A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NACRE

Sat, 23 Dec '23
Shiny button material
Sun, 21 May '23
Pearl button coating
Fri, 13 Jan '23
Shiny material in some guitars
Thu, 1 Dec '22
Source of iridescence in many mollusks
Wed, 13 Apr '22
Mother-of-pearl
Fri, 24 Sep '21
Lustrous shell compound
Thu, 15 Jul '21
Mother-of-pearl
Wed, 19 May '21
Shiny button material