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71pis|ci|form — «PIHS uh frm», adjective. fish shaped. ╂[< Latin piscis fish + English form] …
72pis|cine — «PIHS yn, ihn», adjective. 1. of or having to do with a fish or fishes. 2. characteristic of a fish or fishes. ╂[< Latin piscis a fish + English ine1] …
73pis|civ|o|rous — «pih SIHV uhr uhs», adjective. feeding solely or chiefly on fish; fish eating. ╂[< Latin piscis fish + vorāre devour] …
74pis|mire — «PIHS MYR», noun. Archaic. an ant: »The spider s skill, The pismire s care to garner up his wheat (Thomas Hood). ╂[Middle English pissemire < pisse urine (because of the acrid smell of an anthill) + mire ant < Germanic (compare Norwegian… …
75pis|soir — «pee SWAR», noun. a public urinal, especially one situated on the street. ╂[< French pissoir < pisser urinate] …
76pis|ta|chi|o — «pihs TAH shee oh, TASH ee », noun, plural chi|os, adjective. –n. 1. a nut with a greenish kernel having a flavor that suggests almond; green almond. 2. the kernel, used for flavoring. 3. the flavor. 4. the small tree that it grows on. It belongs …
77pis|ta|reen — «pihs tuh REEN», noun, adjective. –n. the former Spanish peseta, nominally worth two reals, used especially in the Spanish colonies in America. –adj. petty; paltry. ╂[American English, apparently < a diminutive form of Spanish peseta peseta] …
78pis|til|late — «PIHS tuh layt, liht», adjective. 1. having a pistil or pistils. 2. having a pistil or pistils and no stamens: »If one or more pistils are present and stamens wanting, the flower is called pistillate or female (Heber W. Youngken). ╂[< pistil + …
79pis|til|lo|dy — «PIHS tuh LOH dee», noun. the metamorphosis of other organs of a flower, as the perianth, sepals, or stamens, into pistils or carpels. ╂[< New Latin pistillodium < pistillum pistil] …
80pis|til — «PIHS tuhl», noun. 1. the part of a flower that produces seeds. It consists, when complete, of an ovary, a style, and a stigma. »The pistils of the columbine and pea are made up of single carpels (Heber W. Youngken). 2. such organs taken… …
