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Pietist
- - One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
Pigtail
- noun - a plait of braided hair
Pintado
- noun - large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
Pintail
- noun - long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
Pintles
- noun - a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
Pistils
- noun - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
Pistole
- - The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
Pistols
- noun - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
Pistons
- noun - mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
Pitting
- verb - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
- remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion