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<A NAME="pilot">
<B>pilot, </B>noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who steers a ship or boat; steersman; helmsman. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person whose business it is to steer ships in or out of a harbor or through dangerous waters. A ship takes on a pilot before coming into a large harbor or proceeding up a dangerous river. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who operates the controls of an aircraft in flight, especially one qualified and licensed to do this. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a guide; leader. <DD><B> 5. </B>a device in a machine or motor that guides or activates a larger or more complex part. <DD><B> 6. </B>(U.S.) the cowcatcher, as of a locomotive or streetcar. <DD><B> 7. </B>a pilot film, study, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. A pilot is now being filmed (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to act as the pilot of; steer or navigate. <BR> <I>Ex. The aviator pilots his airplane. (Figurative.) The Finance Minister was obviously unhappy while piloting the Bill (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to guide; lead. <BR> <I>Ex. The manager piloted us through the big factory.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with a pilot or pilots. <BR> <I>Ex. a pilot launch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that acts as a pilot or in any way as a guide. <BR> <I>Ex. a pilot star.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>that serves as an advance, preliminary, or experimental version of some action or operation to be carried out on a larger or more elaborate scale. <BR> <I>Ex. a pilot study, a pilot film for a new television series.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>that guides, controls, or activates the operation of another, usually a larger and more complex, part. <BR> <I>Ex. a pilot switch.</I> adj. <B>pilotless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pilotage">
<B>pilotage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or practice of piloting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the art or duties of a pilot. <DD><B> 3. </B>the fee paid for the service of a pilot. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotballoon">
<B>pilot balloon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, free balloon sent aloft to indicate the direction and speed of winds or air currents to observers on the ground. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotbiscuit">
<B>pilot biscuit</B> or <B>bread,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, flat cracker; ship biscuit; hardtack. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotboat">
<B>pilot boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a boat in which pilots cruise offshore in order to meet incoming ships. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotburner">
<B>pilot burner,</B> <B>=pilot light.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilotcloth">
<B>pilot cloth,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy, woolen cloth used especially for pea jackets. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotcoat">
<B>pilot coat,</B> <B>=pea jacket.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilotengine">
<B>pilot engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a locomotive sent on ahead of a railroad train to see that the way is clear. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotfilm">
<B>pilot film,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a projected series of filmed television programs, used by the producer as a sample in selling the series to a network or sponsor. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotfish">
<B>pilot fish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small fish, bluish with dark vertical bars, found in warm seas, often accompanying sharks. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotflag">
<B>pilot flag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flag flown from a ship that is ready to take on a pilot when entering port. </DL>
<A NAME="pilothouse">
<B>pilot house,</B> or <B>pilothouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enclosed place on the upper deck of a ship, sheltering the steering wheel and other instruments used by the helmsman; wheelhouse. </DL>
<A NAME="piloting">
<B>piloting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the work or profession of a pilot; pilotage. <DD><B> 2. </B>air or marine navigation by reference to known landmarks, such as mountain peaks, railroad tracks, or beacons, often with the aid of a map or chart. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotis">
<B>pilotis, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a row of massive, wedge-shaped stilts of concrete used as the foundation of a building. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotjack">
<B>pilot jack,</B> <B>=pilot flag.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilotlamp">
<B>pilot lamp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small electric light on many machines and appliances, often mounted behind red glass, lighting up when the electric or other power is turned on, or burning continuously to show the location of a switch or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotlight">
<B>pilot light,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small light kept burning all the time and used to light a main light whenever desired. Gas stoves and gas water heaters have pilot lights. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=pilot lamp.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pilotplant">
<B>pilot plant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the equipment necessary to carry out on a small scale for test purposes a process for which full-scale operations are planned. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotsnake">
<B>pilot snake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=copperhead.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a harmless black snake or rat snake of the eastern United States. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotstudy">
