9-letter words starting with pi
- ping hsin — (Hsieh Wan-ying) Bing Xin.
- ping-pong — to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch: The patient was ping-ponged from one medical specialist to another.
- pinheaded — stupid or foolish.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
- pink slip — termination of employment
- pink-slip — to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.
- pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
- pinkiness — a pinky quality or colouring
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pinnation — pinnate condition or formation.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- pinon jay — pinyon jay.
- piñon nut — the small edible nut of a piñon tree; pine nut
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pint-size — comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter.
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- pioneered — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- piousness — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pipe bomb — a small homemade bomb typically contained in a metal pipe.
- pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
- pipe down — a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pipe line — A pipe line is a pipe which carries fluids over a long distance.
- pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
- pipe roll — an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuries
- pipe vine — the Dutchman's-pipe.
- pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
- pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
- pipelined — pipeline
- pipeliner — a person or company that specializes in laying pipelines.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- pipestone — a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
- pipetting — to measure or transfer a quantity of a liquid with a pipette.
- pipsqueak — a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- piri-piri — a hot sauce, of Portuguese colonial origin, made from red chilli peppers
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.