flakes

• “Dust mites thrive when there is enough to eat (human skin flakes), and the air is moist and warm.”

  Environmental allergy control

• “The snow fell gently through the pulseless air, not in flakes, but in tiny frost crystals of delicate design.”

  An Odyssey of the North

• “So they would put the graphene flakes from the Scotch Tape on top of this silicon oxide substrate, and if you look under an optical microscope, it turns out that the light waves have an interference effect between the graphene and the thickness of the silicon oxide, and that interference effect shows allows you to see a single layer in an optical microscope.”

  NPR: Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick

• “The first image is of stone points, scrapers, and flakes from the making of points and scrapers.”

  2009 November « Mudpuddle

• “Dust mites eat human skin flakes; their droppings contain allergens that trigger allergic reactions in humans.”

  Glossary

• “A little of that barf-dry stuff the school janitor uses sprinkled on the soles of your shoes ought to make the teeny tiny brain flakes easy to sweep away.”

  Think Progress » MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Mocks Sarah Palin By Writing ‘Cheat Sheet’ On Her Hand

• “People can be allergic to dander (skin flakes, mite dust, etc.), saliva, urine, or other glandular substances.”

  Cat hair sweater « The Half-Baked Maker

• “Not to be gross, but I've had to clean numerous macbooks and laptops: hair (is that a PUBE? eeewwww), finger nails (or is that a toe nail???), food stuff and skin flakes!”

  Clean Your Laptop To Keep It Running Smooth And Cool | Lifehacker Australia

• “I will just like to confirm that dried unsweetened coconut flakes is actually desiccated coconut?”

  Uncle Austin's Granola | Homesick Texan

• “A spokesman for the company, Mark Petrarca, says its emissions reports are accurate but that its manganese is trapped in flakes that usually fall to the shop floor and are moved off the site.”

  'Lip service' to kids

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