pitot
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～ French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)
Pitot head
— Noun
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～ measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
pitprop
— Noun
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～ a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
Pitressin
— Noun
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～ hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
pitsaw
— Noun
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～ a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below
Pitt
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～ English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
Pitt
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～ English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
pitt
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～ a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
pitta
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～ any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
pittance
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～ an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"
pitter-patter
— Noun
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～ a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house"
pitting
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～ the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
pittsburgh
— Noun
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～ a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
pittsfield
— Noun
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～ a town in western Massachusetts
pituitary dwarf
— Noun
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～ a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
pituitary
— Noun
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～ the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
pituitary body
— Noun
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～ the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
pituitary gland
— Noun
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～ the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain