Definitions for pellicle

pellicle pel·li·cle

Spelling: [pel-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈpɛl ɪ kəl/

Pellicle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in pellicle (ceeilllp).

Definitions for pellicle

noun

  1. a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
  2. Photography. a thin, partially reflective coating, as on a beam splitter or pellicle mirror.

Origin of pellicle

1535-45; Latin pellicul(a), equivalent to pelli(s) skin + -cula -cle1

Examples for pellicle

The pellicle in which the small bulbs are enclosed is rose-colored; and this is its principal distinguishing characteristic.

Broadview is vigorous, precocious, prolific, large with a pellicle too bitter for human consumption.

On the black, liquid honey a wrinkled pellicle is floating; and on this pellicle, motionless, is a yellow louse.

This pellicle consists of shreds of dry gelatin containing the sensitive salts.

Milk so heated develops on its surface a pellicle or "skin."

Nuts are about average size for the species, of typical sweet flavor, and separate readily from the pellicle.

Having been thoroughly washed, I dissolve the pellicle in water by immersing the beaker containing it in the water bath.

The pellicle which forms this pouch is so thin, and so transparent, that you can distinguish the eggs within it.

Pearl barley is the grain polished and rounded and deprived of husk and pellicle.

Evaporate till a pellicle forms, then stir constantly, continuing the heat till the salt granulates.

Word Value for pellicle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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