pearl-diving
1pearl-diving contest — A sales force incentive program …
2Pearl hunting — or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from pearl oysters, freshwater pearl mussels and, on rare occasions, other nacre producing creatures, such as abalone.HistoryBefore the beginning of the 20th century,… …
3Pearl — For other uses, see Pearl (disambiguation). Pearl Pearls General Category Mineral Chemical formula Ca …
4pearl — 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… …
5Pearl oyster — Taxobox name = Pearl oyster image caption = Black lip oyster, Pinctada margaritifera regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Pterioida familia = Pteriidae genus = Pinctada genus authority = Roding, 1798 subdivision ranks =… …
6diving — Synonyms and related words: Australian crawl, acrobatics, aerobatics, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, banking, bathe, bathing, breaststroke, butterfly, chandelle, crabbing, crawl, deep sea diving, dive, dog paddle, fancy diving,… …
7pearl — [1] ► NOUN 1) a hard, shiny spherical mass, typically white or bluish grey, formed within the shell of an oyster or other mollusc and highly prized as a gem. 2) a thing of great worth. 3) a very pale bluish grey or white colour. ► VERB 1)… …
8pearl|er — «PUR luhr», noun. 1. a person who fishes for pearls, especially by diving for, or dredging, and opening, oysters. 2. a boat used in the pearl fishing industry …
9Diving chamber — The decompression chamber at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab A diving chamber has two main functions: as a simpler form of submersible vessel to take divers underwater and to provide a temporary base and retrieval system in the depths; as a land or ship …
10Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge debate — The Pearl Harbor advance knowledge debate is a dispute over what, if any, advance knowledge American officials had of Japan s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.Ever since the Japanese attack there has been debate as to how and why the… …
