Pellet

Pellet is a term used for a small particle or grain, typically one created by compressing an original material.  The term is used in a variety of specific contexts.

 Air gun pellets are non-spherical projectiles fired from air guns
 Airsoft pellets are the spherical plastic projectiles used in Airsoft guns
 The individual items of "shot" fired from a shotgun, are referred to as pellets
 In centrifugation, a pellet is the concentrated component of a mixture that had been centrifuged
 Animal feed pellets are feedstuffs produced from various raw materials and additives
 Plastic resin pellet, or nurdle
 Bird pellets are the round balls of undigested matter that some bird species occasionally regurgitate
 Wood pellets or corn pellets are used in pellet stoves
 Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets - often using a pellet mill
 Pellet  is an open source reasoner for OWL DL