0 a small, round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside the shell of a sea creature, especially an oyster. Pearls are valuable and are used to make jewellery:
1 a small, shiny, hard ball, usually white or blue-gray, that forms around a grain of sand inside some oyster shells and is valued as a jewel:
a string of pearls
However, the necklace is on somebody's neck, so you cannot reverse the order of the pearls.
All pearls are refereed (including my own), and there is often a fair amount of polishing as a result of the reviewing stage.
Authors like writing pearls perhaps because they like responding to the opportunities and challenges provided by the format.
Worshippers likewise adorn themselves with strings of these pearls during the days of the rites, adding a special lustre to the crowd.
In the following pages you will find no less than three pearls for your enjoyment and instruction.
If fortunate, the shell would contain pearls; if not, it would brim with something far less desirable.
The second kind of pearls have a totally different origin.
The remains of the larva have been identified in the centre of sections of decalcified pearls.