Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 67

Pinnulated (a.) (Zool.) Having pinnules.

Pinnule (n.) (Bot.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

Pinnule (n.) (Zool.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.

Pinnule (n.) Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf [syn: pinna, pinnule].

Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.

Pinochle

Penuchle, Pinocle, Pinochle (n.) A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.

Pinocle (n.) See Penuchle.

Pinochle, Pinocle (n.) A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [Also spelled penuchle.]

Pinocle (n.) A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist [syn: pinochle, pinocle, penuchle, bezique].

Pinole (n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.

Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.

Pinole (n.) Meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices.

Pinole, CA -- U.S. city in California

Population (2000): 19039

Housing Units (2000): 6828

Land area (2000): 5.198656 sq. miles (13.464457 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 8.075565 sq. miles (20.915616 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 13.274221 sq. miles (34.380073 sq. km)

FIPS code: 57288

Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06

Location: 37.997509 N, 122.292086 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 94564

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pinole, CA

Pinole

Compare: Meson

Meson (n.) (Anat.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson. -- B. G. Wilder.

Meson (n.) (Physics) An elementary particle made up of two quarks; a hadron having a baryon number of zero; any hadron other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons with integral values of spin, having a mass intermediate between those of the electron and a nucleon; they may have positive or negative charges, or may be neutral. Mesons are of three types: the pion ([pi]-meson), kaon (K-mesons), and [eta]-mesons.

Mu meson (Physics) The former name for the muon, a particle which is not a true meson[2]. The term is no longer used in technical literature, except historically.

Meson (n.) An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn: meson, mesotron].

Pi-on (n.) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.

Pi-on (n.) See Monkey's puzzle.

Pinpatch (n.) (Zool.) The common English periwinkle. [Prov. Eng.]

Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.

Pint (n.) (Zool.) The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Pint (n.) A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters.

Pint (n.) A United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches [syn: pint, dry pint].

Pint (n.) A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart.

PINT, () PSTN INTernet Interworking [group] (PSTN, IETF).

Pintados (n. pl. ) of Pintado.

Pintado (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.

Pintado (n.)  A fish ({Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies.

Pintail (n.) (Zool.) A northern duck ({Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.

Pintail (n.) (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains ({Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

Pintail (n.) Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers [syn: pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta].

Pin-tailed (a.) (Zool.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.

Pintle (n.) A little pin.

Pintle (n.) (Mech.) An upright pivot pin; as:

Pintle (n.) (Mech.) The pivot pin of a hinge.

Pintle (n.) (Mech.) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

Pintle (n.) (Mech.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.

Pintle (n.) (Mech.) A kingbolt of a wagon.

Pintle (n.) A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.

Pintos (n. pl.) (Eyhnol.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.

Pinule (n.) (Astron.) One of the sights of an astrolabe. [Obs.]

Pinus (n.) (Bot.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.

Pinus (n.) Type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines [syn: Pinus, genus Pinus].

Pinweed (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

Pinworm (n.) (Zool.) A small nematoid worm ({Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.

Pinworm (n.) Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children [syn: pinworm, threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis].

Pinxit () A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).

Pinkster (n.) Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.]

Pinkster flower (Bot.), The rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers.

Pinxter (n.) See Pinkster.

Piny (a.) Abounding with pines. [Written also piney.] "The piny wood." -- Longfellow.

Pioned (a.) A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."

Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. -- Shak.

Pioneer (n.) (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

Pioneered (imp. & p. p.) of Pioneer.

Pioneering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pioneer.

Pioneer (v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Pioneer (v. t. & i.) To take part in the early development of; to break ground in; to invent or originate.

Pioneer (n.) Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art [syn: pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker].

Pioneer (n.) One the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them."

Pioneer (v.) Open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students" [syn: pioneer, open up].

Pioneer (v.) Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" [syn: initiate, pioneer].

Pioneer (v.) Open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space."

Pioneer, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

Population (2000): 1460

Housing Units (2000): 636

Land area (2000): 1.601162 sq. miles (4.146990 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.063282 sq. miles (0.163899 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.664444 sq. miles (4.310889 sq. km)

FIPS code: 62834

Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39

Location: 41.680569 N, 84.552796 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 43554

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pioneer, OH

Pioneer

Pioneer, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

Population (2000): 21

Housing Units (2000): 11

Land area (2000): 0.063046 sq. miles (0.163289 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.063046 sq. miles (0.163289 sq. km)

FIPS code: 62985

Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19

Location: 42.654422 N, 94.390775 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pioneer, IA

Pioneer

Pioneer, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana

Population (2000): 171

Housing Units (2000): 70

Land area (2000): 1.088096 sq. miles (2.818156 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.088096 sq. miles (2.818156 sq. km)

FIPS code: 60565

Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22

Location: 32.736730 N, 91.434523 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 71266

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pioneer, LA

Pioneer

Pioner (n.) A pioneer. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Peony (n.; pl. Peonies). (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]

Piony (n.) (Bot.) See Peony.

