<B>piscicultural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with pisciculture. </DL>
<A NAME="pisciculture">
<B>pisciculture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the breeding, rearing, conservation, and study of fish by means that supplement or replace those normally available in nature. </DL>
<A NAME="pisciculturist">
<B>pisciculturist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person engaged or interested in pisciculture. </DL>
<B>piscina, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a basin with a drain to carry away the water, used in churches in ritual ablutions, now usually placed in the sacristy. </DL>
<A NAME="piscine">
<B>piscine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a fish or fishes. <DD><B> 2. </B>characteristic of a fish or fishes. </DL>
<A NAME="piscium">
<B>Piscium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Pisces.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="piscivorous">
<B>piscivorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> feeding solely or chiefly on fish; fish-eating. </DL>
<A NAME="pisco">
<B>pisco, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Peruvian brandy made from the dregs left in a wine press. </DL>
<A NAME="pise">
<B>pise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> stiff earth or clay, often mixed with gravel or grass, used to form walls or floors by ramming until it becomes hard. </DL>
<A NAME="pish">
<B>pish, </B>interjection, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>interj., noun </I> a sound made to express mild contempt or impatience. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make such a sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The Captain kept Pishing and Tushing and presently ... swearing (H. G. Wells).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to say "pish" to. </DL>
<A NAME="pisiform">
<B>pisiform, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of small globular form; pea-shaped. <DD><B> 2. </B>designating or having to do with the pisiform bone. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=pisiform bone.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pisiformbone">
<B>pisiform bone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pea-shaped bone of the human wrist (carpus) in the proximal row of carpal bones. </DL>
<A NAME="pismire">
<B>pismire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) an ant. <BR> <I>Ex. The spider's skill,--The pismire's care to garner up his wheat (Thomas Hood).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pisolite">
<B>pisolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of limestone consisting of rounded grains about the size of small peas. </DL>
<A NAME="pisolitic">
<B>pisolitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with pisolite. <DD><B> 2. </B>characteristic of pisolite. <DD><B> 3. </B>having the structure of pisolite. </DL>
<A NAME="piss">
<B>piss, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang) (usually considered vulgar). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to urinate. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to discharge as or with the urine. <DD><I>noun </I> urine. </DL>
<A NAME="pissoir">
<B>pissoir, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a public urinal, especially one situated on the street. </DL>
<A NAME="pistachio">
<B>pistachio, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chios,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a nut with a greenish kernel having a flavor that suggests almond; green almond. <DD><B> 2. </B>the kernel, used for flavoring. <DD><B> 3. </B>the flavor. <DD><B> 4. </B>the small tree that it grows on. It belongs to the cashew family and is a native of western Asia, and is also much grown in southern Europe. <DD><B> 5. </B>a light green with a tinge of yellow. <DD><I>adj. </I> light-green. </DL>
<A NAME="pistareen">
<B>pistareen, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the former Spanish peseta, nominally worth two reals, used especially in the Spanish colonies in America. <DD><I>adj. </I> petty; paltry. </DL>
<A NAME="piste">
<B>piste, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a skiing track or trail. <DD><B> 2. </B>the beaten track of a horse or other animal. </DL>
<A NAME="pistil">
<B>pistil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a flower that produces seeds. It consists, when complete, of an ovary, a style, and a stigma. <BR> <I>Ex. The pistils of the columbine and pea are made up of single carpels (Heber W. Youngken).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>such organs taken collectively, when there are more than one; gynoecium. </DL>
<A NAME="pistillate">
<B>pistillate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a pistil or pistils. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a pistil or pistils and no stamens. <BR> <I>Ex. If one or more pistils are present and stamens wanting, the flower is called pistillate or female (Heber W. Youngken).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pistillody">
<B>pistillody, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the metamorphosis of other organs of a flower, as the perianth, sepals, or stamens, into pistils or carpels. </DL>
<A NAME="pistol">
<B>pistol, </B>noun, verb, <B>-toled,</B> <B>-toling</B> or (especially British) <B>-tolled,</B> <B>-tolling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a small, short gun held and fired with one hand; handgun. The two chief classes of pistols in modern use are revolvers and automatics. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to kill or wound by shooting with a pistol. <BR> <I>Ex. This varlet ... threatened to pistol me (John Evelyn).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pistole">
<B>pistole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a former Spanish gold coin, worth $4. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various former European gold coins, worth about the same amount. </DL>
<A NAME="pistoleer">
<B>pistoleer</B> or <B>pistolier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a pistol. <DD><B> 2. </B>a soldier armed with a pistol. </DL>
<A NAME="pistolero">
<B>pistolero, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Latin-American gunman. <BR> <I>Ex. He ran away to Mexico and grew up a pistolero in the service of a provincial dictator (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pistolgrip">
<B>pistol grip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a grip or handle resembling the butt of a pistol, on the underside of the stock of a rifle or gun, to afford a better hold for the hand. </DL>
<A NAME="pistolwhip">
<B>pistol-whip, </B>transitive verb, <B>-whipped,</B> <B>-whipping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to beat (a person) with a pistol, usually with the barrel of the pistol. </DL>
<A NAME="piston">
<B>piston, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a disk or short cylinder of wood or metal, fitting closely inside a tube or hollow cylinder in which it is moved back and forth by some force, such as the pressure of steam. A piston receives or transmits motion by means of a rod that is attached to it. Pistons are used in pumps, engines, and compressors. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sliding valve in a brass-wind instrument that moves in a cylinder by finger pressure, opening the air passage into additional tubings (crooks) which extend the effective length of the air passage and lower the pitch (a half step, whole step, or one and a half steps lower). adj., adv. <B>pistonlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pistonhead">
<B>pistonhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the movable disk or cylinder to which the piston rod is attached; piston. </DL>
<A NAME="pistonpin">
<B>piston pin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shaft connecting the piston to the connecting rod in automobile engines. </DL>
<A NAME="pistonring">
<B>piston ring,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a metal packing ring, usually split so it can expand, fitted in a groove around a piston to insure a tight fit against the cylinder wall. </DL>
<A NAME="pistonrod">
<B>piston rod,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rod by which a piston imparts motion, or by which motion is imparted to it: <DD><B> a. </B>the rod connecting the piston to the crosshead and connecting rod of a double-acting engine. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=connecting rod.</B> </DL>
