| pellucid zone | <cell biology, gynaecology> A translucent, elastic, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of many mammals. (11 May 1997) |
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| pelma | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. <zoology> The under surface of the foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelmatic | Relating to the sole of the foot. Origin: G. Pelma, sole (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelmatogram | An imprint of the sole of the foot, made by resting the inked foot on a sheet of paper, or by pressing the greased foot on a plaster of Paris paste. Origin: G. Pelma (pelmat-), sole of the foot, + gramma, a picture (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelopathy | Synonym: pelotherapy. Origin: G. Pelos, mud, + pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelopium | <chemistry> A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium. Origin: NL, fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peloria | <botany> Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity. Origin: NL, from Gr. Monstrous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peloric | <botany> Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelotherapy | Application of peloids, such as mud, peat, or clay, to all or part of the body. Synonym: pelopathy. Origin: G. Pelos, mud, + therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelt | 1. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail. "The children billows seem to pelt the clouds." (Shak) 2. To throw; to use as a missile. "My Phillis me with pelted apples plies." (Dryden) Origin: OE. Pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. Pultare, equiv. To pulsare (v. Freq. Fr. Pellere to drive), and E. Pulse a beating. 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. "Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes." (Fuller) 2. The human skin. 3. <veterinary> The body of any quarry killed by the hawk. Pelt rot, a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast. Origin: Cf. G. Pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. Pelice, F. Pelisse (see Pelisse); or perh. Shortened fr. Peltry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelta | Origin: L, a shield, fr. Gr. 1. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped. 2. <botany> A flat apothecium having no rim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peltate | <botany> Of a leaf, having the stalk attached to the lower surface of the blade, not to the margin (also applied, in the same sense, to other stalked structures). (09 Oct 1997) |
| peltated | <botany> Shield-shaped; scutiform; having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; said of a leaf or other organ. Pel"tately. Origin: Cf. F. Pelte. See Pelta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| peltation | Protection provided by inoculation with an antiserum or with a vaccine. Origin: L. Pelta, a light shield, fr. G. Pelte (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelter | A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. "Let such pelters prate." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |