pile | (noun) a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy | Synonyms: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor |
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(noun) battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta | Synonyms: galvanic pile, voltaic pile |
(noun) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave | Synonyms: nap |
(noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: piling, spile, stilt |
(noun) fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) | Synonyms: down |
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound |
(noun) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | Synonyms: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks |
(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
piles | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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(noun) venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | Synonyms: haemorrhoid, hemorrhoid |
pileup | (noun) multiple collisions of vehicles | - |
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pileus | (noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom | Synonyms: cap |
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pilewort | (noun) perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles | Synonyms: lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria |
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