Ping"-pong`, v. i. To play ping- pong.
Pin`gue*fac"tion (?), n. [L. pinguefacere, pinguefactum, to fatten; pinguis fat + facere to make.] (Med.) A making of, or turning into, fat.
Pin*ta"do (?), n. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies.
Pin"to (?), a. [Sp., painted.] Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied.
Pin"to, n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or "painted" horse.
Pintsch gas (?). [After Richard Pintsch, German inventor.] A kind of oil gas extensively used for lighting railroad cars, which carry it in compressed form.
Pi`o*neers'" Day (?). In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.
Pipe line. A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, esp. petroleum, between distant points.
Pipe"-line`, v. t. To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
{ Pi*per"a*zine (?), n. Also - zin }. [Piperidine + azote + -ine.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.
Pipe"vine` (?), n. Any climbing species of Aristolochia; esp., the Dutchman's pipe (A. sipho).
Pipe"wood` (?), n. An ericaceous shrub (Leucothoë acuminata) of the southern United States, from the wood of which pipe bowls are made.
Pis*tache" (?), n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See Pistachio.] (Bot.) The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it.
Pis*ta"chio (?), n. 1. The small anacardiaceous tree, of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut.
2. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it.