pica

noun6

1. •
   A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.

   • The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil. — 1986
2. •
   A size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.
3. •
   A font of this size.
4. •
   A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
5. •
   A magpie.
6. •
   A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
2. •
   Abbreviation of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator.