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- physiological adjective (physiological); noun «physiology»
Having to do with how the bodies of living things work: breathing, heart rate, digestion, growing. - physiotherapist noun (a physiotherapist, physiotherapists)
1) A physiotherapist is a health worker who helps people move better and get stronger after an injury, illness or operation, using… - physiotherapy noun (physiotherapy — uncountable)
1) Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not… - physique noun (a physique, physiques)
1) The size and shape of a person's body, especially how strong and muscly it is. - phytoplankton noun (phytoplankton — usually uncountable, plural meaning)
1) Phytoplankton are tiny living things, mostly too small to see, that float near the surface of seas and lakes and make their own food… - pi noun (pi; the Greek letter π)
Pi is a special number, about 3.14, that links the distance around a circle to the distance across it. - piano noun (piano, pianos); adverb and adjective in music (piano — softly)
A piano is a big musical instrument with black and white keys. - pic noun (a pic, pics) — informal
1) (informal) Short for picture or photo. 2) (informal, especially UK, Australia) A film, short for "picture" (old: "the pics"). - pick verb (pick, picks, picked, picking); noun (a pick)
To pick is to take something with your fingers; to pick up is to lift it and get it. - pickaxe noun (a pickaxe, pickaxes); also pickax (USA)
1) A pickaxe is a heavy tool with a long wooden handle and a curved metal head with a point on one or both ends, used for breaking hard… - picker noun (a picker, pickers)
A person who picks fruit, vegetables, flowers or cotton, often as a job. - picket noun (a picket, pickets); verb (picket, pickets, picketed, picketing)
A pointed wooden stake, used in a fence: a «picket fence». - pickle noun (a pickle, pickles; pickle, uncountable); verb (pickle, pickles, pickled, pickling)
A pickle is a vegetable, especially a small cucumber (gherkin), kept in vinegar or salty water so it lasts a long time and tastes sour. - pickled adjective (pickled); verb (pickle, pickles, pickled, pickling)
Pickled food has been kept in vinegar or salty water so it lasts a long time and tastes sour. - pickpocket noun (a pickpocket, pickpockets); verb (pickpocket, pickpockets, pickpocketed — rare)
A thief who steals money, phones or wallets from people's pockets or bags without them noticing, often in crowds. - pickup noun (a pickup, pickups); verb phrase (pick up, picks up, picked up, picking up)
A pickup (pickup truck) is a vehicle with a cabin in front and an open back for carrying things. - picky adjective (picky, pickier, pickiest) — informal
A picky person is hard to please and only likes certain things, especially food. - picnic noun (picnic, picnics); verb (picnic, picnics, picnicked, picnicking)
A picnic is a meal eaten outside, often in a park or on a beach, sitting on a blanket. - picture noun (picture, pictures); verb (picture, pictures, pictured, picturing)
1) A picture is a drawing, painting or photo. 2) To picture something means to see it in your mind, to imagine it. 3) The picture can mean… - picturesque adjective (picturesque; more picturesque, most picturesque)
Very pretty, like a picture or a postcard, especially an old village or a countryside view. - pidgin noun (a pidgin, pidgins; pidgin, uncountable)
A simple language made up when people who speak different languages need to talk, often for trade, mixing words from both. - pie noun (a pie, pies; pie)
A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven. - piebald adjective (piebald); noun (a piebald, piebalds)
1) Of a horse or other animal: having large patches of two colours, usually black and white. 2) (noun) A piebald horse or pony. - piece noun (piece, pieces); verb (piece together)
A piece is a part of something that has been cut, broken or divided, like a piece of cake. - pied adjective (pied); also French word «pied» (foot)
Pied means having patches of two or more colours, especially black and white, like a magpie or a pied wagtail. - pier noun (a pier, piers)
A pier is a long platform built out from the shore into the sea or a lake, on posts, for walking along or for boats to stop at. - pierce verb (pierce, pierces, pierced, piercing)
To make a hole in or through something with a sharp point: "The needle pierced the cloth.". - piety noun (pieties)
1) Piety is deep respect for God and religion, shown by a good and faithful life. - pig noun (a pig, pigs; piglet for a baby)
A pig is a farm animal with a pink or dark body, a flat nose called a snout, short legs and a curly tail; it says «oink». - pigeon noun (a pigeon, pigeons)
A grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities. - pigeonhole noun (a pigeonhole, pigeonholes); verb (pigeonhole, pigeonholes, pigeonholed, pigeonholing)
noun: One of a set of small open boxes in a wall or desk where letters and papers are put for each person. - piggy noun (piggy, piggies); adjective (piggy — like a pig)
1) A piggy is a little pig (a child's word). 2) A piggy bank is a box, often shaped like a pig, for saving coins. 3) Piggy (adjective)… - piglet noun (a piglet, piglets)
