(pathology) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.

(typography, printing, uncountable) A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point. / (typography, uncountable, usually with qualifier) A font of this size.

Archaic form of pika (“small lagomorph”).

A magpie.

plural of pica

plural of PICA

(space flight) Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator. / (anatomy) Initialism of posterior inferior cerebellar artery.

(printing, dated) The size of type between long primer and pica, standardized as 11 point.

(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 22- or (US) 24-point.

(printing, drafting) A type of ruler used to measure by hand the spacing in prints, designs, mock-ups, and proofs.