Plaideöl
Plaideöl is a fiefdom of Ce Tydonn , one of the Deep Marches above the eastern headwaters of the River Swa . Plaideölmen are famed for their ferocity in battle, and are easily distinguished by their great beards, which they never trim . The Earl of Plaideöl at the time of both the First Holy War and the Great Ordeal was Rilding Werijen Greatheart .

Plains
"Istyuli Plains" The Istyuli Plains are a vast and largely semi-arid tableland running from the Yimaleti Mountains in the north to the Hethanta Mountains in the south, and from the River Aumris in the west to the Sea of Cerish in the east. They utterly dominate central-northern Eärwa . . The Istyuli Plains were once the breadbasket of Eärwa, teeming with villages, towns and farmsteads feeding the great nations of Kûniüri , Sheneor , Akksersia and Aörsi . Millennia before that they formed part of the Reach or dominion of the Nonman Mansions of Nihrimsul and Siöl . During the First Apocalypse , those nations were laid low by the teeming masses of Sranc unleashed by the No-God . Since the end of that conflict the Sranc have remained in firm control of the plains. The Great Ordeal of Anasûrimbor Kellhus marched onto the Istyuli Plains in 4132, planning to breach the armies of Sranc to reach and destroy fell Golgotterath .

Cities

- Sakarpus

Natural Features

- River Aumris

Plains of Gâl
The Plains of Gâl are a great expanse of grasslands to the north of the Cerish Sea . In Far Antiquity, the Plains of Gâl were a part of the nation of Akksersia . The semi-nomadic Werigda people live here.

Natural Features

- River Tywanrae

See Also

Werigda

Planets
"Fourth Dialogue of Movements of Planets as They Pertain to Astrology" The Fourth Dialogue of the Movements of the Planets as They Pertain to Astrology is one of the famed "lost works" of Ajencis .

Plateau
"Attong Plateau" The Attong Plateau , also known as the Attong Gap , is a famous opening in the Hethanta Mountains and a traditional invasion route of the Scylvendi . The name Attong comes from the Kyranean att anoch , meaning "Missing Tower" .

placability
-the quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.

placable
-capable of being appeased or pacified; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone.

placableness
-the quality of being placable.

placard
-a public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
-permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something.
-a written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.
-an extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.
-a kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
-to post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.
-to announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.

placarded
-of placard

placarding
-of placard

placate
-same as placard, 4 & 5.
-to appease; to pacify; to concilate.

placated
-of placate

placating
-of placate

placation
-the act of placating.

place
-any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
-a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
-a position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
-rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
-vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
-a definite position or passage of a document.
-ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
-reception; effect;
-- implying the making room for.
-position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;
-- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
-to assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
-to put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
-to put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
-to set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
-to attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

place
-proud
-proud of rank or office.

placebo
-the first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
-a prescription intended to humor or satisfy.

placed
-of place

placeful
-in the appointed place.

placeless
-having no place or office.

placeman
-one who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.

placemen
-of placeman

placement
-the act of placing, or the state of being placed.
-position; place.

placenta
-the vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
-the part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

placentae
-of placenta

placental
-of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
-of or pertaining to the placentalia.
-one of the placentalia.

placentalia
-a division of mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

placentary
-having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.

placentas
-of placenta

placentation
-the mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
-the mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation.

placentiferous
-having or producing a placenta.

placentiform
-having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.

placentious
-pleasing; amiable.

placer
-one who places or sets.
-a deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.

placet
-a vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
-the assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.

placid
-pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.

placidity
-the quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity.

placidly
-in a placid manner.

placidness
-the quality or state of being placid.

placing
-of place

placit
-a decree or determination; a dictum.

placita
-of placitum

placitory
-of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law.

placitum
-a public court or assembly in the middle ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.
-a court, or cause in court.
-a plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.

plack
-a small copper coin formerly current in scotland, worth less than a cent.

placket
-a petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.
-the opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on;
-- called also placket hole.
-a woman's pocket.

placoderm
-one of the placodermi.

placodermal
-of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.

placodermata
-same as placodermi.

placodermi
-an extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. the body and head were covered with large bony plates. see illust. under pterichthys, and coccosteus.

placoganoid
-pertaining to the placoganoidei.

placoganoidei
-a division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.

placoid
-platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
-any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
-one of the placoides.

