds, parks, and other types of areas. Gardening and landscape design is used to enhance the settings for buildings and public areas and in recreational areas and… …
