pica

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Noun

1. 1
   A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
2. 2
   A magpie.
3. 3
   A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
4. 4
   A font of this size.
5. 5
   A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
6. 6
   A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.
7. 7
   Archaic form of pika (“small lagomorph”).
8. 8
   Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator.
9. 9
   Initialism of posterior inferior cerebellar artery.