pinking shears |
shears with notched blades, used to cut pinked edges in fabric. |
pink lady |
a cocktail made of gin, egg white, lemon or lime juice, and grenadine. |
pink river dolphin |
a large South American freshwater dolphin, having a pink, light blue, or gray color, a long, thin snout, and a bulbous forehead. |
pinkroot |
any of various plants, found esp. in the southeastern United States, whose root was formerly ingested to expel worms. |
pink root |
a fungus disease affecting onions and similar plants that causes the roots to shrink and turn pink. |
pink salmon |
a widespread species of small Pacific salmon. |
pink slip |
(informal) a notice informing an employee of his or her dismissal from employment. |
pin money |
a small sum of money set aside for incidental expenses. |
pinna |
any of the leaflets of a pinnate leaf such as that of a fern. [3 definitions] |
pinnace |
any of a variety of small boats, esp. one carried on a ship. [2 definitions] |
pinnacle |
the highest point or part of anything; apex; summit. [5 definitions] |
pinnate |
like a feather in appearance or structure. [2 definitions] |
pinner |
a head-covering having long flaps of material pinned to each side. |
pinniped |
of a suborder of carnivorous water mammals having finlike limbs, such as the walrus and seal. [2 definitions] |
pinnule |
any of the lobes or divisions of a doubly compound leaf, as on ferns; secondary pinna. [2 definitions] |
pin oak |
either of two tall oak trees of the eastern United States that are valued for their lumber and as shade trees. |
pinochle |
a card game that two to four players play with a deck consisting of two each of the cards from nine to ace. |
pinole |
a flour made of ground wheat or corn that is sweetened with the meal of mesquite beans. |
piņon |
any of several pine trees that produce edible seeds, native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. |
pinot |
(sometimes cap.) see "pinot noir," "pinot blanc." |