Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 34 compound words that contain piles. The most common are listed below. Open piles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- Port-de-PilesA commune in Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- screw pilesplural of screw pile: A steel pile having a wide helical blade attached towards the base to provide a large bearing area when fixed in the ground.
- sheet pilesplural of sheet pile: A corrugated steel pile, which is vertically driven into the ground to form a wall of sheet piling.
- helical pilesplural of helical pile: screw pile
- atomic pilesplural of atomic pile: An early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite.
- blind pilesHaemorrhoids that do not bleed.
- death pilesplural of death pile: Unsold inventory.
- friction pilesplural of friction pile: A type of understructural element used to support a superstructure (ie. building and basement foundation slab), where a long pole buried vertically in the ground relies on friction with the ground to prevent …
- pig pilesplural of pig pile: To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
- piles outthird-person singular simple present indicative of pile out: To leave or exit a location or a vehicle in large numbers.
- piles upthird-person singular simple present indicative of pile up: A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially
- puppy pilesplural of puppy pile: An act of cuddling between a number of people at once.
- slash pilesplural of slash pile: Accumulated debris from cutting brush or trimming trees.
- snow-pilesplural of snow-pile: A pile of snow.
- rubble pilesplural of rubble pile: An astronomical object that is not a monolith, but rather consists of numerous pieces of rock that have coalesced under the influence of gravity.
- knotted pilesplural of knotted pile: In carpet-making, a kind of pile made from the cut-off ends of knots woven between the warp and weft.
- slush pilesplural of slush pile: The set of unsolicited manuscripts sent to a publisher.
- Zamboni pilesplural of Zamboni pile: An early electric battery constructed from discs of silver foil, zinc foil, and paper.
- Bunsen pilesplural of Bunsen pile: An early electrical battery using multiple cells of zinc and graphite in dilute chromic acid.
- piles Pelion on Ossathird-person singular simple present indicative of pile Pelion on Ossa: To make a difficult situation even worse.
- book pilesA representation of a pile of books, designed to decorate a bookplate; a bookplate bearing such a design.
- muscular pilesplural of muscular pile: A voltaic battery used in biological experiments.
- nuclear pilesplural of nuclear pile: An early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite.
- velvet pilesplural of velvet pile: Any material with a long, soft nap.
Compound words 34
- pilewortAny of various not closely related plants traditionally supposed to be effective in treating piles (hemorrhoids), especially
- compilesthird-person singular simple present indicative of compile: To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
- stockpilesplural of stockpile: A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
- dogpilesplural of dogpile: A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
- biopilesplural of biopile: A pile of excavated soil (somewhat like a compost heap), mixed with certain additives, as a means of bioremediation
- dustpilesplural of dustpile: A pile of dust and other material, typically composed household refuse.
- facepilesplural of facepile: A stack of images (photographs, initials, etc.) each representing a person.
- furpilesplural of furpile: A group session of furries hugging and cuddling or lying on top of one another.
- gangpilesplural of gangpile: An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
- haypilesplural of haypile: A pile of hay, typically being dried to make thatch