| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| pinocle | noun | A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs., See Penuchle. |
| piacaba | noun | See Piassava. |
| pianino | noun | A pianette, or small piano. |
| pianist | noun | A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano. |
| piarist | noun | One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century. |
| piaster | noun | A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents. |
| piastre | noun | See Piaster. |
| piation | noun | The act of making atonement; expiation. |
| piazzas | plural | of Piazza |
| pibcorn | noun | A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, — used in Wales. |
| pibroch | noun | A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle. |
| picador | noun | A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him. |
| picamar | noun | An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol. |
| piccage | noun | Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths. |
| piccolo | noun | A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute., A small upright piano., An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone. |
| piceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy. |
| picking | present participle & vb. noun | of Pick, The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick., The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering., That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned., Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered., The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks., Rough sorting of ore., Overburned bricks., Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound., Nice; careful. |
| pickaxe | noun | A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. |
| pickeer | verb i. | To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. |
| pickery | noun | Petty theft. |
| pickled | imp. & past participle | of Pickle, Preserved in a pickle. |
| pickler | noun | One who makes pickles. |
| picotee | noun | Alt. of Picotine |
| picquet | noun | See Piquet. |
| picrate | noun | A salt of picric acid. |
| picrite | noun | A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc. |
| pictish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts. |
| pictura | noun | Pattern of coloration. |
| picture | noun | The art of painting; representation by painting., A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model., An image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief., To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. |
| piculet | noun | Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers. |
| piddled | imp. & past participle | of Piddle |
| piddler | noun | One who piddles. |
| piddock | noun | Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas. |
| piebald | adjective | Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied., Fig.: Mixed. |
| piecing | present participle & vb. noun | of Piece |
| piecely | adverb | In pieces; piecemeal. |
| pierage | noun | Same as Wharfage. |
| pierced | imp. & past participle | of Pierce, Penetrated; entered; perforated. |
| piercel | noun | A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; — called also piercer. |
| piercer | noun | One who, or that which, pierces or perforates, An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto., A piercel., The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect., An insect provided with an ovipositor. |
| pierian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses. |
| pietism | noun | The principle or practice of the Pietists., Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion. |
| pietist | noun | One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; — often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively. |
| piewipe | noun | The lapwing, or pewit. |
| piffero | noun | Alt. of Piffara |
| piffara | noun | A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir. |
| pigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Pig |
| pigfish | noun | Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; — called also hogfish., A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes. |
| pigfoot | noun | A marine fish (Scorpaena porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black. |
| piggery | noun | A place where swine are kept. |
| piggish | adjective | Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy. |
| pightel | noun | A small inclosure. |
| pigmean | adjective | See Pygmean. |
| pigment | noun | Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle., Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc., Wine flavored with species and honey. |
| pignora | plural | of Pignus |
| pigskin | noun | The skin of a pig, — used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle. |
| pigsney | noun | A word of endearment for a girl or woman. |
| pigtail | noun | The tail of a pig., A cue, or queue., A kind of twisted chewing tobacco. |
| pigweed | noun | A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb’s-quarters. |
| pikelet | noun | Alt. of Pikelin |
| pikelin | noun | A light, thin cake or muffin. |
| pikeman | plural | of Pikeman, A soldier armed with a pike., A miner who works with a pick., A keeper of a turnpike gate. |
| pilcher | noun | A scabbard, as of a sword., The pilchard. |
| pilcrow | noun | a paragraph mark, /. |
| pileate | adjective | Alt. of Pileated |
| pilenta | plural | of Pilentum |
| pileous | adjective | Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose. |
| pilfery | noun | Petty theft. |
| pilgrim | noun | A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger., One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer., Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages., To journey; to wander; to ramble. |
| pilling | present participle & vb. noun | of Pill |
| pillage | noun | The act of pillaging; robbery., That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty., To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy., To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. |
| pillery | noun | Plunder; pillage. |
| pillion | noun | A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man’s saddle, on which a woman may ride. |
| pillory | noun | A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it., To set in, or punish with, the pillory., Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. |
| pillowy | adjective | Like a pillow. |
| piloted | imp. & past participle | of Pilot |
| pilotry | noun | Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. |
| pilular | adjective | Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass. |
| pimaric | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid. |
| pimelic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids., Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid. |
| pimenta | noun | Same as Pimento. |
| pimento | noun | Allspice; — applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice. |
| pimlico | noun | The friar bird. |
| pimping | present participle & vb. noun | of Pimp, Little; petty; pitiful., Puny; sickly. |
| pimpled | adjective | Having pimples. |
| pinning | present participle & vb. noun | of Pin |
| pinaces | plural | of Pinax |
| pincers | noun pl. | See Pinchers. |
| pinched | imp. & past participle | of Pinch |
| pinchem | noun | The European blue titmouse. |
| pincher | noun | One who, or that which, pinches. |
| pinesap | noun | A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic. |
| pinetum | noun | A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes. |
| pinfish | noun | The sailor’s choice (Diplodus, / Lagodon, rhomboides)., The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki). |
| pinfold | noun | A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. |
| pinging | present participle & vb. noun | of Ping |
| pinguid | adjective | Fat; unctuous; greasy. |
| pinhold | noun | A place where a pin is fixed. |
| pinking | present participle & vb. noun | of Pink, The act of piercing or stabbing., The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. |
| pinkish | adjective | Somewhat pink. |
| pinnace | noun | A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; — called originally, spynace or spyne., A man-of-war’s boat., A procuress; a pimp. |
| pinnage | noun | Poundage of cattle. See Pound. |
| pinnate | adjective | Alt. of Pinnated |
| pinnock | noun | The hedge sparrow., The tomtit. |
| pinnula | noun | Same as Pinnule. |
| pinnule | noun | One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate., Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid. |
| pintado | noun | Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea. |
| pintail | noun | A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon., The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); — called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail. |
| pinweed | noun | Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers. |
| pinworm | noun | A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons. |
| pinxter | noun | See Pinkster. |
| pioneer | noun | A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances., One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform., To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. |
| piously | adverb | In a pious manner. |
| pipping | present participle & vb. noun | of Pip |
| piperic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance. |
| pipette | noun | A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, — used for transferring or delivering measured quantities. |
| piprine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridae. |
| piquant | adjective | Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. |
| piquing | present participle & vb. noun | of Pique |
| piqueer | verb i. | See Pickeer. |
| piragua | noun | See Pirogue. |
| pirated | imp. & past participle | of Pirate |
| piratic | adjective | Piratical. |
| pirogue | noun | A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat. |
| piscary | noun | The right or privilege of fishing in another man’s waters. |
| piscina | noun | A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels. |
| piscine | adjective | Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains. |
| pismire | noun | An ant, or emmet. |
| pistole | noun | The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40. |
| pitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Pit |
| pitapat | adverb | In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats., A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. |
| pitched | imp. & past participle | of Pitch |
| pitcher | noun | One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman., A sort of crowbar for digging., A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle., A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. |
| piteous | adjective | Pious; devout., Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender., Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case., Paltry; mean; pitiful. |
| pitfall | noun | A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. |
| pitheci | noun pl. | A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates. |
| pithful | adjective | Full of pith. |
| pithily | adverb | In a pithy manner. |
| pitiful | adjective | Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic., Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion., To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. |
| pituite | noun | Mucus, phlegm. |
| pitying | present participle & vb. noun | of Pity, Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. |
| pivoted | imp. & past participle | of Pivot |
| pivotal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle. |