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Piles
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
- a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised
Pills
- noun - a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- a unpleasant or tiresome person
- something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
- something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"
Pilon
- - A conical loaf of sugar.
Pilot
- noun - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?"
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original"
Pilum
- unknown - a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times
Pilus
- noun - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
- hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
Pimps
- noun - arrange for sexual partners for others
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
Pinax
- - A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
Pinch
- noun - a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
- a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- cut the top off;
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- make off with belongings of others
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"