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61pel|li|to|ry — «PEHL uh TR ee, TOHR », noun, plural ries. 1. Also, pellitory of Spain. a composite plant growing chiefly in Algeria. Its pungent root is used in medicine as a local irritant and sedative. 2. any one of a group of herbs related to the nettle,… …
62pel|lu|cid|i|ty — «PEHL yuh SIHD uh tee», noun. pellucid quality; pellucidness …
63Pel|man|ism — «PEHL muh nihz uhm», noun. the training system of the Pelman Institute, a British educational organization concerned with the learning and memorizing processes …
64pel|met — «PEHL miht», noun. a valance or similar covering over a door or window to conceal a curtain rod …
65Pel|o|pon|ne|sian — «PEHL uh puh NEE shuhn, zhuhn», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with the Peloponnesus, a peninsula in Greece, or its people. –n. a person born or living in the Peloponnesus …
66pel|o|ro|vis — «PEHL uh ROH vihs», noun. an extinct prehistoric giant sheep with a horn spread of twelve feet. ╂[< New Latin Pelorovis the genus name < Greek pélōr prodigy + Latin ovis sheep] …
67pel|o|ton — «pehl uh TON», noun. the main pack of riders in a bicycle race: »In the grueling mountain stages, the peloton did not race at full speed. ╂[< French peloton group of people < pelote ball; squad] …
68pel|tast — «PEHL tast», noun. an ancient Greek soldier armed with a pelta. ╂[< Latin peltasta < Greek peltast < péltē small leather shield] …
69pel|ta — «PEHL tuh», noun, plural tae « tee». a kind of light, small, leather shield used especially by the ancient Greeks. ╂[< Latin pelta < Greek péltē small leather shield] …
70Pel|tier effect — «pehl TYAY», a heating or cooling effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the junction of two dissimilar metals, the heating or cooling depending on the direction of the current. ╂[< Jean Peltier, 1785 1845, a French… …