<B>pilot study,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a preliminary study to determine factors requiring analysis, as a tentative analysis, often of sociological data. </DL>
<A NAME="pilottruck">
<B>pilot truck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an assembly of two or four wheels on a locomotive, forward of the driving wheels. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotweed">
<B>pilotweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse plant of the midwestern United States that reaches a height of ten feet and is covered with short, rough hairs. </DL>
<A NAME="pilotwhale">
<B>pilot whale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several dolphinlike, black whales with a white streak down the middle of the underside, found in warm seas; blackfish. The pilot whale grows from 14 to 21 feet long. </DL>
<B>pilpul, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> subtle or searching debate on a Talmudic subject among Jewish scholars; scholarly and often hairsplitting argumentation. <BR> <I>Ex. One is reminded ... of the technique of Jewish pilpul, that purely intellectual exercise which consists in explaining some passage from Scripture in a fantastically far-fetched way (Edmund Wilson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pilpulist">
<B>pilpulist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is skilled in pilpul or pilpulistic debate. </DL>
<A NAME="pilpulistic">
<B>pilpulistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of pilpul. <BR> <I>Ex. pilpulistic arguments.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pilsener">
<B>Pilsener, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pale lager beer made in or near Pilsen. <DD><B> 2. </B>any superior lager beer. <DD><B> 3. </B>Usually, <B>Pilsener glass.</B> a tall, cone-shaped glass used for serving beer. </DL>
<A NAME="pilsner">
<B>Pilsner, </B>noun. <B>=Pilsener.</B></DL>
<A NAME="piltdownman">
<B>Piltdown man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an alleged prehistoric man identified from bones found at Piltdown, Sussex, England,in 1911, but proved in 1953 to be a hoax. </DL>
<A NAME="pilular">
<B>pilular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or like a pill. <BR> <I>Ex. medicine in pilular form.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pilule">
<B>pilule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pill, especially a small pill. </DL>
<A NAME="pilulous">
<B>pilulous, </B>adjective. <B>=pilular.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pilum">
<B>pilum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a short heavy spear used by the ancient Roman foot soldiers. </DL>
<A NAME="pilus">
<B>pilus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-li.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hairlike part or structure, especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism. </DL>
<A NAME="pima">
<B>Pima</B> (1), noun, or <B>Pima cotton,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cotton, originally raised in Arizona by crossing native and Egyptian cotton, used in rainwear, tires, and shirt and other fine fabrics. <DD><B> 2. </B>a strong, smooth fabric made of this cotton. </DL>
<A NAME="pima">
<B>Pima</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-ma</B> or <B>-mas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of an agricultural tribe of Pimans living in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Piman language. </DL>
<A NAME="pimai">
<B>Pimai, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Laotian New Year, marked by water-throwing ceremonies. </DL>
<A NAME="piman">
<B>Piman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mans</B> or <B>-man,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an American Indian linguistic family of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico, a branch of Uto-Aztecan. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of a tribe speaking a language of this family. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with this linguistic family or the tribes that speak a language of this family. </DL>
<A NAME="pimento">
<B>pimento, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in popular use) a kind of sweet red pepper, used as a vegetable, a relish, and a stuffing for green olives; pimiento. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=allspice.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>the tropical American tree that bears berries from which allspice is made. It belongs to the myrtle family. </DL>
<A NAME="pimentocheese">
<B>pimento cheese,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a processed cheese, used sliced or as a spread, made by mixing chopped pimentos (sweet red peppers) with a smooth cheese, especially Neufchatel. </DL>
<A NAME="pimeson">
<B>pi-meson, </B>noun, or <B>pi meson,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a meson having a mass from 264 to 273 times that of an electron; pion. Charged pi-mesons decay into neutrinos and mu-mesons; neutral pi-mesons decay into quanta of light or radiation. </DL>
<A NAME="pimiento">
<B>pimiento, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B> (in technical use) <B>=pimento </B>(def. 1).</DL>
<A NAME="pimola">
<B>pimola, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an olive stuffed with pimento (sweet red pepper). </DL>
<B>pimpernel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant with small, bright scarlet, purple, white, or blue flowers that close in cloudy or rainy weather. It is a small herb belonging to the primrose family. There are several kinds, comprising a genus of plants. <DD><B> 2. </B>the flower. </DL>
<A NAME="pimpery">
<B>pimpery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the act or occupation of a pimp. </DL>
<B>pimple, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, inflamed swelling on the skin; papule or pustule. It may or may not contain pus. adj. <B>pimplelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pimpled">
<B>pimpled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having pimples. <BR> <I>Ex. a pimpled adolescent.</I> </DL>
