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Pellets

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

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noun
  1. 1

    A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

    "a pellet of wood, paper, or ore"

  2. 2

    A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

  3. 3

    Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

  4. 4

    A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

verb
  1. 1

    To form into pellets.

  2. 2

    To strike with pellets.

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shotnounTired, weary.
aggregatesnounA mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
ammonounAmmunition.
ballsnoun(vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.
bbsnoun(telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
beadsnounA beaded necklace.
bombsnounAn explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
capsnounCapital letters; capitals.
capsulesnoun(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
carbinesnounA rifle with a short barrel.
dietsnounThe food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
dotsnounA punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
droppingsnounfecal matter of animals
dumplingsa 2004 Hong Kong horror film, directed by Fruit Chan.
faecesnoun(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of feces. [Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement.]
fecesnounDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement.
friednounA surname.
globulesnounA small round particle of substance; a drop.
grainsnounPigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
granulesnounA tiny grain, a small particle.

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