| DEARLINGS | • dearlings n. Plural of dearling. • DEARLING n. (Spenser) a much loved person, also DARLING. |
| EARLINESS | • earliness n. The condition of being early. • EARLINESS n. the state of being early. |
| NEARLIEST | • nearliest adv. (Archaic) superlative form of nearly: most nearly; most closely. • NEARLY adv. almost. |
| PEARLIEST | • pearliest adj. Superlative form of pearly: most pearly. • PEARLY adj. like a pearl. |
| PEARLINGS | • pearlings n. Plural of pearling. • pearlings n. (Scotland) A kind of lace of silk or thread. • PEARLING n. (Scots) a lace of silk or thread, used as edging, also PEARLIN. |
| PEARLISED | • pearlised adj. Alternative spelling of pearlized. • PEARLISED adj. treated so as to give a pearly or lustrous surface, also PEARLIZED. |
| PEARLITES | • pearlites n. Plural of pearlite. • PEARLITE n. ferrite and cementite showing distinct bands. |
| PEARLITIC | • pearlitic adj. (Mineralogy) Relating to or resembling pearlite. • PEARLITIC adj. relating to pearlite, ferrite and cementite showing distinct bands. |
| PEARLIZED | • pearlized adj. Made to resemble pearl. • PEARLIZED adj. treated so as to give a pearly or lustrous surface, also PEARLISED. |
| SHEARLING | • shearling n. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time. • shearling n. (Chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers… • SHEARLING n. a one-year-old sheep, from which one crop of wool has been taken. |
| SPEARLIKE | • spearlike adj. Resembling a spear. • SPEARLIKE adj. like a spear. |
| YEARLINGS | • yearlings n. Plural of yearling. • YEARLING n. a horse of either sex during 1 January to 31 December following the year of its birth. |