Term: prickle cell: a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: ptosis: drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: orchis: any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: quantum chromodynamics: a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: flare star: a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: spying: keeping a secret or furtive watch
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: sanguine: a blood-red color
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: bluff: a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: entirety: the state of being total and complete
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: sea anchor: restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
Broader: skin cell: any of the cells making up the skin | Unrelated: cabinetmaking: the craft of a joiner