Words Starting P & Ending AE

• A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.

• One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

• A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.

• Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.

• A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

• The bend of the wing of a bird.

• A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.

• an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

• The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.

• The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

• One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.

• A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

• The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.

• A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.

• A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.