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List of synonyms from "peignoir" to synonyms from "pelt"


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Definition of the day : « pellicle »

  • As in peel : noun skin, covering
  • As in coat : noun animal hair
  • As in film : noun coating, tissue; mist
  • As in flake : noun scale, peel
Example sentences :
  • Milk so heated develops on its surface a pellicle or "skin."
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell
  • Nuts are about average size for the species, of typical sweet flavor, and separate readily from the pellicle.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various
  • Broadview is vigorous, precocious, prolific, large with a pellicle too bitter for human consumption.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 » by Various
  • Pearl barley is the grain polished and rounded and deprived of husk and pellicle.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 » by Various
  • Having been thoroughly washed, I dissolve the pellicle in water by immersing the beaker containing it in the water bath.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 » by Various
  • Evaporate till a pellicle forms, then stir constantly, continuing the heat till the salt granulates.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • This pellicle consists of shreds of dry gelatin containing the sensitive salts.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • On the black, liquid honey a wrinkled pellicle is floating; and on this pellicle, motionless, is a yellow louse.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • The pellicle in which the small bulbs are enclosed is rose-colored; and this is its principal distinguishing characteristic.
  • Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
  • The pellicle which forms this pouch is so thin, and so transparent, that you can distinguish the eggs within it.
  • Extract from : « Everyday Objects » by W. H. Davenport Adams