* November 19 – In Los Angeles, California, famous silent film director Thomas Ince (" The Father of the Western ") dies, reportedly of a heart attack, in his bed ( rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst ).

* Callus – A small area of skin, usually on the foot, that has become thick and hard from rubbing or pressure as a result of increased production of surface skin ( i. e., the topmost living cell layer ); the callus itself is the result of this overgrowth and is itself a thickened ' dead cell surface layer '.

The skin added nothing to the structural strength of the airframe and was essentially dead weight beyond providing a smooth sealed surface.

The role of the lord of the winds is to seek out more souls on the surface of the earth with which to populate the regions of the dead.

Deep waters are rich in nutrients, including nitrate, phosphate and silicic acid, themselves the result of decomposition of sinking organic matter ( dead / detrital plankton ) from surface waters.

Beech bark is extremely thin, meaning that the living cells are close to the surface while the dead outer layer of the tree is so thin that it does not split into ridges but rather sloughs off as powdery fragments.

The outer bark in older stems includes the dead tissue on the surface of the stems, along with parts of the innermost periderm and all the tissues on the outer side of the periderm.

The Daleks eventually drove the Thals from Skaro, only to find themselves ruling a devastated planet, with dead seas and a surface nearly devoid of life.

The drawback, however, is that not every photon incident on the primary surface is counted either because of less-than-perfect efficiency of the photomultiplier, or because a second photon can arrive at the photomultiplier during the " dead time " associated with a first photon and never be noticed.

Locals had noticed a strange sheen on the ocean surface, and dead seals and sea lions began washing up onto the beach.

The precocial downy chicks are then led by the female to the nearest body of water, where they feed on dead insects on the water surface.

A corn ( or clavus, plural clavi ) is a specially-shaped callus of dead skin that usually occurs on thin or glabrous ( hairless and smooth ) skin surfaces, especially on the dorsal surface of toes or fingers.

As Callahan watches the dead body float on the surface, he takes out his inspector's badge ; after contemplating what will happen to him as a result of his actions, he hurls it into the water, before walking away.

Its physiological role is to bind to phosphocholine expressed on the surface of dead or dying cells ( and some types of bacteria ) in order to activate the complement system via the C1Q complex.

The physiological role of CRP is to bind to phosphocholine expressed on the surface of dead or dying cells ( and some types of bacteria ) in order to activate the complement system.

Standing orders for Marlene and the other troops are to consider any human survivors on the surface to be already dead, which greatly troubles Yuji.

They find the idea unbelievable until a gnome explains that the precious stones found in Bism are real, not dead like the ones found in the " shallow " mines made by dwarfs and others who live on the surface.

* Mori's biggest public relations disaster was to continue a round of golf after receiving the news that the US submarine USS Greeneville had accidentally hit and sunk the Japanese fishing ship Ehime Maru during an emergency surface drill on 9 February 2001, resulting in 9 dead students and teachers.

It kills the swimming bird by grabbing the feet, then shaking the penguin vigorously and beating its body against the surface of the water repeatedly until the penguin is dead.

Setting masks include: clay, which is a thicker consistency, and will draw out impurities ( and sometimes, natural oils, too ) from the pores ; a cream, which stays damp to hydrate the skin ; sheet-style, in which a paper mask is dampened with liquid to tone and moisturize the skin ; and lastly, a hybrid / clay and cream form that includes small beads for removing dead surface skin cells.

The Moon is an airless dead world, but with mysteries hidden deep beneath the surface.

* In C. S. Lewis ' Out of the Silent Planet ( 1938 ), the " canals " ( handramit in Martian ) are actually vast rifts in the surface of an almost airless, desert Mars, in which the only breathable atmosphere and water have collected where life is possible, with the rest of Mars being entirely dead.

However at various times in the recent past it has been reported to be not a lake but a swamp with hardly any open water surface, and even to be a plain of dried out mud ( littered with fish scales and bones, and the skeletons of dead crocodiles and hippos ).

Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.

Under the trees, there was a dead redcoat, a young boy with a pasty white skin and a face full of pimples, who had taken a rifle ball directly between the eyes.

Her skin was stretched so tight that her cheekbones stuck out, and if looks could kill, Wally would have been dead.

In general, external alpha radiation is not harmful since alpha particles are effectively shielded by a few centimeters of air, a piece of paper, or the thin layer of dead skin cells.

Pregnant females tunnel into the dead, outermost layer ( stratum corneum ) of a host's skin and deposit eggs in the shallow burrows.

Removing a wart with salicylic acid can be done by cleaning the area, applying the acid, and removing the dead skin with a pumice stone or emery board.

* Cryosurgery, which involves freezing the wart ( generally with liquid nitrogen ), creating a blister between the wart and epidermal layer, after which the wart and surrounding dead skin falls off by itself.

When kept in aquaria, small sheets of dead skin can be seen in the water ( often appearing to be a thin piece of plastic ) having been sloughed off when the animal deliberately rubs itself against a piece of wood or stone.

Tortoises also shed skin, but a lot of dead skin is allowed to accumulate into thick knobs and plates that provide protection to parts of the body outside the shell.

Wool straight off a sheep, known as " greasy wool " or " wool in the grease ", contains a high level of valuable lanolin, as well as dirt, dead skin, sweat residue, pesticide, and vegetable matter.

These hard, integumentary structures are formed by intercellular cementing of fibers formed from the dead, cornified cells generated by specialized beds deep within the skin.

Manta rays frequently visit cleaning stations where small fish such as wrasse, remora, and angelfish swim in the manta's gills and over its skin to feed, in the process cleaning it of parasites and dead tissue.

Everyone looked emaciated ... the most shocking sights were the babies ... nearby stood another mother with a shrivelled bundle of skin and bones in her arms ... Two old women lay as if dead on two cots.

Colloquialisms include words ( such as y'all, gonna, and wanna ), phrases ( such as old as the hills, raining cats and dogs, and dead as a doornail ) and aphorisms ( such as There's more than one way to skin a cat ).

Comedones are the direct result of sebaceous glands ' becoming clogged with sebum, a naturally occurring oil, and dead skin cells.

The dead victim would be skinned and a priest would use the skin.

The secretions, skin oils and dead cells in a human fingerprint contain residues of various chemicals and their metabolites present in the body.

It was forbidden to wear leather or other forms of dead skin in her temple, which was next to the Porta Carmentalis in Rome.

Also, it is good to prepare the skin for shaving by cleansing the area to be shaved with a wash containing salicylic acid, to facilitate the removal of oils and dead skin.