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Pent-
- - Same as penta-; -- used as a combining form before vowels, as in pentoxide.
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"
Pined
- verb - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
Pines
- noun - a coniferous tree
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
- straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
Pingo
- unknown - a mound formed by an ice lens pushing up the ground. usually in a region of permafrost
Pings
- noun - a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
- a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
- contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
- hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
- make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
- send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office"
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
Pinic
- - Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic, or sylvic, acid.
Pinko
- noun - a person with mildly leftist political views