Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z piedouche A small pedestal used to support a bust, a vase, etc. piedra A hair disease caused by a fungus. Piedrahita A surname from Spanish. piedtail A hummingbird of the genus Phlogophilus, native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Pieech A surname. pieface In professional wrestling, to push an opponent's face with the hand held flat. piefight A fight involving pies, especially the comical throwing of custard pies. Piegate The 2017 controversy over English footballer Wayne Shaw eating a pasty during a match, knowing that a betting company was offering 8–1 odds against him eating a pie on television. Piehl A surname. piehole A person's mouth. pieing An instance of throwing a pie at someone, often a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest. Piekarski A surname from Polish. Piekary A district of Gniezno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Piekos A surname from Polish. Piel A surname. pieless Without pies, lacking pies. pielet A little pie. pielike Resembling a pie. piem A mnemonic to aid in memorizing the digits of pi. piemaker A person who makes pies. piemaking The manufacture of pies. pieman A man who sells pies. Piemontese Language spoken in Piedmont, region in the Northwest of Italy. piemontite A monoclinic sorosilicate mineral of the epidote group, reddish in colour. piend The angle or edge formed where two surfaces meet. More specifically, the sloped edges of a pavilion or hip roof. piended Describes something that has one or more piends. Pieniny A mountain range in southern Poland and northern Slovakia. Pienta A surname from Polish. piepan A pan for baking pies. Piepenbrink A surname. Pieper A surname. pieplant A rhubarb of species Rheum rhaponticum, garden rhubarb. Piepmeier A surname. piepowder Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant. pier A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. pierage wharfage Pierakop An uninhabited hamlet in Kurhannie sielsaviet, Rahačoŭ Raion, Homiel Oblast, Belarus, founded in the early-1920s, last inhabited 2019–2021. Pieratt A surname from French. pierce To puncture; to break through. pierceability The property of being pierceable. pierceable Capable of being pierced; penetrable. Piercebridge A village and civil parish in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2115). pierced Cut through; perforated. piercee One who receives or has received a piercing. pierceless That cannot be pierced. piercement A structure that has pierced into another. piercer An instrument that pierces or perforates, such as a stiletto. Pierceville An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana, United States. Piercey A surname. piercing A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it. piercingly In a piercing manner. piercingness The quality of being piercing. Piercy A surname. piered Furnished with piers. pierglass A tall narrow mirror, usually set between two windows, above a pier table pierhead The end of a pier farthest from shore. Pieria A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece. Pierian Of or relating to Pierides or Muses. piericidin Any of a group of microbial hydroxypyridine antibiotics that associate with ubiquinone binding sites pierid Any member of the butterfly family Pieridae. Pierides The Muses. pieridine Of or relating to the Pieridae, a large family of butterflies. pierine A butterfly of the family Pieridae. pierless Without a pier. pierlike Resembling or characteristic of a pier. piermaster The person in charge of a pier. Piermont A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named after Piedmont in Italy (Italian Piemonte). piernik A Polish sweet-baked good, traditionally made from flour and honey. pierogen pierogis (type of dumpling) pierogi A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling. Pieroni A surname. Pierotti A surname. Pierpoint A surname. Pierpont A surname from Norman. Pierre A male given name from French, of occasional usage, equivalent to English Peter. Pierrefonds A commune in Oise, Hauts-de-France, France. Pierrepontian A student or alumnus of Pierrepont School, Frensham, England. Pierrette A female Pierrot character. Pierro A surname. pierrot Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Tarucus and Castalia, notable for white contrasting with brown or black on the underwings. pierrotage A mixture of clay and small stones used in French Vernacular architecture of the Southern United States to infill between half-timbering with diagonal braces. pierrotic Of or relating to pierrots. pierrotite An orthorhombic-pyramidal grayish black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, sulfur, and thallium. piers A male given name from Ancient Greek. Piersall A surname. Pierse A surname transferred from the given name. Piershill An eastern suburb of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2974). pierside Alongside a pier. Piersma A surname from Dutch. Piersol A surname. Pierson A patronymic surname transferred from the given name. pierwise In the manner of a pier. pies the Collingwood Football Club pieshop A shop that sells pies Pieske A surname. piesmatid Any member of the family Piesmatidae, the ash-gray leaf bugs. Piesse A surname. Piestewa A surname from Hopi. Pieszchala A surname from Polish. piet The magpie. Pietermaritzburg A city, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Pieters A surname from Dutch. Pietersburg Former name of Polokwane, Limpopo province, South Africa, officially renamed in 2005. pietersite a rare dark-gray or reddish breccia aggregate (rock made up of fragments embedded in a matrix), comprised mostly of hawk's eye and tiger's eye Pietila A surname. pietism A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity. pietist A supporter of pietism. pietistic pertaining to pietism (Lutheran spiritual movement) pietistical pietistic pietistically In a pietistic or pietistical manner. Pietrari A commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania. Pietri A surname from Italian. Pietro A surname from Italian. Pietroasa A village in Valea Mare Pravăț, Argeș County, Romania. Pietroasele A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania. Pietrowski A surname from Polish. Pietrzak A surname. Pietrzyk A surname from Polish. Pietsch A surname. Pietschmann A surname from German. Piette A surname. piety Reverence and devotion to God. Pietz A surname. Pietzsch A surname from German. piewipe A bird, the lapwing or peewit. piewoman A woman who sells pies. piezo Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas. piezoaccelerometer A piezoelectric accelerometer piezoactive Producing an effect or transformation in response to pressure. piezoactivity The quality of being piezoactive. piezoactuated Actuated by mechanical pressure. piezoactuation actuation by mechanical pressure piezoactuator An actuator activated by mechanical pressure piezocantilever A piezoelectric cantilever. piezocapacitive Whose electrical capacitance varies according to applied pressure piezoceramic Any ceramic material suitable for use with piezoelectricity. piezochemical Pertaining to piezochemistry. piezochemistry The chemistry of materials at high pressure piezochromic Whose colour depends upon the applied pressure piezochromism The relationship between the colour of a material and the applied pressure piezocoefficient A piezoelectric coefficient that quantifies the relationship between change in volume and strength of electric field piezocomposite Relating to a piezoelectric composite piezoconductive Relating to piezoconduction. piezocone A conical tip to a penetrometer piezocrystal A piezoelectric crystal. piezoelastic Responding to mechanical stress by behaving like a capacitor in the electrical domain and like a simple spring-mass system in the mechanical domain. piezoelastically In a piezoelastic manner. piezoelasticity The quality of being piezoelastic. piezoelectric of or relating to piezoelectricity piezoelectrical piezoelectric