prickle
11prickle — [[t]prɪ̱k(ə)l[/t]] prickles, prickling, prickled 1) VERB If your skin prickles, it feels as if a lot of small sharp points are being stuck into it, either because of something touching it or because you feel a strong emotion. He paused, feeling… …
12prickle — verb Prickle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye, ↑scalp …
13prickle — noun 1》 a short spine or pointed outgrowth on the surface of a plant or on the skin of an animal. 2》 a tingling or mildly painful sensation on the skin. verb 1》 experience or produce a prickle. ↘cause such a sensation in. 2》 react defensively …
14prickle — 1 noun (C) 1 a long thin sharp point on the skin of some plants and animals 2 a stinging feeling on your skin: prickles of perspiration 2 verb 1 (T) to give someone a stinging feeling on their skin: The bush prickled the back of his legs. 2 (I)… …
15prickle — 1. noun 1) the cactus is covered with prickles Syn: thorn, needle, barb, spike, point, spine 2) Willie felt a cold prickle of fear Syn: tingle, tingling, tingling sensation, prickling sensation, chill …
16prickle — [ˈprɪk(ə)l] verb [I/T] I if your skin prickles, or if something prickles it, you feel as if something sharp is touching it II noun [C] prickle [ˈprɪk(ə)l] 1) an uncomfortable stinging feeling on your skin 2) a sharp pointed part on a plant or… …
17Prickle (Gumby character) — Prickle is one of the main characters from Art Clokey s well known claymation Gumby. He first featured in the original series of the show and went on to play more prominent parts in later series in the 1980s. Prickle is a yellow dragon or… …
18prickle cell layer — n STRATUM SPINOSUM * * * stratum spinosum …
19Prickle (protein) — The first prickle protein was identified in Drosophila as a planar cell polarity protein. Vertebrate prickle 1 was first found as a rat protein that binds to a transcription factor, neuron restrictive silencer factor (NRSF). It was then… …
20Prickle cell — A prickle cell is an epidermal cell which lies above the basal cell layer, constituting a stratum spinosum, which forms innumerable intercellular bridges. These intercellular bridges give the stratum spinosum a rough appearance to which the cells …
