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Peel Off
- verb - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
- leave a formation
- peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"
- peel off the outer layer of something
- take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
Peelings
- noun - loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
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"
Penlight
- noun - a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
Perleche
- noun - a disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin
Perlitic
- - Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.