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Pickaxnouna heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both endsverified
Pickaxenouna heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both endsverified
PickerelweednounAmerican plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and pondsverified
Pickup ArmnounMWEmechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridgeverified
PiconetnounA small Bluetooth network created on an ad hoc basis that includes two or more devices.Network
Picture ElementnounMWE(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)verified
Picture ShownounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Piculetnounsmall woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathersverified
Pie BirdnounMWEa hollow ceramic device shaped like an upstretched, open-beaked bird, used to support or vent steam from pies during bakingverified
Pie ChartnounMWEa circular chart divided into triangular areas proportional to the percentages of the wholeverified
Piece De ResistancenounMWEthe outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collectionverified
Piece of WorknounMWEa product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thingverified
Pied LemmingnounMWENorth American lemming having a white winter coat and some claws much enlargedverified
Piernoun(architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)verified
Pieridnounany of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legsverified
Pierid ButterflynounMWEany of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legsverified
Piezo EffectnounMWEelectricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt)verified
Piezoelectric EffectnounMWEelectricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt)verified