Crossword-Solution: NACRE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nacre | n. | A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NACRE | anagram | ANCRE, CANER, CARNE, CERNA, CRANE, CRENA, NERAC, RANCE, RECAN |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with NACRE (5)
With evening, the horizon assumes tints of inexpressible sweetness,--pearl-lights, opaline colors of milk and fire; and in the west are topaz-glowings and wondrous flushings as of nacre.
But when, by and by, approaching footsteps became audible in the stone-floored corridor without, Beatrice hastily shut the book, thrust it back upon the table, and caught up another so that Emilia Manfredi, entering, found her reading Monsieur Anatole France's “Etui de nacre.” “Emilia,” she said, “I wish you would translate the I Jongleur de Notre Dame' into Italian.” XXII Peter, we may suppose, returned to Villa Floriano that afternoon in a state of some excitement.
And when the large tray-like baskets were all set out, Florent could almost fancy that a whole shoal of fish had got stranded there, still quivering with life, and gleaming with rosy nacre, scarlet coral, and milky pearl, all the soft, pale, sheeny hues of the ocean.
The interior is scarcely less attractive, the nacre having a pink and bluish lustre, while the "lip" is dark red.
PART II--MISCELLANEA PEARLS WHAT IS A PEARL? What is a pearl? The substance of a sensation--the consolidation of discomfort on the part of an oyster or other nacre-secreting mollusc.
Quotes with NACRE (2)
We are here in a wood of little beeches: And the leaves are like black lace Against a sky of nacre. One bough of clear promise Across the moon. It is in this wise that God speaketh unto me. He layeth hands of healing upon my flesh, Stilling it in an eternal peace, Until my soul reaches out myriad and infinite hands Toward him, And is eased of its hunger. And I know that this passes: This implacable fury and torment of men, As a thing insensate and vain: And the stillness hath…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 396 times in crossword archives (1950–2024).