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Phrases 88
- water pipesplural of water pipe: A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
- between the pipesBetween the goalposts; with respect to or playing the position of goaltender.
- set of pipesA wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe.
- uilleann pipesThe bagpipes of Ireland, which have a bellows strapped around the wrist and arm to inflate the bag rather than the player blowing to do so.
- Pandean pipesPanpipes.
- exhaust pipesplural of exhaust pipe: Of an internal combustion engine, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.
- food pipesplural of food pipe: The esophagus/oesophagus.
- hair pipesplural of hair pipe: A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.
- half-pipesplural of half-pipe: A structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.
- Indian pipesplural of Indian pipe: A white myco-heterotrophic herb, Monotropa uniflora, of the family Ericaceae.
- named pipesplural of named pipe: An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- organ pipesplural of organ pipe: A tuned metal or wooden tube connected mechanically or electrically to an organ console.
- pan pipesAlternative form of panpipes: An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.
- peace pipesplural of peace pipe: A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.
- quarter-pipesplural of quarter-pipe: A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.
- smoking pipesplural of smoking pipe: A pipe for smoking.
- tobacco pipesplural of tobacco pipe: A small, hand-held device in its simplest form consisting of a bowl and stem; used for inhaling the smoke of burning tobacco.
- dumb pipesplural of dumb pipe: In the context of mobile network operators, a simple network that, with a high enough bandwidth to transfer bytes between a customer's device and the Internet without the need to prioritize content, can afford to be …
- sets of pipesplural of set of pipes: A wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe.
- pipes of PanA pan flute.
- pipes of peaceplural of pipe of peace: A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.
- opium pipesplural of opium pipe: Any handheld pipe for smoking opium.
- flue pipesplural of flue pipe: An organ pipe that produces sound by passing wind through the windway of a fipple, whereupon exiting, it strikes the labium, causing the air inside the pipe to vibrate.
- pygmy pipesAn ericaceous flowering plant of genus Monotropsis.
- kimberlite pipesplural of kimberlite pipe: A natural volcanic pipe composed of kimberlite, by which geological matter from deep within the Earth can be projected violently to the surface.
Compound words 54
- bagpipesA musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
- panpipesAn instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top, and is played by blowing across the open end at the top.
- tailpipesplural of tailpipe: An exhaust pipe exhausting to the aft of the vehicle.
- standpipesplural of standpipe: A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
- downpipesplural of downpipe: The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
- hornpipesplural of hornpipe: A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- stovepipesplural of stovepipe: Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
- airpipesplural of airpipe: A pipe or tube through which air flows.
- beampipesplural of beampipe: The evacuated chamber through which a beam of particles is accelerated in a particle accelerator
- blastpipesplural of blastpipe: A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this …