pell-mell
— Adverb
– English
～ in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs"
Pellaea mucronata
— Noun
– English
～ cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
Pellaea ornithopus
— Noun
– English
～ cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
Pellaea andromedifolia
— Noun
– English
～ evergreen fern of California and Baja California
Pellaea
— Noun
– English
～ genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
Pellaea atropurpurea
— Noun
– English
～ very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
pellagra
— Noun
– English
～ 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
pellet
— Noun
– English
～ a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
pellicle
— Noun
– English
～ thin protective membrane in some protozoa
Pellicularia
— Noun
– English
～ genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia
Pellicularia filamentosa
— Noun
– English
～ fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
Pellicularia koleroga
— Noun
– English
～ fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
pellitory
— Noun
– English
～ herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
pellitory
— Noun
– English
～ a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
pellucid
— Adjective
– English
～ (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"
pellucid
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
pellucidity
— Noun
– English
～ passing light without diffusion or distortion
pellucidity
— Noun
– English
～ free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
pellucidly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written book"