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obsolete spelling of piquer
picrate
noun, masculine
picrate (salt or ester of picric acid); plonk (cheap vine)
picride
noun, feminine
a type of sunflower of the genus Picris
hawkweed oxtongue (Picris hieracioides)
picrique
adjective
picric
picris
noun, feminine
a type of sunflower of the genus Picris
picrocholin
adjective
Describing a senseless conflict
The San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States)
picsou
noun, masculine
scrooge
pictogrammatic
pictogramme
noun, masculine
pictogram (picture that represents a word or an idea)
pictographie
noun, feminine
pictography
pictographic
picton
adjective
Picton
pictural
adjective
painting, pictorial
pictorially
picvert
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of pivert
picène
noun, masculine
picene
pie
noun, feminine
magpie
pie bavarde
noun, feminine
Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
pie-grièche
noun, masculine
shrike (bird)
pie-mère
noun, feminine
pia mater
pied
noun, masculine
foot; leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it); a unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres; Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
pedal to the metal, at full throttle, hell-for-leather (at full speed)
pied d'athlète
noun, masculine
athlete's foot
pied d'éléphant
noun, masculine
elephant's foot (half-length, waist-high sleeping bag)
pied de chat dioïque
noun, feminine
Antennaria dioica (L.) Gaertn.
pied de mouche
noun, masculine
paragraph mark
pied de nez
noun, masculine
snook (disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth); act of defiance
pied de page
noun, masculine
footer (line of information at the bottom of a page)
pied grec
noun, masculine
Greek foot (a foot with a second toe longer than the hallux)
pied noir
noun, masculine
pied noir
pied plat
noun, masculine
flatfoot
pied à coulisse
noun, masculine
vernier caliper
pied-bot
noun, masculine
a person with a clubfoot, a club-footed person
pied-d'alouette
noun, masculine
larkspur, delphinium
pied-de-biche
noun, masculine
crowbar
pied-de-mouche
noun, masculine
pilcrow, ¶ (a paragraph mark)
pied-de-poule
noun, masculine
houndstooth
pied-de-vent
noun, masculine
crepuscular ray
pied-main
noun, masculine
hand-foot matching
pied-à-terre
noun, masculine
pied-à-terre
pieds d'argile
noun, masculine
feet of clay
pieds de mouche
noun, feminine
plural of pied de mouche; chicken scratch, illegible handwriting
bound hand and foot (with one's feet and hands bound); stuck, unable to do anything, entirely at the mercy of someone else
pieds nus
adjective
barefoot (wearing nothing on the feet)
piercing
noun, masculine
a piercing
pierrade
noun, feminine
a dish (a form of barbecue) in which thin slices of meat are cooked on a heated stone and served with sauces, salads, potatoes, etc.
pierraille
noun, feminine
collection of small stones
pierre
noun, feminine
stone (substance); stone (rock, a pebble); real estate
pierre angulaire
noun, feminine
cornerstone
pierre d'achoppement
noun, feminine
stumbling block
pierre d'angle
noun, feminine
cornerstone
pierre de la faim
noun, feminine
hunger stone (stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the water reaches that low level again)
pierre de lune
noun, feminine
moonstone (translucent gemstone)
pierre de taille
noun, feminine
cut stone, dressed stone, ashlar
pierre de touche
noun, feminine
touchstone
pierre philosophale
noun, feminine
philosopher's stone; something impossible to find
pierre ponce
noun, feminine
pumice (light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies)
pierre précieuse
noun, feminine
gemstone