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pile3 the projecting loops or strands of yarn that form the surface of some fabrics, rugs, and the like. [3 definitions]
pileate in ornithology, having a crest that extends from the base of the bill to the nape. [2 definitions]
pileated woodpecker a large black and white North American woodpecker with a prominent red crest.
pile driver a machine that drives piles by repeatedly raising and dropping a heavy weight on the exposed end of the pile.
pileous having hair or fur.
piles the condition of having a hemorrhoid or hemorrhoids. [2 definitions]
pileum the top of a bird's head from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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]