Nouns

piperine

noun

derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the...

pipet

noun

measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube us...

pipistrelle

noun

small European brown bat

pipit

noun

a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country;...

pipsissewa

noun

any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila

piquantness

noun

a tart spicy quality

pirogue

noun

a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log

piroshki

noun

small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried

piscary

noun

a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold

pismire

noun

social insect living in organized colonies; characteristical...

pistoleer

noun

someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)

pitahaya

noun

cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...

pitchblende

noun

a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of r...

pitcherful

noun

the quantity contained in a pitcher

pitchstone

noun

dark acid granitic glass

pithead

noun

the entrance to a coal mine

pithecanthropus

noun

former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus

pitta

noun

any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly ter...

pitsaw

noun

a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks...

pitocin

noun

hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade nam...

pittsfield

noun

a town in western Massachusetts

pityriasis

noun

any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry...

piute

noun

a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiut...

placeman

noun

a disparaging term for an appointee

placentation

noun

arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placent...

placer

noun

an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable...

placidness

noun

a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling

placidyl

noun

a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl)

placidity

noun

a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling

placket

noun

a piece of cloth sewn under an opening

plage

noun

the beach at a seaside resort

plagioclase

noun

any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks

plagiocephaly

noun

congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis...

plainclothesman

noun

a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty

plainchant

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a s...

plainsman

noun

an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plain...

plaintiveness

noun

expressing sorrowfulness

planarian

noun

free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in labora...

planchette

noun

a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touche...

planetesimal

noun

one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have exi...

planimeter

noun

a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregula...

planography

noun

the process of printing from a surface on which the printing...

plantigrade

noun

an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touchi...

planula

noun

the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenter...

plasm

noun

the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes a...

plasmapheresis

noun

plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returne...

plasmacyte

noun

a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a sp...

plasminogen

noun

an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is con...

plasmodium

noun

parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes mala...

plasterboard

noun

wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of pap...