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  • 71Pel|ton wheel — «PEHL tuhn», a form of water wheel or turbine having cup shaped buckets arranged around its circumference, which are struck at a tangent by one or more jets of water moving at a high velocity. ╂[< Lester A. Pelton, an American engineer of the… …

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  • 72pel|vic — «PEHL vihk», adjective, noun. –adj. of, having to do with, or in the region of the pelvis. –n. = pelvic fin. (Cf. ↑pelvic fin) …

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  • 73pel|vi|met|ric — «PEHL vuh MEHT rihk», adjective. of or having to do with pelvimetry: »pelvimetric X rays …

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  • 74pel|vim|et|ry — «pehl VIHM uh tree», noun. the measurement of the size of the pelvis, especially of the female, manually, by instrument, or by X rays …

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  • 75pel|vis — «PEHL vihs», noun, plural ves « veez». 1. the basin shaped cavity in human beings formed by the hipbones and the end of the backbone. 2. the corresponding cavity of any vertebrate. 3. the bones forming this cavity: »At the hips is the hip girdle …

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  • 76pel|y|co|saur — «PEHL uh koh sr», noun. a prehistoric carnivorous reptile, sometimes more than eight feet in length, which had a tall spiny fin along its back and a few early mammalian characteristics: »Pelycosaurs were ancestors of the mammal like reptiles… …

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  • 77Pel-Air — Infobox Airline airline = Pel Air Aviation logo size = fleet size = 29 destinations = IATA = ICAO = callsign = parent = Regional Express company slogan = founded = 1984 headquarters = Mascot, New South Wales key people = Keith Johnson, CEO hubs …

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  • 78PEL (Pakistan) — Pak Elektron Limited Type Public Industry Electronics and Digital Appliances Founded 1956 Headquarters Lahore, Pakistan Key people Mr. Naseem Saigol (CEO), Mr. Murad saigol, Mr. Z …

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  • 79Pel-et-Der — Pour les articles homonymes, voir PEL. 48° 24′ 06″ N 4° 24′ 59″ E / …

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  • 80pel- — I. pel 1 Pale. Derivatives include pallor, falcon, and poliomyelitis. 1. Suffixed variant form *pal wo . a. (i) fallow deer, from Old English fealu …

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