Index of English words, starting with "pi"

(1) - Pitfall (n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.

(1) - Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.
(2) - Pith (n.) Hence: The which contains the strength of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated force; vigor; strength; importance; as, the speech lacked pith.
(3) - Pith (n.) The spinal cord; the marrow.
(4) - Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
(5) - Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue.