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Pellagra
- noun - a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
Pelleted
- - Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.
Pellicle
- noun - thin protective membrane in some protozoa
Pellmell
- - In utter confusion; with confused violence.
Pellucid
- adjective - (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
Pelopium
- - A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
Pelotage
- - Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
Peltated
- - Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.
Peltings
- noun - anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
Pelusiac
- - Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.