Piot (n.) (Zool.) The magpie. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Holland.

Pious (a.) Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts." -- Milton. "Pious poetry." -- Johnson.

Where was the martial brother's pious care? -- Pope.

Pious (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.

Syn: Godly; devout; religious; righteous.

Pious (a.) Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings" [ant: impious].

Piously (adv.) In a pious manner.

Piously (adv.) In a devout and pious manner; "she was devoutly Catholic" [syn: devoutly, piously].

Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Pip (n.) (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. --Addison.

Pipped (imp. & p. p.) of Pip.

Pipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pip.

Pip (v. i.) To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. -- Boyle.
Pip (n.) A disease of poultry.

Pip (n.) A minor nonspecific ailment.

Pip (n.) A small hard seed found in some fruits.

Pip (n.) A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip].

Pip (n.) A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface [syn: blip, pip, radar target].

Pip (v.) Kill by firing a missile [syn: shoot, pip].

Pip (v.) Hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit, pip].

Pip (v.) Defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up].

PIP, () Packet Interface Port.

PIP, () Paper Impact Printing.

PIP, () Peripheral Interchange Program.

PIP, () Personal Information Processor.

PIP, () Picture In Picture (video).

PIP, () Plug-In Protocol (ZOC).

PIP, () Peripheral Interchange Program.

A program on CP/M, RSX-11, RSTS/E, TOPS-10, and OS/8 (derived from a utility on the PDP-6) that was used for file copying (and in OS/8 and RT-11 for just about every other file operation you might want to do).  It is said that when the program was written, during the development of the PDP-6 in 1963, it was called ATLATL ("Anything, Lord, to Anything, Lord"; this played on the Nahuatl word "atlatl" for a spear-thrower, with connotations of utility and primitivity that were no doubt quite intentional).

See also BLT, dd, cat.

[{Jargon File]

(1995-03-28)

Pipas (n. pl. ) of Pipa.

Pipa (n.) (Zool.) The Surinam toad ({Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.

Note: The male places the eggs on the back of the female, where they soon become inclosed in capsules formed by the thickening of the skin. The incubation of the eggs takes place in the capsules, and the young, when hatched, come forth with well developed legs.

Pipage (n.) Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

Pipage (n.) A fee charged for the use of pipes.

Pipage (n.) A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. [syn: pipe, pipage, piping].

Peepul, Peepul tree (Bot.) A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of

fig tree which attains great size and venerable age; it lacks the prop roots of the banyan. See Bo tree. [Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.]

Syn: pipal, peepul, peepul tree, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa.

Pipal tree () Same as Peepul tree.

Pipal tree (n.) Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists [syn: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul,

sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa].

Pipe (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ. "Tunable as sylvan pipe." -- Milton.

Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe. -- Shak.

Pipe (n.) Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.

Pipe (n.) A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.

Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.

Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice. [R.] -- Shak.

Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.

The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds. -- Tennyson.

Pipe (n.) pl. The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.

Pipe (n.) (Mining) An elongated body or vein of ore.

Pipe (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe. -- Mozley & W.

Pipe (n.) (Naut.) A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.

Pipe (n.) A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.

Pipe fitter, One who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building.

Pipe fitting, A piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe.

Pipe office, An ancient office in the Court of Exchequer, in which the clerk of the pipe made out leases of crown lands, accounts of cheriffs, etc. [Eng.]

Pipe tree (Bot.), The lilac and the mock orange; -- so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; -- called also pipe privet.

Pipe wrench, or Pipe tongs, A jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it.

To smoke the pipe of peace, to smoke from the same pipe in token of amity or preparatory to making a treaty of peace, -- a custom of the American Indians.

Pipe (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.

We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced. -- Matt. xi. 17.

Pipe (v. i.) (Naut.) To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.

Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. "Oft in the piping shrouds." -- Wordsworth.

Pipe (v. i.) (Metal.) To become hollow in the process of solodifying; -- said of an ingot, as of steel.

Piped (imp. & p. p.) of Pipe.

Piping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pipe.

Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.

A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. -- W. Irving.

Pipe (v. t.) (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.

As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. -- Marryat.

Pipe (v. t.) To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.

Pipe (n.) A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco [syn: pipe, tobacco pipe].

Pipe (n.) A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. [syn: pipe, pipage, piping].

