| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| pigpecker | noun | The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); — called also beccafico and greater pettychaps. |
| piaculous | adjective | Same as Piacular. |
| pia mater | The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. | |
| pickaback | adverb | On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. |
| pickapack | adverb | Pickaback. |
| pickeered | imp. & past participle | of Pickeer |
| pickeerer | noun | One who pickeers. |
| pickering | noun | The sauger of the St.Lawrence River. |
| picketing | present participle & vb. noun | of Picket |
| pickpenny | noun | A miser; also, a sharper. |
| pickpurse | noun | One who steals purses, or money from purses. |
| pickthank | noun | One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. |
| picktooth | noun | A toothpick. |
| picnicked | imp. & past participle | of Picnic |
| picnicker | noun | One who takes part in a picnic. |
| picrolite | noun | A fibrous variety of serpentine. |
| pictorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. |
| picturing | present participle & vb. noun | of Picture |
| picturize | verb t. | To picture., To adorn with pictures. |
| pieceless | adjective | Not made of pieces; whole; entire. |
| piecemeal | adverb | In pieces; in parts or fragments., Piece by piece; by little and little in succession., Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate., A fragment; a scrap. |
| piecework | noun | Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. |
| piedouche | noun | A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like. |
| piedstall | noun | See Pedestal. |
| piepoudre | noun | Alt. of Piepowder |
| piepowder | noun | An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned or had the toll was the judge. |
| pietistic | adjective | Alt. of Pietistical |
| piggeries | plural | of Piggery |
| pig-jawed | adjective | Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; — said of dogs. |
| pigmental | adjective | Alt. of Pigmentary |
| pigmented | adjective | Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules. |
| pignerate | verb t. | To pledge or pawn., to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does. |
| pigtailed | adjective | Having a tail like a pig’s; as, the pigtailed baboon. |
| pikestaff | noun | The staff, or shaft, of a pike., A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. |
| pikrolite | noun | See Picrolite. |
| pileiform | adjective | Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate. |
| pile-worn | adjective | Having the pile worn off; threadbare. |
| pilfering | present participle & vb. noun | of Pilfer, Thieving in a small way., Petty theft. |
| pilgarlic | noun | One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used. |
| pillaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Pillage |
| pillarist | noun | See Stylite. |
| pilleries | plural | of Pillery |
| pillorize | verb t. | To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. |
| pillories | plural | of Pillory |
| pilloried | imp. & past participle | of Pillory |
| pillowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Pillow |
| pimpernel | noun | A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. |
| pinacolin | noun | A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type. |
| pince-nez | noun | Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring. |
| pinchbeck | noun | An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry., Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. |
| pinchcock | noun | A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe. |
| pinchfist | noun | A closefisted person; a miser. |
| pincoffin | noun | A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints. |
| pindarism | noun | Imitation of Pindar. |
| pindarist | noun | One who imitates Pindar. |
| pineapple | noun | A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; — so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American. |
| pineaster | noun | See Pinaster. |
| pine-clad | adjective | Alt. of Pine-crowned |
| pinedrops | noun | A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees. |
| pinefinch | noun | A small American bird (Spinus, / Chrysomitris, spinus); — called also pine siskin, and American siskin., The pine grosbeak. |
| pinioning | present participle & vb. noun | of Pinion |
| pinionist | noun | Any winged creature. |
| pink-eyed | adjective | Having small eyes. |
| pinnacled | imp. & past participle | of Pinnacle |
| pinnately | adverb | In a pinnate manner. |
| pinniform | adjective | Shaped like a fin or feather. |
| pinnulate | adjective | Having each pinna subdivided; — said of a leaf, or of its pinnae. |
| pioneered | imp. & past participle | of Pioneer |
| pipe clay | A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, — used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers’ equipments. | |
| pipelayer | Alt. of Pipe layer | |
| pipemouth | noun | Any fish of the genus Fistularia; — called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia. |
| piperidge | noun | Same as Pepperidge. |
| piperonal | noun | A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde. |
| pipestone | noun | A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite. |
| pipistrel | noun | Alt. of Pipistrelle |
| piquantly | adverb | In a piquant manner. |
| piqueerer | noun | See Pickeerer. |
| pirameter | noun | A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads. |
| piratical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking. |
| piririgua | noun | A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos. |
| pirouette | noun | A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing., The whirling about of a horse., To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer. |
| piscation | noun | Fishing; fishery. |
| piscatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. |
| pisciform | adjective | Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish. |
| pisolitic | adjective | Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite. |
| pisophalt | noun | Pissasphalt. |
| pistachio | noun | The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; — called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. |
| pistacite | noun | Epidote. |
| pistareen | noun | An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents. |
| pistazite | noun | Same as Pistacite. |
| pistoling | present participle & vb. noun | of Pistol |
| pistolade | noun | A pistol shot. |
| pistoleer | noun | One who uses a pistol. |
| pitchfork | noun | A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like., To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. |
| pitch-ore | noun | Pitchblende. |
| pitchwork | noun | The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product. |
| pithecoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Pithecia, or subfamily Pithecinae, which includes the saki, ouakari, and other allied South American monkeys., Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively. |
| pithiness | noun | The quality or state of being pithy. |
| pituitary | adjective | Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities., Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. |
| pituitous | adjective | Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus. |
| pizzicato | A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.) |