English words: picosatellite to pièce de conviction

300 English words, part 88 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words picosatellite to pièce de conviction

picosatellite noun: An artificial satellite with a wet mass between 0.1 and 1 kilograms.
picoscale adjective: On a scale measured in picometers
picosecond noun /ˈpiː.kəʊˌsɛk.ənd/: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps
picosiemens noun: An SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 10⁻¹² siemens.
picosignal noun: A picoscale signal
picospritzer noun: A device that produces an extremely small spray of liquid
picot noun, verb: An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
picota noun: A machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the...
picotah noun: Alternative form of picota.
picotamide noun: A thromboxane synthase inhibitor and a thromboxane receptor inhibitor used in the treatment of clinical arterial thrombosis and peripheral artery disease.
picote noun: Alternative form of picot.
picotech noun: Abbreviation of picotechnology.
picotechnology noun: picoscale technology
picoted adjective, verb: decorated with picots
picotee noun: A flower (such as a carnation) whose margin is a different colour from the flower's basic colour.
picotesla noun: One trillionth (10⁻¹²) of a tesla.
picotite noun: hercynite
picotiter noun: A miniaturized form of microtiter
picotiter plate noun: A miniaturised form of a microtiter plate
picotiterplate noun: Alternative form of picotiter plate.
picotitic adjective: Relating to the mineral picotite.
picotitre noun: Alternative form of picotiter.
picotpaulite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal bronze mineral containing iron, sulfur, and thallium.
picotta noun: Alternative spelling of picota.
picottah noun: Alternative spelling of picota.
picovolt noun: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a volt, abbreviated as pV.
PICOW noun: Initialism of person in charge of work.
picowatt noun: One million millionth (10⁻¹²) of a watt, abbreviated as pW.
picoxystrobin noun: A particular strobilurin fungicide.
picozoan noun: Any unicellular eukaryote of the phylum Picozoa
picqué work noun: pounced work; decoration by dots or slight depressions
picquerism noun: Alternative form of piquerism.
picquet noun: Alternative form of piquet (“card game”).
picqueter noun: A person who arranges artificial flowers for a living.
picra noun /ˈpaɪkɹə/: The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
picral noun: A solution of picric acid in alcohol, used for etching
picramate noun: Any derivative (equivalent to a salt or ester) of picramic acid
picramic adjective: Of or pertaining to picramic acid or its derivatives
picramic acid noun: The phenol 2-amino-4,6-dinitrophenol produced by the reduction of picric acid; it is used in the manufacture of azo dyes
picramide noun: 2,4,6-trinitroaniline, an explosive compound.
picrasmin noun: An organic compound found in Jamaican quassia.
picrate noun: Any salt or ester of picric acid.
picrated adjective: Mixed with a picrate.
picrel noun: A picture attached to a post, especially one on an imageboard.
picrete noun: Alternative spelling of pykrete.
picric adjective /ˈpɪkɹɪk/: Designating a type of bitter yellow acid.
picric acid noun: 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, C₆H₂(NO₂)₃, prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as...
picrite noun: A variety of high-magnesium olivine basalt.
picritic adjective: Relating to, or composed of, picrite.
picro- prefix: bitter
picrobasalt noun: picrite
picrocarmine noun: A stain made from picric acid and indigo carmine.
picrochromite noun: Synonym of magnesiochromite.
picrocrocin noun: A monoterpene glycoside precursor of safranal, responsible for the bitter taste of saffron.
picrocrocine noun: Alternative form of picrocrocin.
picroerythrin noun: An organic compound found in lichens, related to erythrin.
picrofuchsin noun: A solution of fuchsin in picric acid, used as a stain for proteins
picroindigocarmine noun: A stain made from picric acid and indigo carmine.
picrol noun: dinitrophenol
picrolichenic acid noun: A naturally occurring compound with the molecular formula C₂₅H₃₀O₇.
