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- English Word Pipeclay Definition To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts.
- English Word Piped Definition of Pipe
- English Word Piped Definition Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.
- English Word Pipefish Definition 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.
- English Word Pipelayer Definition Alt. of Pipe layer
- English Word Pipelaying Definition Alt. of Pipe laying
- English Word Pipemouth Definition Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.
- English Word Piper Definition See Pepper.
- English Word Piper Definition One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
- English Word Piper Definition A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- English Word Piper Definition A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
- English Word Piperaceous Definition 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.
- English Word Piperic Definition 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.
- English Word Piperidge Definition Same as Pepperidge.
- English Word Piperidine Definition An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
- English Word Piperine Definition A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper (Piper nigrum) and other species.
- English Word Piperonal Definition A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.
- English Word Piperylene Definition A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.
- English Word Pipestem Definition The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.
- English Word Pipestone Definition A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.