Pile (n.) A hair |
Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur. |
Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear. |
Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc. |
Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. |
Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into |
Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together |
Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers |
Pile (n.) A funeral pile |
Pile (n.) A large building, or mass of buildings. |
Pile (n.) Same as Fagot, n., 2. |
Pile (n.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity |
Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. |
Pile (v. t.) To lay or throw into a pile or heap |
Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps |
Pile-worn (a.) Having the pile worn off |
Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one |
Single (a.) Alone |
Single (a.) Hence, unmarried |
Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others |
Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side |
Single (a.) Uncompounded |
Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful |
Single (a.) Simple |
Single (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number |
Single (v. t.) To sequester |
Single (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one. |
Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot |
Single (n.) A unit |
Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. |
Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain. |
Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side |
Single (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action |
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only |
Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse |
Single-handed (a.) Having but one hand, or one workman |
Single-hearted (a.) Having an honest heart |
Single-minded (a.) Having a single purpose |
Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
detached house single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
pile nap | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
racing skiff single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
single bed | a bed for one occupant |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream coffee cream single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
single nucleotide polymorphism SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |
single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone |
one I ace single unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number, he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it, they had lunch at one |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
function mathematical function single-valued function map mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather amass | collect or gather, Journals are accumulating in my office, The work keeps piling up |
single out | select from a group, She was singled out for her outstanding performance |
single | hit a single, the batter singled to left field |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile, The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |
single crochet single stitch | make by single stitching |
single-foot rack | go at a rack, the horses single-footed |
throng mob pack pile jam | press tightly together or cram, The crowd packed the auditorium |
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard | get or gather together, I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife, She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis, She rolled up a small fortune |
discriminate separate single out | treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
single-bedded | having single beds |