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- Pellucid - a. - Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
- Pellucidity - n. - Alt. of Pellucidness
- Pellucidly - adv. - In a pellucid manner.
- Pellucidness - n. - The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.
- Canderos - n. - An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.
- Vacuole - n. - A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.
- Hydatid - n. - A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.
- Citrine - n. - A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
- Moonstone - n. - A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.
- Pellucidly - adv. - In a pellucid manner.
- Hyaline - n. - The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
- Richweed - n. - An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.
- Hyalite - n. - A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.