PILE | • pile n. A mass of things heaped together; a heap. • pile n. (Informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. • pile n. A mass formed in layers. |
SPILE | • spile n. (Obsolete or dialectal) A splinter. • spile n. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. • spile n. (US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. |
UNPILE | • unpile v. (Transitive) To remove from a pile or stack. • UNPILE v. to disentangle from a pile. |
UPPILE | • uppile v. (Obsolete) To pile up; to heap up. • UPPILE v. to pile up. |
COMPILE | • compile v. (Transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. • compile v. (Obsolete) To construct; to build. • compile v. (Transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots. |
DOGPILE | • dogpile n. (US colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim. • dogpile n. (Figurative, US colloquial) Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things. • dogpile n. (US colloquial, euphemistic) A pile of dogshit. |
EOLIPILE | • eolipile n. Alternative form of aeolipile. • EOLIPILE n. the first steam engine, with a globe made to revolve by steam jets, also AEOLIPILE, AEOLIPYLE, EOLOPILE. |
EOLOPILE | • eolopile n. A metal sphere, containing water, and having two opposing jets, that rotates when the water is boiled. • EOLOPILE n. the first steam engine, with a globe made to revolve by steam jets, also AEOLIPILE, AEOLIPYLE, EOLIPILE. |
SANDPILE | • sandpile n. A pile of sand. • sandpile n. (Mathematics, computing) Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their… • SANDPILE n. a pile of sand. |
SHAGPILE | • shagpile n. Shag carpet. • SHAGPILE adj. of carpets, having a pile of long thick fibres. |
WOODPILE | • woodpile n. A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel. • woodpile n. (Games) An arrangement of dominoes. • WOODPILE n. a pile of wood. |
AEOLIPILE | • aeolipile n. A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted… • æolipile n. Archaic form of aeolipile. • AEOLIPILE n. the first steam engine, with a globe made to revolve by steam jets, also AEOLIPYLE, EOLIPILE, EOLOPILE. |
RECOMPILE | • recompile v. To compile again. • recompile n. (Computing) An act of recompiling code. • RECOMPILE v. to compile again. |
STOCKPILE | • stockpile n. A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of… • stockpile n. (Mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined. • stockpile v. (Transitive). |
THERMOPILE | • thermopile n. (Electronics) An electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Usually constructed… • THERMOPILE n. an instrument measuring minute changes in temperature. |