| pie chart |
a circular graph sectioned into pielike areas that are proportional to the quantities indicated. |
| pied |
having variously colored spots; piebald. |
| pied-à-terre |
(French) an apartment or other dwelling kept permanently but used only occasionally as needed. |
| piedmont |
a region at or near the base of a mountain or mountain range. [2 definitions] |
| pieplant |
the rhubarb plant. |
| 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] |