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  • English Word Pinworm Definition A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.
  • English Word Pinxit Definition 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).
  • English Word Pinxter Definition See Pinkster.
  • English Word Piny Definition Abounding with pines.
  • English Word Pion Definition 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.
  • English Word Pion Definition See Monkey's puzzle.
  • English Word Pioned Definition A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."
  • English Word Pioneer Definition A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
  • English Word Pioneer Definition One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
  • English Word Pioneer Definition To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
  • English Word Pioneered Definition of Pioneer
  • English Word Pioneering Definition of Pioneer
  • English Word Pioner Definition A pioneer.
  • English Word Piony Definition See Peony.
  • English Word Piot Definition The magpie.
  • English Word Pious Definition Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
  • English Word Pious Definition Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
  • English Word Piously Definition In a pious manner.
  • English Word Pip Definition 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.
  • English Word Pip Definition A seed, as of an apple or orange.
  • English Word Pip Definition One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
  • English Word Pip Definition To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
  • English Word Pipa Definition The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
  • English Word Pipage Definition Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
  • English Word Pipal tree Definition Same as Peepul tree.
  • English Word Pipas Definition of Pipa
  • English Word Pipe Definition 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.
  • English Word Pipe Definition Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
  • English Word Pipe Definition A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
  • English Word Pipe Definition A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.