NACRE Synonyms

• of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people

• any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

• a shade of white the color of bleached bones

• a shape that is spherical and small

• gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

• informal terms for a human `tooth'

• of a white the color of pearls

• ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

• the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

• the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

• the exterior covering of a bird's egg

• a rigid covering that envelops an object

• a very light narrow racing boat

• the housing or outer covering of something

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

• use explosives on

• create by using explosives

• fall out of the pod or husk

• hit the pitches of hard and regularly

• look for and collect shells by the seashore

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• remove from its shell or outer covering

• remove the husks from