Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pit is as below...

Siphonophora :: Siphonophora (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita..

Mot :: Mot (n.) A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.

Pit-hole :: Pit-hole (n.) A pit; a pockmark.

Decrepitated :: Decrepitated (imp. & p. p.) of Decrepitat.

Basioccipital :: Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young..

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc..

Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

Propice :: Propice (a.) Fit; propitious.

Lima :: Lima (n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America..

Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..

Over-arm :: Over-arm (a.) Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

Favorable :: Favorable (n.) Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

Cauliculus :: Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian..

Precipitable :: Precipitable (a.) Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.).

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat..

Pitahaya :: Pitahaya (n.) A cactaceous shrub (Cereus Pitajaya) of tropical America, which yields a delicious fruit..

Capitulation :: Capitulation (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.

Triune :: Triune (a.) Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.

Random Fonts

Most Popular