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- English Word Pial Definition Pertaining to the pia mater.
- English Word Pian Definition The yaws. See Yaws.
- English Word Pianet Definition The magpie.
- English Word Pianet Definition The lesser woodpecker.
- English Word Pianette Definition A small piano; a pianino.
- English Word Pianino Definition A pianette, or small piano.
- English Word Pianissimo Definition Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
- English Word Pianist Definition A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.
- English Word Piano Definition Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
- English Word Piano Definition Alt. of Pianoforte
- English Word Pianoforte Definition A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys.
- English Word Pianograph Definition A form of melodiograph applied to a piano.
- English Word Piapec Definition A West African pie (Ptilostomus Senegalensis).
- English Word Piarist Definition One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.
- English Word Piassava Definition A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba.
- English Word Piaster Definition A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.
- English Word Piastre Definition See Piaster.
- English Word Piation Definition The act of making atonement; expiation.
- English Word Piatti Definition Cymbals.
- English Word Piazza Definition An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.