1) A piglet is a baby pig. 2) Piglet is the small, shy pink pig in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (a name of a character). - pigment noun (a pigment, pigments; pigment — uncountable)
A pigment is a substance that gives colour to something, like the green in leaves or the colour of skin, hair and eyes. - pigmentation noun (pigmentation, uncountable)
The natural colour of skin, hair, eyes, leaves or other living things, caused by pigments (coloured substances). - pigsty noun (a pigsty, pigsties)
1) A pigsty is a pen or small building on a farm where pigs are kept. 2) (informal) A pigsty is a very dirty or untidy room or place. - pika noun (a pika, pikas)
1) A pika is a small, round furry mammal with short ears and no tail, related to rabbits, that lives among rocks on cold mountains in Asia… - pike noun (a pike, pikes; plural of the fish often pike); noun (a pike — weapon); noun (the pike — US road)
A large fish with a long body and sharp teeth that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish. - pilate proper noun (Pilate, Pontius Pilate)
1) (Bible) Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who questioned Jesus, found no fault in him, yet allowed him to be crucified… - pile noun (pile, piles); verb (pile, piles, piled, piling)
A pile is a lot of things put one on top of another. - pilgrim noun (a pilgrim, pilgrims)
A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons. - pilgrimage noun (a pilgrimage, pilgrimages); verb (rare: pilgrimage)
A journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as Christians going to Jerusalem or Muslims going to Mecca. - pill noun (a pill, pills)
A pill is a small, round or flat piece of medicine that you swallow whole. - pillar noun (a pillar, pillars)
A pillar is a tall, strong post of stone, wood or metal that holds up part of a building or stands as a monument. - pillow noun (a pillow, pillows); verb (pillow — rare, to rest your head on)
A pillow is a soft bag filled with feathers, foam or cotton that you rest your head on in bed. - pillowcase noun (a pillowcase, pillowcases)
1) A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean. 2) It can be taken off and washed. - pilot noun (a pilot, pilots); verb (pilot, pilots, piloted, piloting); adjective (a pilot scheme)
A pilot is a person who flies a plane or helicopter. - pimple noun (a pimple, pimples)
1) A small red spot on the skin, sometimes with yellow pus in the middle. - pin noun (a pin, pins; PIN — personal identification number); verb (pin, pins, pinned, pinning)
A pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together. - pinafore noun (pinafores)
1) A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean. 2) A pinafore can also be a loose dress with no sleeves, worn over a blouse. - pinball noun (pinball, uncountable; a pinball machine)
An arcade game in which you shoot a metal ball up a sloping table and use flippers to keep it bouncing off targets to score points. - pincer noun (a pincer, pincers; usually plural)
One of the two claws of a crab, lobster or scorpion, used for gripping. - pinch verb (pinch, pinches, pinched, pinching); noun (a pinch, pinches)
To press something tightly between your thumb and finger, sometimes in a way that hurts someone. - pincushion noun (a pincushion, pincushions)
1) A pincushion is a small, firm, stuffed pad into which you stick pins and needles to keep them safe when sewing. - pine noun (pine, pines; pine tree); verb (pine, pines, pined, pining)
A pine is a tall evergreen tree with thin, sharp leaves called needles that stay green all year. - pineapple noun (a pineapple, pineapples; pineapple, uncountable as food)
1) A pineapple is a large tropical fruit with a rough, spiky brown skin, sweet juicy yellow flesh and a crown of stiff green leaves on top. - pinecone noun (a pinecone, pinecones; also written pine cone)
1) The hard, woody, scaly case on a pine tree that holds the tree's seeds. - ping noun (a ping, pings); verb (ping, pings, pinged, pinging)
A ping is a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert. - pinhead noun (a pinhead, pinheads)
1) A pinhead is the tiny round top of a pin. 2) Something "the size of a pinhead" is very, very small. 3) (slang, rude) Calling someone a… - pinhole noun (a pinhole, pinholes); adjective (pinhole camera)
A pinhole is a very small hole, like one made by a pin. - pinion verb (pinion, pinions, pinioned, pinioning); noun (a pinion, pinions)
To hold or tie someone's arms tightly so they cannot move them. - pink adjective (pink, pinker, pinkest); noun (pink, pinks)
Pink is a light red colour, like many flowers, candyfloss and flamingos. - pinkish adjective
1) Slightly pink; a colour with a little pink in it. - pinky noun (a pinky, pinkies); adjective (pinky — pinkish)
1) The smallest finger on your hand; the little finger. 2) (adjective, UK) Slightly pink. - pinnacle noun (pinnacles)
A pinnacle is the very top of a mountain or of a tall building. - pinning verb form (-ing form of «pin»: pin, pins, pinned, pinning); noun (uncountable, in some uses)