picrolite noun: A fibrous variety of serpentine, possibly antigorite.
picrolonate noun: A salt or ester of picrolonic acid.
picrolonic acid noun: An organic compound with the chemical formula C₁₀H₈N₄O₅.
picromel noun: A colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture,...
picromerite noun: An evaporite, consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium sulphate, with the chemical formula K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6(H₂O).
picropharmacolite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
picropodophyllin noun: A particular chemokine that induces apoptosis in some tumour cells
picroside noun: Any of a family of iridoid glycosides isolated from Picrorhiza species
picrosirius red noun: A red stain used to visualize collagen.
picross noun: A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
picrotoxic adjective: Relating to picrotoxin.
picrotoxin noun: A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin...
picrotoxine noun: Alternative spelling of picrotoxin.
picrotoxinin noun: An alkaloid found in picrotoxin.
picryl noun: The univalent radical, analogous to phenyl, derived from picric acid
picrylhydrazine noun: The organic hydrazine obtained formally by replacement of the -OH of picric acid by -NH-NH2
picrylhydrazyl noun: A free radical derived from picrylhydrazine; any derivative of this compound
pics noun /pɪks/: Acronym of post-intensive care syndrome.
pics or it didn't happen phrase: Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum.
picspam noun /ˈpɪkˌspæm/: A post on a blog featuring a collection of pictures, generally of the same subject or from the same source.
Pict noun /pɪkt/: A member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland.
Pict's house noun: A kind of crude underground dwelling or earthhouse.
pictarnie noun: A sea bird, the great tern.
pictarny noun: Alternative form of pictarnie.
Pictavi noun: Synonym of Pictones (“Celtic tribe”).
pictel noun: A pixel.
pictilisib noun: An investigational PI3K inhibitor.
Pictionary proper noun /ˈpɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/: A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players.
Pictish adjective /ˈpɪk.tɪʃ/: Of or pertaining to the Picts.
Pictish tower noun: A broch.
Pictishness noun: The quality or state of being Pictish.
Pictland proper noun /ˈpɪkt.land/: The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.
Picto- prefix: A combining form relating to Pictland (prehistoric northern and eastern Scotland) or Pictish people (Picts).
pictogram noun /ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæm/: A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
pictogrammatic adjective: Of or pertaining to pictograms.
pictogrammatical adjective: Alternative form of pictogrammatic.
pictogrammatically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, pictograms.
pictogramme noun: Rare spelling of pictogram.
pictograph noun /ˈpɪk.tə.ɡɹæf/: A picture that represents a word or an idea.
pictographic adjective, noun /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/: Represented by pictures.
pictographical adjective: Alternative form of pictographic.
pictographically adverb: In a pictographic manner.
pictography noun: writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics
pictology noun: A scientific approach to measuring and analysing the characteristic features of artworks.
pictomicrograph noun: A pictorial micrograph
Picton proper noun: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107).
Picton herring noun: European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus; not a true herring).
Pictones noun: A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.
pictophonetic adjective: Synonym of phonosemantic.
pictophonetics noun: The use of phonosemantic characters.
Pictor proper noun: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.
pictoradiogram noun: A kind of radiotelegram used to transmit pictures.
pictorally adverb: Misconstruction of pictorially.
pictorial adjective, noun /pɪkˈtɔɹi.əl/: Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
pictorialisation noun: Alternative spelling of pictorialization.
pictorialise verb: Alternative form of pictorialize.
pictorialism noun: A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and...
pictorialist adjective, noun: An artist working in the style of pictorialism.
pictoriality noun: The quality of being pictorial.
pictorialization noun: The process or result of pictorializing.
pictorialize verb: To make pictorial; to illustrate with pictures.
pictorially adverb: In a pictorial manner.
pictorialness noun: The quality of being pictorial.
pictoric adjective: pictorial
pictorical adjective: Alternative form of pictoric.
