Pellicle

Definition: Pellicle

Pellicle

Noun

1. Thin protective membrane in some protozoa.

Date "pellicle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	A thin plastic sheet mounted a short distance away from the surface of a reticule to insure that any microscopic dust that settles on the reticule will be out of focus during exposure and not create defects. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	The growth of microorganisms which forms a continuous layer over the surface of a liquid. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The pellicle is a thick, elastic, non-living layer that encloses all ciliates and some flagellates.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Covering	Integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis.
Layer	Plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument; (covering); eschar.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Pellicle

English words defined with "pellicle": Pellicular. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language		Translations for "pellicle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		membranë (diaphragm, envelope, involucre, membrane, tunic, Tunica, valve, webbing), cipë (aril, film, fur, husk, integument, involucre, membrane, Peel, peeling, tegument). (various references)

Arabic		‏قشرة رقيقة, ‏غشاء رقيق. (various references)

Bulgarian		ципица (film), кожица (coat, membrane). (various references)

Chinese		莩 (die of starvation, pellicle of culms). (various references)

Danish		pellicula, velum (film, veil, velum), stripping film (stripping film), hinde (film, membrane, pericarp, veil), film (coat, film, motion picture, movie, to blow, veil), aftraekbart emulsionslag (stripping film). (various references)

Dutch		pellicula, zelfdragende emulsie, kaam (film, fleur, flowers of wine, veil), aftrekbare emulsielaag (stripping film). (various references)

Finnish		kalvo (film, Foil, membrane, septum, sheath). (various references)

French		pellicule. (various references)

German		Pellicula. (various references)

Greek		μεμβράνη (diaphragm, film, membrane, web), υμένιο (film, veil), επιδερμικό λέπιο, λεπτή μεμβράνη (film). (various references)

Hebrew		קרומית (membrane). (various references)

Italian		pellicola (cuticle, film, glaze film, layer, motion, motion picture, movie, skin). (various references)

Manx		crackan thanney. (various references)

Pig Latin		elliclepay

Portuguese		pelouro, película (coat, coating, film, motion picture, movie, pell mell, skin, veil), véu (bloom, film, veil, wimple). (various references)

Romanian		peliculã (film), membranã (coat, film, membrane, tunic). (various references)

Russian		пленка (audiotape, film, membrane). (various references)

Spanish		película (film, flick, motion picture, motion picture film, movie, movie film, picture, reel). (various references)

Swedish		tunn hinna (bloom), strippningsfilm (stripping film), membran (diaphragm, membrane, septum), film (cine, cine film, film, flick, flicks, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, scum, veil), avdragbart emulsionsskikt, avdragbart emulsionslager (stripping film). (various references)

Turkish		zar (bones, cortes, die, film, integument, lamina, membrane, skin, tegument, velum, wall), film tabakası. (various references)

Ukranian		шкірка (peeling, pod, rind), плівка (film, husk, lamina). (various references)

Vietnamese		lớp da mỏng. (various references)

Welsh		rhuchen (film, husk). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pellicle": pellicles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Pellicle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pelcel, pelice, pelike, Pellice, pellicule, Pollesley, pollice, pollicem, pollicle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "pellicle" (pronounced 'Pel"li*cle'): Adminicle, Ancle, Appendicle, Arbuscle, Auricle, Bernacle, Bernicle, bicycle, Binnacle, Binocle, Bittacle, Calicle, Canticle, Carbuncle, Cardiacle, Caulicle, Charbocle, Cicatricle, Clavicle, Conceptacle, Conventicle, Coracle, Cornicle, Covercle, Cubicle, Curricle, Cuticle, Demicircle, Denticle, Diverticle, Encircle, Epicycle, Fernticle, follicle, funicle, furuncle, granduncle, hemicycle, Hibernacle, icicle, Immanacle, Incircle, Incle, Interclavicle, Isicle, Mascle, monocle, Monticle, Muscle, Nucle. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-l-l-p"
	-3 letters: celli, clepe, piece.
	-4 letters: ceil, cell, cepe, clip, epic, lice, lipe, peel, pele, pice, pile, pill, plie.
	-5 letters: cee, cel, cep, eel, ell, ice, ill, lee, lei, lie, lip, pec, pee, pic, pie.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-l-l-p"
	+1 letter: pellicles.
	+4 letters: philhellenic.
	+5 letters: epileptically, speleological, splenetically.
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