| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |