Pinnulated (a.) Having pinnules.
Pinnule (n.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
Pinnule (n.) 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.
Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.
Pinocle (n.) See Penuchle.
Pinole (n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.
Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.
Pi–on (n.) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.
Pi–on (n.) See Monkey's puzzle.
Pinpatch (n.) The common English periwinkle.
Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
Pint (n.) The laughing gull.
Pintados (pl. ) of Pintado
Pintado (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Pintail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.
Pintle (n.) A little pin.
Pintle (n.) An upright pivot pin
Pintle (n.) The pivot pin of a hinge.
Pintle (n.) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.
Pintos (n. pl.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
Pinule (n.) One of the sights of an astrolabe.
Pinus (n.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.
Pinweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
Pinworm (n.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.
Pinxit () A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).
Pinxter (n.) See Pinkster.
Piny (a.) Abounding with pines.
Pioned (a.) A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."
Pioneer (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
Pioneered (imp. & p. p.) of Pioneer
Pioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pioneer
Pioneer (v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
Pioner (n.) A pioneer.
Piony (n.) See Peony.
Piot (n.) The magpie.
Pious (a.) Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
Pious (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
Piously (adv.) In a pious manner.
Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Pip (n.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.
Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
Pipped (imp. & p. p.) of Pip
Pipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pip
Pip (v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
Pipas (pl. ) of Pipa
Pipa (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
Pipal tree () Same as Peepul tree.
Pipe (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.
Pipe (n.) Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.
Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice.
Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
Pipe (n.) The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
Pipe (n.) An elongated body or vein of ore.
Pipe (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe.
Pipe (n.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.
Pipe (n.) A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.
Pipe (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
Pipe (v. i.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.
Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
Pipe (v. i.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.
Piped (imp. & p. p.) of Pipe
Piping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe
Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
Pipe (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
Pipe (v. t.) To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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.
Pipeclay (v. t.) To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.
Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts.
Piped (a.) Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
Pipefish (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.
Pipelayer () Alt. of Pipe layer
Pipe layer () One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.
Pipe layer () A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.
Pipelaying () Alt. of Pipe laying
Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.
Pipe laying () The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word.
Pipemouth (n.) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.
Piper (n.) See Pepper.
Piper (n.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
Piper (n.) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
Piper (n.) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
Piperaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
Piperic (a.) 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.
Piperidge (n.) Same as Pepperidge.
Piperidine (n.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
Piperine (n.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
Piperonal (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
Piperylene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.
Pipestem (n.) The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.
Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.
Pipette (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.
Pipevine (n.) The Dutchman's pipe. See under Dutchman.