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Pitcher
- noun - (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm"
- (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
- an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"
- the quantity contained in a pitcher
Pitches
- noun - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
- erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
- fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
- heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- move abruptly; "Th
Piteous
- adjective - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
Pitfall
- noun - a trap in the form of a concealed hole
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
Pithead
- noun - the entrance to a coal mine
Pitheci
- - A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.
Pithier
- adjective - concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
Pithily
- adverb - in a pithy sententious manner; "she expressed herself pithily"
Pithing
- verb - remove the pith from (a plant)