pickings
plural of picking

picks
plural of pick

pins
plural of pin

pipemaking
The craft or industry of producing pipes.
The craft or industry of producing pipes.

piphat
An ensemble of wind and percussion instruments in central Thai classical music.

piphats
plural of piphat

piston
A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

pistons
plural of piston

pkhachich
A Circassian percussion instrument. Similar to a Russian treshchotka.

placque
Misspelling of plaque.

plaier
Obsolete spelling of player.

planxties
plural of planxty

planxty
An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

plaque
Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

plaques
plural of plaque

player
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One that plays.
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
A participant; one involved in something.
A participant; one involved in something.
A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

players
plural of player

plectra
plural of plectrum

plectre
Synonym of plectrum.

plectres
plural of plectre

plectron
Alternative form of plectrum.

plectrons
plural of plectron

plectrum
A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.

plectrums
plural of plectrum

pluckee
One who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.

pluckees
plural of pluckee

pluckings
plural of plucking

polissoir
A groove found carved into rock, once used to polish stone axes.
An implement or instrument for polishing or grinding.
A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.

polissoirs
plural of polissoir

polychord
Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords.
A musical instrument having ten strings.
A device, attached to a keyboard, for coupling two octave notes.

polychords
plural of polychord

polyharmonies
plural of polyharmony

polyharmony
Music that is played in more than one key at once, creating an aesthetically pleasing harmonic sound.

polykings
plural of polyking

polyphant
An old musical instrument, resembling a lute, but strung with wire.

polyphants
plural of polyphant

polyphonia
A kind of mouth organ or harmonica.

polyphonias
plural of polyphonia

pomphret
Alternative form of pomfret.

pomphrets
plural of pomphret

pontee
Archaic form of punty.

pontees
plural of pontee

ponties
plural of ponty

pontil
Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”).

pontils
plural of pontil

ponty
Alternative form of punty.

portamenti
plural of portamento

portamento
A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.

portamentos
plural of portamento

posthorn
Alternative form of post horn.

posthorns
plural of posthorn

postmortem
Alternative form of post mortem.

postmortems
plural of postmortem

postrock
Alternative form of post-rock.

predementia
Early symptoms (such as memory-loss) that sometimes lead to full-blown dementia

pricksong
Music that is sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music.
A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong.

pricksongs
plural of pricksong

proedria
The grassy area that separated the orchestra from the audience; or the front rows of the audience.
The right to sit in front seats at the theatre, public games, etc

proedrias
plural of proedria

prohedria
Alternative form of proedria.

proscenia
plural of proscenium

proscenium
The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.
The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.
The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.
A proscenium arch.

prosceniums
plural of proscenium

protoform
Synonym of urform (“basic or original form”).
A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.

protoforms
plural of protoform

psalmodicon
A simple zither-like single-stringed chordophone (stringed instrument), played with a bow, of Scandinavian origin.

psalmodicons
plural of psalmodicon

psalmodikon
Alternative spelling of psalmodicon.

psalmodikons
plural of psalmodikon

psalteria
plural of psalterium

psalteries
plural of psaltery

psalterion
Synonym of psaltery.

psalterions
plural of psalterion

psalterium
An omasum.
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)

psaltery
A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.

psaltries
plural of psaltry

psaltry
Alternative spelling of psaltery.

pseudodot
A pseudoharmonic quantum dot

pseudodots
plural of pseudodot

pseudoevent
A happening that is orchestrated for some ulterior purpose.

pseudoevents
plural of pseudoevent

pungi
A wind instrument, traditionally made from a gourd, played by snake charmers in India and Pakistan.

pungis
plural of pungi

puntee
Alternative form of punty.

puntees
plural of puntee

puntel
Archaic form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”).

puntels
plural of puntel

punties
plural of punty

puntil
Alternative form of punty.

puntils
plural of puntil

punty
A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.

purparts
plural of purpart

purveyancer
Synonym of purveyor (“officer who obtained provisions”).

purveyancers
plural of purveyancer.

purveyor
One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
A person or group that promotes or spreads an idea, a viewpoint, etc.
One who arranges or prepares something; an arranger, an orchestrator, a preparer.

purveyors
plural of purveyor

purveyour
Obsolete spelling of purveyor.

purveyours
plural of purveyour

pututu
A conch shell blown like a horn by the Inca.

pututus
plural of pututu

pyrophone
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by flames of gas in tubes of different length