pictorically adverb: pictorially
Pictou proper noun /ˈpɪk.təʊ/: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Pictou disease noun: pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis
Picts' house noun: Alternative form of Pict's house.
pictumine noun: A diterpenoid alkaloid found in Delphinium pictum.
pictura noun: The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.
picturability noun: The quality or degree of being picturable.
picturable adjective: Capable of being imagined.
picturableness noun: The quality of being picturable.
picturably adverb: In a picturable manner.
pictural adjective, noun /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/: A picture.
picturality noun: The state or quality of being related to or resembling a picture.
picture noun, verb /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/: A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
picture black noun: The darkest black that can be produced in a television image.
picture book noun: A book for young children in which the narrative is accompanied by illustrations.
picture box noun: A user interface control for displaying an image.
picture bride noun: A bride chosen solely on the basis of a photograph provided by an intermediary
picture card noun: A flash memory card for a digital camera.
picture day noun: A day when pupils are photographed at school as a memento.
picture desk noun: The photography department of a newspaper.
picture dictionary noun: A dictionary that includes pictures to help identify things.
picture disc noun: A phonograph record with images on the playable surface, rather than plain vinyl.
picture editor noun /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/: A person responsible for searching and collecting photo illustrations.
picture frame noun /ˈpɪktʃə ˌfɹeɪm/: The frame into which a picture is placed.
picture framing noun /ˈpɪktʃə ˌfɹeɪmɪŋ/: The act of setting a painting, photograph, etc. in a frame.
picture hat noun: An elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim, typically black with feathers or other decorations.
picture house noun: A movie theater.
picture-in-picture noun: A feature of some television receivers and similar devices, where one program or channel is displayed on the full TV screen while another is displayed in an...
picture lock noun: The point at which a film has gone through final editing and will no longer undergo any visual changes.
picture message noun: An image used to convey an idea or concept.
picture messaging noun: The transmission of picture messages between mobile phones
picture molding noun: A horizontal molding attached to a wall intended to facilitate the hanging of decorative objects.
picture palace noun: An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.
picture paper noun: comic book
picture perfect adjective: Perfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.
picture plane noun: The imaginary plane correspondent with the physical surface of a drawing, painting or print.
picture postcard adjective, noun: A postcard bearing a picture.
picture-postcardish adjective: Picturesque and charming.
picture rail noun: A molding applied to or recessed into the surface of a wall, and used to suspend hooks and cables attached to paintings, framed art or mirrors. The molding...
picture-railed adjective: Having a picture rail or rails.
picture rod noun: A picture rail
picture show noun: Synonym of movie.
picture-skew adjective /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəˌskjuː/: Alternative form of picturesque.
picture sort noun: A research tool used to assess the effectiveness of advertising by asking consumers to select the pictures that best describe a brand.
picture tube noun: The cathode ray tube which produced moving images on the screen of a television set, prior to the development of LEDs.
picture white noun: The brightest white that can be produced in a television image.
picture window noun: A large fixed window in a wall, with few or no glazing bars, providing an unimpeded view.
picture-winged fly noun: Any fly in the family Ulidiidae
pictureable adjective: Alternative form of picturable.
picturebook noun: Alternative spelling of picture book.
picturecraft noun: The art of producing pictures.
pictured adjective, verb: furnished with pictures
picturedom noun: Synonym of filmdom (“the film or movie industry; the people who work in that industry”).
picturedrome noun: cinema; movie theater
pictureframe noun: Alternative form of picture frame.
pictureful adjective: Full of pictures.
picturegoer noun: Someone who watches a film at a cinema; filmgoer
picturegraph noun: Eggcorn of pictograph.
picturehouse noun: Alternative form of picture house.
pictureless adjective: Without a picture.
picturelessness noun: Absence of pictures.
picturelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
picturely adjective: Characteristic of a picture.
picturemaker noun: A person who produces pictures.
picturemaking noun: The creation of pictures.
