| picotee |
a kind of carnation having light petals with a darker border. |
| picrate |
an ester or salt of picric acid, usu. very explosive. |
| picric acid |
a poisonous acid used in analytical chemistry and in making dyes and explosives. |
| picro- |
bitter. |
| Pict |
one of an ancient people of Great Britain who were driven into Scotland by the Britons and Romans. |
| pictograph |
a pictorial sign or symbol that represents a word or idea; hieroglyph. [3 definitions] |
| pictorial |
pertaining to, made of, or containing pictures. [4 definitions] |
| picture |
a painting, drawing, or photograph. [8 definitions] |
| picture graph |
a graph that uses pictures to convey information. |
| picturesque |
visually pleasing, enchanting, or unusual; suggestive of a picture or painting. [2 definitions] |
| picture tube |
the cathode-ray tube in a television receiver, with a screen at one end on which televised images appear. |
| picture window |
a large window, often found in a living room, that is intended to offer a broad, framed view of the outside. |
| picture writing |
writing that consists of pictures, figures, and pictorial symbols. [2 definitions] |
| piddle |
to squander or waste, esp. on trifles (usu. fol. by "away"). [3 definitions] |
| piddling |
having no or very little significance; negligible; trivial. |
| pidgin |
a simplified language based on a combination of two languages, used by those who need to communicate but who do not speak each other's language. |
| pidgin English |
(sometimes cap.) a pidgin language based on English that is used, often in commerce, in Papua New Guinea, parts of eastern Asia, Melanesia, and West Africa. [2 definitions] |
| pie1 |
a pastry crust filled with meat, cheese, fruit, or other filling, sometimes covered with a layer of crust, and baked in a shallow pan. |
| pie2 |
the magpie. |
| piebald |
having black and white spots or patches. [2 definitions] |
| piece |
a section or part separated from the whole. [10 definitions] |