Pinta

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A contagious skin disease prevalent in tropical America, caused by a spirochete (Treponema carateum) and marked by extreme thickening and spotty discoloration of the skin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pint of milk.
  • n. A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A skin-affection which prevails in Mexico.
  • Word Usage
    "For example, the use by the Milk Board in Britain of the word pinta is symbolic to residents but not readily meaningful to visitors from, say, America, where milk is usually sold in quarts, not pints, to whom pinta may look more like a female pinto (horse) than a "pint o 'milk.""
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Quinta