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pier a structure built out from land and extending some distance over water, that is often used for docking boats; wharf. [2 definitions]
pierce to stab or go through with or as if with something sharp; penetrate. [6 definitions]
pierced punctured or perforated. [3 definitions]
piercing extremely loud and shrill. [3 definitions]
pier glass a tall mirror set in the section of wall between windows.
Pierre the capital of South Dakota.
Pierrot a comic male character in old French pantomime who wears loose white pantaloons, a short jacket with large buttons, and whiteface.
pier table a low table set against a wall between two windows, often beneath a tall mirror.
Pietà (sometimes l.c.) a depiction, as in sculpture or painting, of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, holding him in grief following the Crucifixion.
pietism (sometimes cap.) the devotional beliefs and practices of the Pietists. [2 definitions]
Pietist a member of a German movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that stressed personal piety over orthodox devotion in seeking to change certain formalities within the Lutheran Church.
piety worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family; piousness. [2 definitions]
piezoelectric of or pertaining to, or using electricity produced when stress is applied to certain materials.
piezoelectric effect an electric polarization that arises in some crystals when they are subjected to mechanical pressure, and, conversely, the mechanical deformation in these crystals that results when an electric field is applied to them.
piezoelectricity a form of electricity or a charged state produced by applying pressure to certain crystals.
piffle (informal) meaningless or nonsensical talk; babble. [2 definitions]
pig any of a number of omnivorous cloven-hoofed mammals with broad snouts; swine; hog. [3 definitions]
pigeon any of various passerine birds that have a stout body, small head, and short legs. [3 definitions]
pigeon breast a deformity of the human chest occurring as a result of certain diseases, such as rickets, that is characterized by a sharply protruding breastbone.
pigeon drop a swindle wherein a person gives over personal money in response to a fraudulent promise that such funds will bring large returns or profit.
pigeon hawk a small falcon that is closely related to the European merlin.