skin covering of surface

  • 61cuticle — cuticular /kyooh tik yeuh leuhr/, adj. /kyooh ti keuhl/, n. 1. the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail. 2. the epidermis. 3. a superficial integument, membrane, or the like. 4. Also called cuticula. Zool. the …

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  • 62falconiform — /fawl koh neuh fawrm , fal , faw koh , fawl keuh neuh , fal , faw keuh /, adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc. [ < NL falconiformes; see FALCON …

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  • 63peel — peel1 [pēl] vt. [ME pilien, peolien &LT; OE * pilian &LT; L pilare, to make bald &LT; pilus, hair: see PILE2] to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare vi. 1. to shed skin, bark, etc. 2. to come off in …

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  • 64cu|ti|cle — «KYOO tuh kuhl», noun. 1. a) the outer skin of vertebrates; epidermis. b) any superficial skin or integument, such as the transparent membrane which envelopes annelids. 2. the hard skin around the outside of a fingernail or toenail. 3. Botany. a&#8230; …

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  • 65Velcro — hooks Velcro loops Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook and loop fastener …

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  • 66Color photography — Color film redirects here. For the motion picture equivalent, see Color motion picture film. A circa 1850 Hillotype photograph of a colored engraving. Long believed to be a complete fraud, recent testing found that Levi Hill s process did&#8230; …

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  • 67Aniline leather — is a type of leather dyed exclusively with soluble dyes without covering the surface with a topcoat paint or insoluble pigments. The resulting product retains the hide s natural surface with the grain , i.e. visible pores, scars etc. of the&#8230; …

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  • 68epicranium — noun the muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium • Hypernyms: ↑body covering * * * “+ noun (plural epicrania) Etymology: New Latin, from epi + cranium 1 …

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  • 69Cantaloupe — Rockmelon redirects here, for the band see Rockmelons. See also Cantaloupe (disambiguation). Cantaloupe Scientific classification Kingdom: Plant …

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  • 70cuticle — cu•ti•cle [[t]ˈkyu tɪ kəl[/t]] n. 1) anat. the hardened skin that surrounds the edges of a fingernail or toenail 2) anat. the epidermis 3) anat. zool. the outer, noncellular layer of the arthropod integument 4) bot a very thin waxy film covering&#8230; …

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