English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 376 of 931

pidyon haBennoun

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.

pienoun

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" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)

pie bakingnoun

The act of baking pies.

pie carnoun

A car on circus trains where food and beverages were formerly supplied to performers.

pie chartnoun

A pictorial graph in the shape of a circle, with segments representing related proportions

pie crustnoun

The crust of a pie.

pie crust leasenoun

A lease for the surface of some land or structure (such as a bridge), which excludes the subsurface or land beneath.

pie housenoun

A shop that sells pies.

pie offverb

To make into a pie, or otherwise get rid of.

pie rulenoun

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 optionally switch, taking over the first player's role and position for the rest of the game.

pie-eaternoun

A person from Wigan in northern England or the surrounding area.

pie-eyedadj

With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed.

pie-facedadj

Having a round, unblemished face.

pie-in-the-skyadj

Lacking reality and serviceability.

piebakingnoun

Alternative form of pie baking.

piebaldadj

Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.

piebaldismnoun

A rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, whose common characteristics include a congenital white forelock, scattered normally-pigmented and hyperpigmented macules, and a triangular depigmented patch on the forehead.

piebaldnessnoun

The quality of being piebald.

pieboynoun

A boy who sells pies.

piecakenoun

A combination of pie and cake.

piecakennoun

A pie baked inside a cake.

piecardnoun

A union official who is on the side of the boss rather than that of the workers.

piecenoun

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.

piece and crispsnoun

A sandwich with crisps (potato chips) as a filling.

piece bagnoun

A bag for carrying pieces of material.

piece by piecephrase

In gradual stages.

piece of assnoun

An act of sexual intercourse, especially a one-night stand.

piece of cakenoun

A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.

piece of crumpetnoun

A very sexually desirable woman.

piece of eightnoun

The peso, a silver coin that was minted in Spain and its colonies from the end of 15th century, equal to eight reales (hence the name).

piece of goodsnoun

A person, especially one with undesirable flaws or other notable characteristics.

piece of homeworknoun

Synonym of bit of homework (“an attractive woman”).

piece of junknoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, junk.

piece of pissnoun

Something easy to achieve.

piece of poopnoun

Someone or something that is disgusting or worthless.

piece of porknoun

The penis.

piece of shitnoun

A bad thing; an object of poor quality.

piece of someonenoun

A chance to find out something interesting about someone.

piece of tailnoun

Synonym of piece of ass.

piece of the actionnoun

A portion of the monetary gains or other benefits produced by some venture or activity; a share of participation in a venture or activity.

piece of the pienoun

A personal share of a limited resource.

piece of worknoun

A product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.

piece outverb

To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces.

piece pickingnoun

An order picking method where individual items are picked as the orders are made.

piece togetherverb

To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces.

piece upverb

Synonym of patch up.

piece worknoun

Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.

pieceableadj

Able to be pieced together.

piecelessadj

Not made of pieces; whole; entire.

piecemealadj

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 376. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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