How To Use pellicle In A Sentence
- This pellicle is also said to have a connection with the heart, which arrangement furnishes a decidedly curious explanation of the mechanism of sympathetic and maudlin lachrymation. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
- The cornea arises from the sclerotic tunic, the uvea and secundina take their origin from the pia mater, and the conjunctiva from a thin pellicle or membrane which covers the exterior of the cranium and is nourished by a transudation of the blood through the coronal suture. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
- Broth in an uninoculated tube was clear blue and without a pellicle or precipitate.
- Removable pellicles detach during each exposure, which increases the risk of generating particles.
- The only one of fifteen varieties that I have fruited that can be depended on to pollinize itself; medium size, well sealed, cures well, no bitterness to pellicle, no "sticktite" nor moldy nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
- Apparently the difference in time is related to the thickness of the seed coat or possibly to an inhibitor in the pellicle rather than to any need for after-ripening. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952
- But this "pellicle" of Professor Bastian is not mere structureless matter, any more than the "bioplast" of Professor Beale. Life: Its True Genesis
- Pellicles: the exuviae or cast larval skins of many insects: in Coccidae more especially applied to the hardened larval skin attached to the puparia of Diaspinae. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
- Then he had described what it looked like, and she had instructed her pellicle to do what it could to dampen down her hunger. METAPLANETARY
- Skin, or pellicle, reddish-brown, changing to silvery-white about the base of the leaves; the latter being fistulous, and about a foot in height. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.