English words for 'Alternative form of pinacotheca.'
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- Alternative form of pinko.
- (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Pale red.
- (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
- (slang) The vagina or vulva.
- A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- A huntsman.
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
- a light shade of red
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- Having conjunctivitis.
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
- of a light shade of red
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- To prick with a sword.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
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- A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
- (sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
- A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
- A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
- (figuratively, colloquial) A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
- A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
- A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
- A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
- a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
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- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
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- Alternative form of pinko.
- (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
- (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
- Pale red.
- (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
- Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
- Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
- (slang) The vagina or vulva.
- A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
- (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- A huntsman.
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
- a light shade of red
adj
- Having conjunctivitis.
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
- of a light shade of red
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- To prick with a sword.
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
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- A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
- (sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
- A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
- A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
- (figuratively, colloquial) A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
- A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
- A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
- A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
- a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
verb
- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.