Pipe (n.) A hollow cylindrical shape [syn: pipe, tube].

Pipe (n.) A tubular wind instrument.

Pipe (n.) The flues and stops on a pipe organ [syn: organ pipe, pipe, pipework].

Pipe (v.) Utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe].

Pipe (v.) Transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert."

Pipe (v.) Play on a pipe; "pipe a tune."

Pipe (v.) Trim with piping; "pipe the skirt."

Pipe (n.) [common] Idiomatically, one's connection to the Internet; in context, the expansion ?bit pipe? is understood. A ?fat pipe? is a line with T1 or higher capacity. A person with a 28.8 modem might be heard to complain ?I need a bigger pipe?

Pipe

Piping, () One of Unix's buffers which can be written to by one asynchronous process and read by another, with the kernel suspending and waking up the sender and receiver according to how full the pipe is.  In later versions of Unix, rather than using an anonymous kernel-managed temporary file to implement a pipe, it can be named and is implemented as a local socket pair.

Pipe

Piping, () "|" ASCII character 124.  Used to represent a pipe between two processes in a shell command line.  E.g. grep foo log | more which feeds the output of grep into the input of more without requiring a named temporary file and without waiting for the first process to finish.

Pipe

Piping, ()  A connection to a network.

See also light pipe.

(1996-09-24)

Pipe, () (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored through," and is the name given to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife, flute, Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered "instrument of music." This instrument is mentioned also in the New Testament (Matt. 11:17; 1 Cor. 14:7). It is still used in Palestine, and is, as in ancient times, made of different materials, as reed, copper, bronze, etc.

PIPE, () Eng. laid. The name of a roll in the exchequer otherwise called the Great Roll. A measure containing two hogsheads; one hundred and twenty-six gallons is also called a pipe.

Pipe clay () A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

Pipeclay (v. t.) To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.

Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts. [Slang, Eng.]

Pipeclay (n.) Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather [syn: pipeclay, terra alba].

Piped (a.) Formed with a pipe; having pipe or pipes; tubular.

Pipefish (n.) (Zool.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.

Pipefish (n.) Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates [syn: pipefish, needlefish].

Pipelayer () Alt. of Pipe layer.

Pipe layer () One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc.

Pipe layer () (Polit. Cant) A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word. [U.S.] Pipelaying

Pipelaying () Alt. of Pipe laying.

Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc.

Pipe laying () (Polit. Cant) The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word. [U.S.] pipeline

Pipemouth (n.) (Zool.) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.

Piper (n.) [L.] See Pepper.

Piper (n.) (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." -- Macaulay.

Piper (n.) (Zool.) A common European gurnard ({Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Piper (n.) (Zool.) A sea urchin ({Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.
To pay the piper, To bear the cost, expense, or trouble.

Piper (n.) Someone who plays the bagpipe [syn: piper, bagpiper].

Piper (n.) Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs [syn: Piper, genus Piper].

Piperaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the order of plants ({Piperaceae) of which the pepper ({Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities. Piperazine

Piperic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, a complex organic acid found in the products of different members of the Pepper family, and extracted as a yellowish crystalline substance.

Pepperidge (n.) (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.

Pepperidge bush (Bot.), The barberry.

Piperidge (n.) (Bot.) Same as Pepperidge.

Piperidine (n.) (Chem.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.

Piperine (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline compound of piperidine and piperic acid. It is obtained from the black pepper ({Piper nigrum) and other species.

Piperonal (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde.

Piperylene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.

Pipestem (n.) The hollow stem or tube of a pipe used for smoking tobacco, etc.

Took a long reed for a pipestem. -- Longfellow.

Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.

Pipestone -- U.S. County in Minnesota

Population (2000):    9895

Housing Units (2000): 4434

Land area (2000): 465.885857 sq. miles (1206.638778 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.259181 sq. miles (0.671275 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 466.145038 sq. miles (1207.310053 sq. km)

Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27

Location: 44.006189 N, 96.254835 W

Headwords:

Pipestone

Pipestone, MN

Pipestone County

Pipestone County, MN

Pipestone, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota

Population (2000): 4280

Housing Units (2000): 2097

Land area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles (10.162601 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 3.923802 sq. miles (10.162601 sq. km)

FIPS code: 51388

Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27

Location: 43.997885 N, 96.317128 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pipestone, MN

Pipestone

Pipette (n.) A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.

Pipette (n.) Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube [syn: pipet, pipette].

Pipevine (n.) (Bot.) Any climbing species of Aristolochia; esp., the Dutchman's pipe ({Aristolochia sipho). See under Dutchman.

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