English Words: P

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piezoresponsenoun

The change in dimension of a ferromagnetic material in the presence of an electric field; the piezoelectric effect

piezoscannernoun

A piezoelectric scanner

piezosensitiveadj

sensitive to applied pressure

piezospherenoun

The deep-sea environment inhabited by piezophiles

piezostacknoun

A stack of piezoactive materials stuck together in layers.

piezosurgerynoun

The use of piezoelectric vibrations in the surgical cutting of bone tissue.

piezosurgicaladj

Relating to piezosurgery.

piezotolerantadj

That can tolerate great pressure (as in the deep sea)

piezotransducernoun

A piezoelectric transducer

piezotranslationnoun

The conversion of pressure into movement by a piezotranslator.

piezotranslatornoun

Any device that converts / translates pressure into movement

piezotronicsnoun

The science and technology of piezoelectric effects and devices

piezotropynoun

The state of a fluid in which there is a thermodynamic relationship between pressure and density

PIFname

Initialism of Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.

PIFAnoun

Acronym of planar inverted-F antenna

piffintj

An exclamation of annoyance or contempt; pish; pshaw.

Piffardname

A surname from French.

Piffernoun

A member of the Frontier Force Regiment, an infantry regiment of the army of Pakistan.

pifferaronoun

A musician who plays the piffero, a kind of oboe.

pifferonoun

A form of oboe.

pifflenoun

Nonsense, foolish talk.

pifflernoun

A blathering fool.

pifflinglyadv

In a piffling manner.

pifflyadj

Synonym of piffling (“petty; unimportant”).

piffy on a rock bunnoun

A person ignored or sidelined from an activity

PIFSnoun

Abbreviation of post-infection/infectious fatigue syndrome

pignoun

Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

pig bucketnoun

A bucket (or similar receptacle) used to collect kitchen waste to be used as pig fodder.

pig butchernoun

Someone who scams people using the pig butchering technique.

pig butcheringnoun

A scam technique in which victims are tricked into investing large amounts of money into a fictitious brokerage (usually a cryptocurrency wallet), which actually sends their funds directly to the scammers.

pig dognoun

A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.

pig farmnoun

A farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin.

pig fuckernoun

Alternative form of pigfucker.

pig in a pokenoun

Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale.

pig in the pythonnoun

The baby boom after World War II.

pig ironnoun

A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.

pig itverb

To live slovenly, in squalor.

pig Latinnoun

A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the leading phonetic of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.

pig launchernoun

A wider section of pipeline that reduces to the normal diameter, allowing a pig (inspection device) to be inserted into the pipe and pushed along by the pressure of the fluid.

pig leadnoun

unrefined lead, cast in blocks called pigs

pig outverb

To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.

pig partynoun

An orgy.

pig pileverb

To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.

pig stickernoun

A specialized knife used to slaughter a pig by stabbing it in the throat.

pig's earnoun

The cooked ear of a pig, as used in a number of cuisines around the world.

pig-headedadj

Alternative form of pigheaded.

pig-jawedadj

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower.

pig-stickingnoun

The hunting of boars.

pig-tailedadj

Alternative form of pigtailed.

pigachenoun

A shoe with a long pointed toe worn in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

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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 381. 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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