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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

pin
peg noun informal terms of the leg; `fever left him weak on his sticks`

pin
tholepin noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

pin bone
noun part of the sirloin between the flat bone and the porterhouse

pin cherry
Prunus pensylvanica noun small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit

pin curl
noun a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin

pin oak
noun fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil

pin wrench
noun a wrench that has a projecting pin that fits into a socket on the object to be turned

pin-tailed duck
Anas acuta noun long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

pin-tailed sandgrouse
pin-tailed grouse noun sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers

pina cloth
noun a fine cloth made from pineapple fibers

pina colada
noun a mixed drink made of pineapple juice and coconut cream and rum

Pinaceae
family Pinaceae noun a family of Pinaceae

pinata
noun plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks

Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo noun a volcano on Luzon northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy

pinball
pinball game noun a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets

pinball machine
pin table noun game equipment on which pinball is played; `in England they call a pinball machine a pin table`

pince-nez
noun spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring

pincer
pair of pincers noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping

pinch
tweak noun a squeeze with the fingers

pinch bar
noun a lever with a pointed projection that serves as a fulcrum; used to roll heavy wheels

pinch hitter
noun (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter

pinchbeck
adjective serving as an imitation or substitute; `pinchbeck heroism`

pinche
Leontocebus oedipus noun South American tamarin with a tufted head

pinched
adjective as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; `her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her`

pinchgut
noun a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)

Pinckneya
genus Pinckneya noun small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America

Pinctada
genus Pinctada noun pearl oysters

pincurl clip
noun a variety of clip for holding pin curls

Pincus
Gregory Pincus noun United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

pincushion
noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use

Pindar
noun Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)

Pindaric ode
Pindaric noun an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units

pindolol
Visken noun an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension

pine
pine tree noun a coniferous tree

Pine Bluff
noun a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River

pine fern
Anemia adiantifolia noun fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs

pine grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator noun large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds

pine hyacinth
Clematis baldwinii noun erect clematis of Florida having pink to purple flowers

pine knot
noun a joint of pine wood used for fuel

pine leaf aphid
Pineus pinifoliae noun a variety of adelgid

pine lily
Lilium catesbaei noun lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals

pine marten
Martes martes noun dark brown marten of northern Eurasian coniferous forests

pine nut
pignolia noun edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America

pine sawyer
noun large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees

pine siskin
pine finch noun small finch of North American coniferous forests

pine snake
noun any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened

pine spittlebug
noun North American insect that attacks pines

pine tar
noun a dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood

pine vole
pine mouse noun short-tailed glossy-furred burrowing vole of the eastern United States

pine-barren sandwort
longroot noun deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States

pine-tar rag
noun baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip

pineal
adjective having the form of a pine cone

pineal gland
pineal body noun a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin

pinealoma
noun tumor of the pineal gland

pineapple
ananas noun large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

pineapple juice
noun the juice of pineapples (usually bottled or canned)

pineapple weed
rayless chamomile noun annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers

pinecone
noun the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

pinesap
false beachdrops noun fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys

pinetum
noun an area planted with pine trees or related conifers

Pineus
genus Pineus noun a genus of Adelgidae

pinfish
sailor`s-choice 2 squirrelfish 2 Lagodon rhomboides noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

pinfold
noun a pen where stray animals are confined

ping
noun a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

ping-pong ball
noun light hollow ball used in playing table tennis

pinger
noun a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar

pinguecula
noun a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it

Pinguicula
genus Pinguicula noun butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica

Pinguinus
genus Pinguinus noun great auk

pinhead
noun the head of a pin

pinhole
noun a small puncture that might have been made by a pin

Pinicola
genus Pinicola noun a genus of Fringillidae

pining
noun a feeling of deep longing

pinion
noun a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

pinioned
adjective bound fast especially having the arms restrained

pinite
noun grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates

pink
pinkish adjective of a light shade of red

pink bollworm
noun larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls

pink calla
Zantedeschia rehmanii noun calla having a rose-colored spathe

pink cockatoo
Kakatoe leadbeateri noun white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage

pink disease
noun serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae

pink disease fungus
Corticium salmonicolor noun fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc

pink elephants
noun any visual hallucination arising from heavy drinking

pink fivecorner
Styphelia triflora noun heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit

pink lady
noun a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice

pink shower
pink shower tree noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental

pink-and-white everlasting
pink paper daisy noun flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying

pink-collar
adjective of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women; `a pink-collar employee`

pink-lavender
pinkish-lavender adjective of lavender tinged with pink

pink-orange
pinkish-orange adjective of orange tinged with pink

pink-purple
pinkish-purple adjective of purple tinged with pink

pink-red
adjective of red tinged with pink

pink-tinged
adjective of a color tinged with pink

pink-tipped
adjective of a leaf tipped with pink

pinkish-white
adjective of white tinged with pink

pinkness
noun the quality of being pink

pinko
pink noun a person with mildly leftist political views

pinkroot
noun a fungal disease of onions

pinna
pinnule noun division of a usually pinnately divided leaf

pinna
noun the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear