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Pelecypod
- adjective - bivalve
- marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
Pell-Mell
- adjective - in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs"
- with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"
Pellagras
- 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
Pellagrin
- - One who is afficted with pellagra.
Pelletize
- - To form into small balls; as, to pelletize ore. The spelling pelletise is mostly British.
Pellicles
- noun - thin protective membrane in some protozoa
Pellitory
- noun - a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
- herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
Pelmanism
- unknown - system of mind-training to improve the memory
Peltandra
- noun - small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs