Nouns starting with P

• pitfall — Noun – English ～ a trap in the form of a concealed hole
• pith — Noun – English ～ soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
• pith — Noun – English ～ the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
• pith hat — Noun – English ～ a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
• pith helmet — Noun – English ～ a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
• pithead — Noun – English ～ the entrance to a coal mine
• Pithecanthropus — Noun – English ～ former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
• Pithecanthropus erectus — Noun – English ～ former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
• Pithecellobium — Noun – English ～ thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
• Pithecellobium dulce — Noun – English ～ common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
• Pithecia — Noun – English ～ sakis
• Pithecolobium — Noun – English ～ thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
• pithiness — Noun – English ～ terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
• pitilessness — Noun – English ～ mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
• pitilessness — Noun – English ～ feelings of extreme heartlessness
• pitman — Noun – English ～ someone who works in a coal mine
• pitman — Noun – English ～ English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
• Pitocin — Noun – English ～ hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• piton — Noun – English ～ a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
• Pitot — Noun – English ～ measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow

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