piezoactuators
plural of piezoactuator

piezophonon
A phonon produced by mechanical stress

piezophonons
plural of piezophonon

piezotransducer
A piezoelectric transducer

piezotransducers
plural of piezotransducer

pigful
Enough to fill a pig (earthenware pot or jar).

piggin
A small pail, can, or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.

pilenta
plural of pilentum

pilentum
A ceremonial chariot or carriage, used by Roman noblewomen.

pilentums
plural of pilentum

pillbox
A small box in which pills are kept.
A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
A doctor's carriage.

pillboxes
plural of pillbox

pinacoid
The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.

pinacoids
plural of pinacoid

pinakoid
Alternative form of pinacoid.

pinakoids
plural of pinakoid

pindot
A microscopically small dot, comparable to a pinprick.

pindots
plural of pindot

pinge
A wedge-, ditch-, or funnel-shaped depression in the terrain resulting from mining activities.

pinkfoots
plural of pinkfoot

pinkletink
Pseudacris crucifer, the spring peeper.

pinkletinks
plural of pinkletink

pinnula
A pinnule or subleaflet.

pinnulae
plural of pinnula

pinnulas
plural of pinnula

piolet
An ice axe/ice ax.

piolets
plural of piolet

pipeful
Enough tobacco to fill a pipe for smoking.

pipefuls
plural of pipeful

pipemanship
The art or skill of smoking a pipe.

pipesful
plural of pipeful

pipesmoke
The smoke from a pipe.

pipesmoking
The smoking of a pipe.

pipestave
A stave for a pipe (a type of cask).

pipestaves
plural of pipestave

pipkrake
Needle ice; ice structures formed when the air temperature is below 0℃ and the soil is not.

pipkrakes
plural of pipkrake

pirameter
Alternative form of peirameter.

pirameters
plural of pirameter

pisane
A collar or gorget of mail (or, rarely, plate), protecting the neck and upper chest; a standard.

pissaphone
A urinal consisting of a funnel set into the ground.

pissaphones
plural of pissaphone

pissbag
A bag holding urine.
An objectionable person.

pissbags
plural of pissbag

pitchback
A backshot water wheel.

pitchbacks
plural of pitchback

pitot
A pitot head or pitot tube.

pitots
plural of pitot

pitpan
A type of dugout canoe used in Central America

pitpans
plural of pitpan

pitsaw
A saw worked by two people, one standing on the log and the other beneath it, often in a pit.

pitsaws
plural of pitsaw

pitwheel
A wheel forming part of the machinery in a watermill, mounted on the opposite end of the axle to the waterwheel, and driving the wallower on the upright shaft or layshaft.

pitwheels
plural of pitwheel

pixane
Alternative form of pisane.

pixanes
plural of pixane

pixelisation
Alternative spelling of pixelization.

pixelization
The result of enlarging a digital image further than the resolution of the monitor device, usually 72 dpi (dots per inch), causing the individual pixels making up the image to become more prominent, thus causing a grainy appearance in the image.
The blurring of part of an image by setting groups of pixels that are close to each other to the same color.

pixelizations
plural of pixelization

pizaine
Alternative spelling of pisane.

pizane
Alternative spelling of pisane.

placula
A little plate or plaque.

placulae
plural of placula

plankton
Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.

planktons
plural of plankton

planktont
Synonym of plankton.

planktonts
plural of planktont

plasmatron
A hot-cathode tube with controlled anode current.

plasmatrons
plural of plasmatron

plastoholotype
An artificial mould or copy of a holotype specimen.

plastoholotypes
plural of plastoholotype

platelessness
Absence of plates.

platemaking
The production of plates (printing surfaces).

platemark
A mark or emblem stamped upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of manufacture, the degree of purity, etc.

platemarks
plural of platemark

plateroom
A room for the production of plates for printing.

platerooms
plural of plateroom

platework
An arrangement or structure of plates.

playbus
A bus that provides mobile entertainment and education facilities for young children.

playbuses
plural of playbus

playcart
A toy cart

playpipe
A rigid extension to a fire hose that provides a gripping surface for fire fighting personnel. Typically a pipe with handles that attaches to the end of a fire hose and has a nozzle attached to it.

playpipes
plural of playpipe

plemochoe
An Ancient Greek pottery vessel with a high foot supporting a wide bowl.

plemochoes
plural of plemochoe.

plerergate
honey-pot ant

plerergates
plural of plerergate

pleugh
plow.

pleughs
plural of pleugh

pleuroscope
Synonym of thoracoscope.

pleuroscopes
plural of pleuroscope

plogging
jogging and picking up litter

ploughbote
Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry.

ploughgang
A ploughgate.

ploughgate
The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.

ploughgates
plural of ploughgate

ploughhead
The clevis or draught iron of a plough.

ploughheads
plural of ploughhead

ploughpoint
Alternative form of plowpoint.

ploughpoints
plural of ploughpoint

ploughstaff
The hind part or handle of a plough.

ploughstaffs
plural of ploughstaff

ploughtail
The hind part or handle of a plough.

ploughtails
plural of ploughtail

plowbote
Alternative spelling of ploughbote.

plowgate
Alternative form of ploughgate.

plowgates
plural of plowgate

plowhead
Alternative form of ploughhead.

plowheads
plural of plowhead

plowpoint
A detachable plowshare (cutting blade) at the extreme front end of the plow body.

plowpoints
plural of plowpoint

plowstaff
The hind part or handle of a plow.

plowstaffs
plural of plowstaff

plowtail
Alternative form of ploughtail.

plowtails
plural of plowtail

podar
A cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.

podars
plural of podar

poddar
Alternative form of podar.

poddars
plural of poddar

pointels
plural of pointel

pokal
A tall drinking cup.

pokals
plural of pokal

polarograph
Any of several instruments used in polarography

polarographs
plural of polarograph

pollicisation
Alternative form of pollicization.

pollicization
A plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.

pollum
A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams.

pollums
plural of pollum

polyaxon
In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes.

polyaxone
Dated form of polyaxon.

polyaxones
plural of polyaxone

polyaxons
plural of polyaxon

polybottle
A bottle made from polyethylene.

polybottles
plural of polybottle

polyoptrum
A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.

polyphon
A wooden-cased music box of a kind typically manufactured in Germany.

polyphons
plural of polyphon

polypin
A plastic version of the kind of brewery cask called a pin (equal to half a firkin), popular in homebrewing and the off-trade (deliveries for home consumption).

polypins
plural of polypin

polypipe
A pipe made from polybutylene.

polypipes
plural of polypipe

polysulfido
A ligand consisting of a chain of sulfur atoms connected at both ends

polytube
A polyethylene tube.

polytubes
plural of polytube

pommer
An alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.

pommers
plural of pommer

ponderabilities
plural of ponderability

ponderability
The fact of having a detectable weight or mass.
Amenability to consideration or thought.