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." |
pinot blanc |
any of several varieties of white grape grown in Burgundy, France, that are used in the making of white wine and champagne. |
pinot noir |
any of several varieties of purplish red grape grown in Burgundy, France, that are used in the making of red wine. |
pinpoint |
anything that is exceptionally small, such as a spot of ink or a point on a map. [3 definitions] |
pinprick |
a very small hole. [3 definitions] |
pins and needles |
a prickly, tingling sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness caused by temporarily poor blood circulation. |
pinsetter |
a person or device that removes the pins struck down in a bowling alley and sets them up again. |