Pipewort (n.) Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.
Piping (v.) Playing on a musical pipe.
Piping (v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound.
Piping (v.) Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
Piping (n.) A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
Piping (n.) Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
Piping (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
Piping (n.) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
Pipistrel (n.) Alt. of Pipistrelle
Pipistrelle (n.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse.
Pipit (n.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Anthus and allied genera, of the family Motacillidae. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.
Pipkin (n.) A small earthen boiler.
Pippin (n.) An apple from a tree raised from the seed and not grafted; a seedling apple.
Pippin (n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin.
Pippul tree () Same as Peepul tree.
Pipras (pl. ) of Pipra
Pipra (n.) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
Piprine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pipras, or the family Pipridae.
Pipsissewa (n.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine.
Pipy (a.) Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed.
Piquancy (n.) The quality or state of being piquant.
Piquant (a.) Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
Piquantly (adv.) In a piquant manner.
Pique (n.) A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
Pique (n.) The jigger. See Jigger.
Pique (n.) A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation.
Pique (n.) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
Piqued (imp. & p. p.) of Pique
Piquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pique
Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity.
Pique (v. t.) To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
Pique (v. i.) To cause annoyance or irritation.
Piqueer (v. i.) See Pickeer.
Piqueerer (n.) See Pickeerer.
Piquet (n.) See Picket.
Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside.
Piracies (pl. ) of Piracy
Piracy (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.
Piracy (n.) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.
Piracy (n.)
Piragua (n.) See Pirogue.
Pirai (n.) Same as Piraya.
Pirameter (n.) A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.
Pirarucu (n.) Same as Arapaima.
Pirate (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
Pirate (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
Pirated (imp. & p. p.) of Pirate
Pirating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pirate
Pirate (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
Pirate (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
Piratic (a.) Piratical.
Piratical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pirate; acquired by, or practicing, piracy; as, a piratical undertaking.
Piraya (n.) A large voracious fresh-water fish (Serrasalmo piraya) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth.
Pirie (n.) See Pirry.
Pirie (n.) A pear tree.
Piririgua (n.) A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
Pirl (v. t.) To spin, as a top.
Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines.
Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod.
Pirogue (n.) A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.
Pirouette (n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
Pirouette (n.) The whirling about of a horse.
Pirouetted (imp. & p. p.) of Pirouette
Pirouetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pirouette
Pirouette (v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
Pirry (n.) Alt. of Pirrie
Pirrie (n.) A rough gale of wind.
Pisasphaltum (n.) See Pissasphalt.
Pisay (n.) See Pise.
Piscary (n.) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.
Piscation (n.) Fishing; fishery.
Piscator (n.) A fisherman; an angler.
Piscatorial (a.) Alt. of Piscatory
Piscatory (a.) Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.
Pisces (n. pl.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac, marked / in almanacs.
Pisces (n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish.
Pisces (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei.
Piscicapture (n.) Capture of fishes, as by angling.
Piscicultural (a.) Relating to pisciculture.
Pisciculture (n.) Fish culture. See under Fish.
Pisciculturist (n.) One who breeds fish.
Pisciform (a.) Having the form of a fish; resembling a fish.
Piscina (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
Piscinal (a.) Belonging to a fishpond or a piscina.
Piscine (a.) Of or pertaining to a fish or fishes; as, piscine remains.
Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.
Pish (interj.) An exclamation of contempt.
Pish (v. i.) To express contempt.
Pishu (n.) The Canada lynx.
Pisiform (a.) Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape; as, a pisiform iron ore.
Pisiform (n.) A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Pismire (n.) An ant, or emmet.
Pisolite (n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
Pisolitic (a.) Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.
Pisophalt (n.) Pissasphalt.