picturephone noun: videophone
picturer noun: Someone who makes pictures; a painter.
pictures noun, verb /ˈpɪk.(t)ʃəz/: cinema, movie theatre
pictures or it didn't happen phrase: Alternative form of pics or it didn't happen.
picturesome adjective: Characterised or marked by pictures; characteristically picturesque
picturesque adjective /ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/: Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
picturesquely adverb /ˌpɪktjʊəˈɹɛskli/: In a picturesque manner.
picturesqueness noun: The condition of being picturesque.
picturesquish adjective: Somewhat picturesque.
picturing noun, verb: depiction
picturisation noun: Alternative form of picturization.
picturise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of picturize.
picturization noun /pɪktʃəɹʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/: The representation of something as a picture, or the adaptation of something into a picture, especially a motion picture.
picturize verb: To represent in a picture or a motion picture; to depict.
PICU noun: Initialism of pediatric intensive care unit.
picudilla noun: Synonym of southern sennet.
picul noun /ˈpɪkəl/: A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at...
piculet noun /ˈpɪkjʊlət/: A of the genus Picumnus and other genera of small woodpeckers in subfamily Picumninae.
picumast noun: An antiasthmatic drug.
picumeterol noun: A beta-adrenergic agonist drug.
Picunche noun: A Mapudungun-speaking people living to the north of the Mapuches or Araucanians and south of the Choapa River and the Diaguitas.
Picuris noun /pɪ.kəˈɹis/: A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.
PID noun: Initialism of pelvic inflammatory disease.
pidan noun: A traditional, hand-woven Cambodian silk textile used as a ceremonial hanging, canopy, or tapestry within Buddhist temples; often four-meter-long, typically...
Piddington proper noun: A hamlet in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8094).
piddle noun, verb /ˈpɪd.l̩/: Piss: urine.
piddle away verb: To piss away: to waste or squander time, money, etc.
piddle pack noun: A urine collection device used as a toilet by the crew of an aircraft or spacecraft.
piddlepants noun /ˈpɪd.l̩ˌpænts/: Synonym of pissy-pants (“one who wets their pants”).
piddler noun: One who piddles; a trifler or time-waster.
piddlesome adjective: Characterised or marked by piddling.
piddling adjective, verb /ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/: Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
piddlingly adverb: In a way that is piddling, obscure, or trivial.
piddly adjective /ˈpɪd.li/: Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.
piddock noun /ˈpɪdək/: Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae, which burrow into soft rocks.
Pidduck polynomial noun: Any of a group of polynomials sₙ(x) given by the generating function displaystyle ∑ₙ(s_n(x))/(n!)tⁿ=((1+t)/(1-t))ˣ(1-t)⁻¹.
pide noun /ˈpiːdeɪ/: Traditional Turkish flatbread.
-pidem suffix /pɪ.dɛm/: Used to form names of zolpidem derivatives used as hypnotics/sedatives.
pidge noun, verb /pɪdʒ/: A pigeonhole.
pidgin noun /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/: An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking...
pidgin English noun /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/: The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
pidginisation noun: Alternative form of pidginization.
pidginise verb: Alternative form of pidginize.
pidginist noun: A linguist who specializes in studying pidgins.
pidginization noun: The development of a pidgin language.
pidginize verb: To convert or adapt into a pidgin language.
pidginogenic adjective: Relating to, or fostering, the formation of a pidgin.
