as in blister
a small, inflamed swelling of the skin unsightly whelks covered the beggar's face

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Recent Examples of whelk Serious shellers know to get to the beach early for prime specimens like sand dollars, whelks, and scallops. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025 Gastropods are a class of mollusks that include snails, slugs and whelks. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025 On board the 30-foot Salford sailing whelk yacht, there’s silence except for the creak of ropes and gurgle of our wake. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024 However, visitors will find moon snails, conch shells, pen shells, periwinkles, whelks, and olive shells, all indigenous to the area. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024 The menu is full of seaside favorites, including generous platters and seafood towers overflowing with langoustines, whelks, prawns, oysters, and lobsters. Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024 Local specimens include lightning whelks and angel wings from the bay and lions-paw scallops and alphabet cones from the Gulf. Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Is there something profound about making a whelk taste, quite pleasingly, like sour-cream-and-onion chips? Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
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Noun
  • Small blisters are called vesicles; bigger ones are called bullae.4 4.
    Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The flexible mesh material allows your foot to easily slide into the shoe and stretch, ensuring there’s no break-in period or painful blisters.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When water returns to a boil, add 1 cup of cold water and bring water back to a boil.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Return to the heat and let come to a boil before simmering it for about 35 minutes.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Plants with orange rust, identified by orange pustules on the leaves, must be burned or disposed of in the trash.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Along with his obesity amd high blood pressure, Henry suffered from painful venous leg ulcers that made his lower limbs swell, and pustules would burst.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Clear plastic bins overflowed with deodorant, hair products and pastel pimple patches.
    Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Acne is one of the most common skincare conditions worldwide, and almost everyone develops a pimple at some point.
    Amanda Svachula, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • They were riddled with lesions, pock marks and holes.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Barks, not the pock of tennis balls, were heard across the sunny, 40-acre (16-hectare) grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
    JENNIFER PELTZ, ajc, 6 May 2023
Noun
  • Some research shows that people with acne generally have lower levels of zinc in their blood and that taking supplemental zinc may reduce inflammatory papules.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
  • These often red, inflamed bumps are also called papules.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024

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