pickup
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
Ellipsis of pickup truck.
Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
The act of answering a telephone.
A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.

pickups
plural of pickup

picotee
A flower (such as a carnation) whose margin is a different colour from the flower's basic colour.

picotees
plural of picotee

picrete
Alternative spelling of pykrete.

piezocoefficient
A piezoelectric coefficient that quantifies the relationship between change in volume and strength of electric field

piezocoefficients
plural of piezocoefficient

pigopolies
plural of pigopoly

pigopoly
A cartel of greedy, overcharging businesses, specifically the entertainment industry.

pileup
Alternative spelling of pile-up.

pileups
plural of pileup

pillar
A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
Something resembling such a structure.
An essential part of something that provides support.
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.

pillarbox
Alternative form of pillar box.

pillarboxes
plural of pillarbox

pilotman
A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.

pilotmen
plural of pilotman

pimpmobile
An extravagantly large or ornate automobile, presumably suitable for a pimp.

pimpmobiles
plural of pimpmobile

pinisi
A kind of rigging used by Indonesian sailing vessels, carrying seven to eight sails on two masts.
A traditional Indonesian wooden ship.

pinisis
plural of pinisi

pinnace
A light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat, and usually serving to carry messages among the larger ships of a fleet.

pinnaces
plural of pinnace

pinnage
poundage of cattle

pinochle
A card game, similar to bezique.
A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game.

pinochles
plural of pinochle

pinocle
Alternative form of pinochle.

pioneerships
plural of pioneership

piperidone
Any of three isomeric compounds derived from piperidine by substituting a carbonyl for a methylene group

piperidones
plural of piperidone

pipesmanship
Alternative form of pipemanship.

piracies
plural of piracy

piracy
Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
Kleptoparasitism.

piragua
A Puerto Rican frozen dessert, shaped like a pyramid, made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored syrup.

piraguas
plural of piragua

piratery
Synonym of piracy.

pirateship
Alternative form of pirate ship.

pirateships
plural of pirateship

piratism
Synonym of piracy.

pirimicarb
A carbamate insecticide used to control aphids by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity.

piroque
Alternative form of pirogue (“type of boat”).

piroques
plural of piroque

pisiform
Resembling a pea or peas in size and shape

pisiforms
plural of pisiform

pissdale
A urinal basin or trough (usually metal) on a ship.

pissdales
plural of pissdale

pisshole
The urethra.
An unpleasant place.

pissholes
plural of pisshole

pitangua
The boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua.

pitanguas
plural of pitangua

pitchmeter
A device, encompassing a clinometer, used for measuring the pitch of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
A device used for measuring the pitch of sounds or human voice.

pitchmeters
plural of pitchmeter

pitwright
A carpenter or engineer employed at a mine.

pitwrights
plural of pitwright

pivalaldehyde
The aldehyde formed by reduction of the carboxylic acid group of pivalic acid

pivaldehyde
Alternative form of pivalaldehyde.

placentome
All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle)

placentomes
plural of placentome

plaintiffships
plural of plaintiffship

plakohypaphorine
Any of a group of iodine-containing indole alkaloids resembling hypaphorine and first reported in the Caribbean sponge Plakortis simplex.

plakohypaphorines
plural of plakohypaphorine

planemaker
A company that manufactures (commercial) aircraft.

planemakers
plural of planemaker

planetalities
plural of planetality

planetality
Membership of a particular planet or moon, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

planetfall
The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.

planetship
A spacecraft for relatively short journeys in the vicinity of a planet.

planetships
plural of planetship

planform
The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.

planforms
plural of planform

plankage
A charge levied for the use of a plank in unloading a vessel.

planker
A workman who fits planks to a ship.
A clodcrusher.
A tree with a straight trunk suitable for cutting into planks.
A skier.

plankers
plural of planker

plasmodesm
Alternative form of plasmodesma.

plasmodesma
A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.

plasmodesmas
plural of plasmodesma

plasmodesmata
plural of plasmodesma

plasmodesms
plural of plasmodesm

plasteel
A fictional durable substance.
A composite of fiberglass and steel patented by automobile manufacturer Gurgel.

plastoquinone
a quinone, related to the carotenoids, involved in the electron transport process of photosynthesis

plastoquinones
plural of plastoquinone

platelayer
A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.

platelayers
plural of platelayer

platelaying
The work of a platelayer, inspecting and maintaining the permanent way.

playboat
A canoe or kayak designed for playboating.

playboaters
plural of playboater

playboats
plural of playboat

playmateships
plural of playmateship

playmobile
A vehicle that visits different neighborhoods to allow local children to play with recreational equipment.

playmobiles
plural of playmobile

playspot
Part of a river where playboating is performed.

playspots
plural of playspot

playte
Obsolete form of pleyt (“riverboat”).

playtes
plural of playte

playwriting
The writing of plays.

playwritings
plural of playwriting

pledgeries
plural of pledgery

pledgery
A pledging; suretyship.

pledgeships
plural of pledgeship

plenipotentiaryships
plural of plenipotentiaryship

pleyt
A riverboat.