Pinning means fastening something with a pin, for example a badge, a poster or a piece of cloth. - pinpoint verb (pinpoint, pinpoints, pinpointed, pinpointing); noun (a pinpoint, pinpoints); adjective (pinpoint)
verb: To find or show the exact place, cause or time of something. - pint noun (a pint, pints)
A pint is a unit for measuring liquids such as milk or beer. - pinwheel noun (a pinwheel, pinwheels); verb (pinwheel, pinwheeled — rare)
A toy made of paper or plastic blades on a stick that spin round in the wind; in the UK called a windmill. - pinyin noun (pinyin — uncountable); used before nouns (pinyin spelling)
Pinyin is the official way of writing Chinese (Mandarin) words with the Latin letters we use for English. - pioneer noun (a pioneer, pioneers); verb (pioneer, pioneers, pioneered, pioneering)
noun: One of the first people to explore or settle in a new land. - pious adjective (more pious, most pious)
Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer. - piously adverb
1) Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good. - pip noun (a pip, pips); verb (pip, pips, pipped, pipping)
A small seed in fruit such as an apple, orange, lemon or grape. - pipe noun (pipe, pipes); verb (pipe, pipes, piped, piping)
A pipe is a long tube that water, gas or oil flows through. - pipeline noun (a pipeline, pipelines)
1) A long line of pipes that carries oil, gas or water over long distances. 2) «In the pipeline»: being planned or prepared, coming soon. - piper noun (piper, pipers)
1) A piper is a person who plays a pipe, a kind of musical instrument. - pipette noun (a pipette, pipettes); verb (pipette, pipettes, pipetted, pipetting)
noun: A thin glass or plastic tube used in science to measure or move small amounts of liquid, drop by drop. - pipework noun (pipework, uncountable)
1) The pipes in a building, machine or system, taken all together, such as for water, gas or heating. - pipistrelle noun (a pipistrelle, pipistrelles)
A pipistrelle is a very small bat, the commonest kind of bat in Britain and much of Europe. - piranha noun (a piranha, piranhas)
A piranha is a South American river fish with very sharp, triangle-shaped teeth that eats meat as well as plants and fruit. - pirate noun (a pirate, pirates); verb (pirate, pirates, pirated, pirating — to copy illegally)
A pirate is a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. - pirouette noun (a pirouette, pirouettes); verb (pirouette, pirouettes, pirouetted, pirouetting)
A pirouette is a fast spin on one foot, especially in ballet, often on the toes. - pirozhki noun, plural (pirozhki; singular pirozhok); Ukrainian: pyrizhky (singular pyrizhok)
1) Pirozhki are small baked or fried buns filled with things like potato, cabbage, meat, mushrooms, cheese or fruit, eaten in Russia… - piscine adjective (piscine — formal, rare); French noun «piscine» (not English)
1) (formal, science) Piscine means to do with fish or like a fish. 2) (French) «Une piscine» means a swimming pool; it sounds like… - piss verb (piss, pisses, pissed, pissing) — rude; noun (piss) — rude
1) (rude) To piss is to wee or urinate. 2) (rude) Piss is wee, urine. 3) (rude, UK) «Pissing down» means raining very hard. 4) (rude)… - pistil noun (a pistil, pistils)
1) The female part in the middle of a flower, made of the stigma, the style and the ovary, where seeds form. - pistol noun (a pistol, pistols)
A pistol is a small gun that you hold and fire with one hand. - piston noun (a piston, pistons)
1) A piston is a short solid cylinder that moves up and down or in and out inside a tube, pushed by pressure; it is a key part of engines… - pit noun (a pit, pits); verb (pit, pits, pitted, pitting)
A pit is a large hole in the ground, dug by people or made naturally. - pitch noun (a pitch, pitches; pitch, uncountable for sound); verb (pitch, pitches, pitched, pitching)
A pitch is a field marked out for a sport, like a football, rugby or cricket pitch (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ). - pitcher noun (a pitcher, pitchers)
A pitcher is a large jug with a handle and a lip for pouring drinks such as water, milk or juice (US: any jug; UK: often a big pottery jug). - pitchfork noun (pitchfork, pitchforks)
A pitchfork is a farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal prongs, used for lifting hay. - pitchy adjective (pitchy, pitchier, pitchiest)
1) Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar. Old use, found in fairy tales. - piteous adjective (piteous)
1) Piteous means so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity. Old use, found in older stories. - piteously adverb (piteously)
1) In a way that makes people feel pity, very sadly. - pitiable adjective (pitiable)
1) Pitiable means so poor, weak or sad that people feel pity for it. - pitiful adjective (pitiful, pitifully)
1) Pitiful means making you feel sorry for someone. 2) Pitiful can also mean very poor or useless: a pitiful effort. - pitifully adverb (pitifully)
1) In a way that makes people feel pity. 2) Disappointingly, very: «pitifully small», «pitifully few». - pitiless adjective (pitiless, pitilessly)
1) Pitiless means showing no kindness or pity; cruel.
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