View Full Document. Ice Pellets Ice pellets (also called sleet) are refrozen snowflakes. They occur when a layer of air aloft is warm enough (> 0 ï° C) to melt snowflakes into raindrops but the air near the ground is cold enough to freeze the drops.
acarid - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. 1  mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods. 2  Acaridae, family Acaridae - mites.
Aconitine is a toxin produced by the Aconitum plant, also known as devilâs helmet or monkshood. Monkshood is notorious for its toxic properties. In China, aconitine is also used in small doses as an analgesic.