Pidhaitsi proper noun: A city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
pidilizumab noun: A particular monoclonal antibody.
pidolate noun: Any salt or ester of pidolic acid
pidolic acid noun: pyroglutamic acid
PIDOOMA phrase: Initialism of pulled it directly out of my ass.
pidotimod noun: An immunostimulant.
pidyon haben noun: A ceremony in which a firstborn son is redeemed by a kohen, in order to release him from his obligation from serving in the Temple.
pie adjective, noun, verb /paɪ/: A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie"...
pie baking adjective, noun: The act of baking pies.
pie bed noun: Synonym of apple-pie bed.
pie bird noun: A hollow ceramic device shaped like an upstretched bird with open beak, used for supporting or venting a pie.
pie car noun: A car on circus trains where food and beverages were formerly supplied to performers.
pie cart noun: A form of trailer or caravan (originally a horse-drawn cart) with an elongated window along the side from which pies are sold.
pie chart noun /ˈpaɪ ˌt͡ʃɑɹt/: A pictorial graph in the shape of a circle, with segments representing related proportions
pie chest noun: Synonym of pie safe.
pie chimney noun: Synonym of pie bird.
pie-chucker noun: A bowler who has no control over the movement of the ball
pie crust noun: The crust of a pie.
pie crust collar noun: A high collar which has an even ruffle in the shape of a fluted pie crust.
pie crust lease noun: A lease for the surface of some land or structure (such as a bridge), which excludes the subsurface or land beneath.
pie-dish beetle noun: Any of various darkling beetles of Australia, such as those of the genera Helea or Embaphion.
pie-dog noun: Alternative form of pye-dog.
pie-eyed adjective /ˈpaɪˌaɪd/: With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.
pie-faced adjective: Having a round, unblemished face.
pie floater noun: A meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup.
pie fork noun: Synonym of pastry fork.
pie funnel noun: Synonym of pie bird.
pie graph noun: pie chart
pie house noun: A shop that sells pies.
pie in the sky adjective, noun /ˈpaɪ n̩ ðə ˈskaɪ/: Lacking reality and serviceability.
pie iron noun: A cast iron cooking appliance with a clamshell design used for making toasties.
pie menu noun: A circular context menu, resembling a pie chart, whose slices represent commands, each equidistant from the centre of the menu.
pie off verb: To make into a pie, or otherwise get rid of.
pie pan noun: A pan for holding and shaping the dough and filling of a pie, made of a heat-conducting metal, glass or other ceramic, and (more recently) silicone.
pie plant noun: Alternative form of pieplant.
pie plate noun: A small dish in which pies are baked.
pie rule noun: A rule used in certain strategy games for the purpose of fairness, where immediately after the first player's initial move the opposing player may...
pie safe noun: A piece of furniture for storing pies or other foods not needing immediate refrigeration.
pie server noun: A cake slice.
pie supper noun: A social gathering, mainly associated with Ozark culture, where pies are auctioned to raise money for a local cause.
pie tee noun: Synonym of kueh pie tee.
pie thrower noun: Synonym of pie-chucker.
pie tin noun: The tin in which a pie is baked and stored; a pie pan.
pie vent noun: Synonym of pie bird.
pie wagon noun: Synonym of paddy wagon.
pie warmer noun: A heated display cabinet in which pies, sausage rolls, and related savoury foods are stored and maintained at serving temperature, used in bakeries, cafés, etc.
pie whistle noun: Synonym of pie bird.
pie-wipe noun: Alternative form of piewipe.
piebaking adjective, noun: Alternative form of pie baking.
piebald adjective, noun /ˈpaɪ.bɔːld/: Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
piebald dolphin noun: Commerson's dolphin
piebaldism noun: A rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, whose common characteristics include a congenital white forelock, scattered normally-pigmented...
piebaldness noun: The quality of being piebald.
pieboy noun: A boy who sells pies.
piecake noun: A combination of pie and cake.
piecaken noun: A pie baked inside a cake.
piece noun, verb /piːs/: A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
piece and crisps noun: A sandwich with crisps (potato chips) as a filling.
piece bag noun: A bag for carrying pieces of material.
piece broker noun: A trader of pieces of cloth, or rags.
piece by piece phrase: In gradual stages.
pièce d'occasion noun: An artistic composition written for a particular occasion.
pièce de conviction noun: An incriminating exhibit shown as evidence in a criminal case.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.