pileup |
a destructive collision involving more than two vehicles. [2 definitions] |
pile up |
to accumulate, with one thing on top of another. [3 definitions] |
pileus |
the umbrellalike, gill-bearing cap of a mushroom or a similar structure on other fungi. [2 definitions] |
pilfer |
to steal, esp. trifling amounts or things of small value. |
pilferable |
combined form of pilfer. |
pilgrim |
someone who undertakes a usu. long trip for a religious purpose, such as to visit a holy place. [3 definitions] |
pilgrimage |
a usu. long trip undertaken for religious purposes, such as to visit a holy place. [2 definitions] |
Pilgrim Fathers |
the group of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. |
Pilgrim's Progress |
a seventeenth-century Christian allegory by John Bunyan. |
piliferous |
having or growing hair. |
piliform |
similar in form to a hair; hairlike. |
piling |
piles collectively. [2 definitions] |
Pilipino |
a language based on Tagalog that is the official language of the Philippines. |
pill |
a small hard pellet of a drug, medicine, or the like designed to be taken orally. [6 definitions] |
pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. [4 definitions] |
pillar |
a tall, often cylindrical shaft used to support a structure or to serve as a decoration or monument; column. [4 definitions] |
pillarless |
combined form of pillar. |
pillbox |
a small container for pills, capsules, and the like. [2 definitions] |
pill bug |
any of various small land isopods that are able to curl their segmented bodies into a pill-like ball. |
pillion |
a seat for a passenger on a motorcycle or horse, behind that of the person in control. |
pillory |
in former times, a wooden structure that had holes for fastening the head and hands of someone who had violated the law and had been sentenced to public ridicule. [3 definitions] |