placoides
-a group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the elasmobranchii;
-- called also placoidei.

placoidian
-one of the placoids.

placophora
-a division of gastropod mollusca, including the chitons. the back is covered by eight shelly plates. called also polyplacophora. see illust. under chiton, and isopleura.

plaga
-a stripe of color.

plagae
-of plaga

plagal
-having a scale running from the dominant to its octave;
-- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.

plagate
-having plagae, or irregular enlongated color spots.

plage
-a region; country.

plagiaries
-of plagiary

plagiarism
-the act or practice of plagiarizing.
-that which plagiarized.

plagiarist
-one who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

plagiarize
-to steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

plagiarized
-of plagiarize

plagiarizing
-of plagiarize

plagiary
-to commit plagiarism.
-a manstealer; a kidnaper.
-one who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
-plagiarism; literary thief.
-kidnaping.
-practicing plagiarism.

plagihedral
-having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.

plagiocephalic
-having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

plagiocephaly
-oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

plagioclase
-a general term used of any triclinic feldspar. see the note under feldspar.

plagionite
-a sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead
-gray color and metallic luster.

plagiostomatous
-same as plagiostomous.

plagiostome
-one of the plagiostomi.

plagiostomi
-an order of fishes including the sharks and rays;
-- called also plagiostomata.

plagiostomous
-of or pertaining to the plagiostomi.

plagiotremata
-same as lepidosauria.

plagiotropic
-having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line.

plagium
-manstealing; kidnaping.

plagose
-fond of flogging; as, a plagose master.

plague
-that which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
-an acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in egypt, syria, and turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great london plague.
-to infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
-fig.: to vex; to tease; to harass.

plagued
-of plague

plagueful
-abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.

plagueless
-free from plagues or the plague.

plaguer
-one who plagues or annoys.

plaguily
-in a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.

plaguing
-of plague

plaguy
-vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [colloq.] also used adverbially; as, "he is so plaguy proud."

plaice
-a european food fish (pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
-a large american flounder (paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. the name is sometimes applied to other allied species.

plaid
-a rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. it is worn by both sexes in scotland.
-goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
-having a pattern or colors which resemble a scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

plaided
-of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
-wearing a plaid.

plaiding
-plaid cloth.

plain
-to lament; to bewail; to complain.
-to lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
-without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. see plane.
-open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
-not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
-void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
-not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
-free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
-not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
-without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
-not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
-not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
-in a plain manner; plainly.
-level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of jordan; the american plains, or prairies.
-a field of battle.
-to plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
-to make plain or manifest; to explain.

plain
-dealing
-practicing plain dealing; artless. see plain dealing, under dealing.

plain
-hearted
-frank; sincere; artless.

plain
-laid
-consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain
-laid rope. see illust. of cordage.

plain
-spoken
-speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain
-spoken words.

plainant
-one who makes complaint; the plaintiff.

plained
-of plain

plaining
-of plain
-complaint.
-complaining.

plainly
-in a plain manner; clearly.

plainness
-the quality or state of being plain.

plainsman
-one who lives in the plains.

plaint
-audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
-an accusation or protest on account of an injury.
-a private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

plaintful
-containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.

plaintiff
-one who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights;
-- opposed to defendant.
-see plaintive.

plaintive
-repining; complaining; lamenting.
-expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

plaintless
-without complaint; unrepining.

plaisance
-see pleasance.

plaise
-see plaice.

plaister
-see plaster.

plait
-a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
-a braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
-to fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
-to interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

plaited
-of plait
-folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.

plaiter
-one who, or that which, plaits.

plaiting
-of plait

plan
-a draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
-a scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
-a method; a way of procedure; a custom.
-to form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
-to scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

planaria
-any species of turbellarian worms belonging to planaria, and many allied genera. the body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.

planariae
-of planaria

planarian
-one of the planarida, or dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.

planarida
-a division of turbellaria; the dendrocoela.

planarioid
-like the planarians.

planary
-of or pertaining to a plane.

planch
-a plank.
-to make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.

planched
-of planch

plancher
-a floor of wood; also, a plank.
-the under side of a cornice; a soffit.
-to form of planks.

planchet
-a flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

planchette
-a circumferentor. see circumferentor.
-a small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. the characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

planching
-of planch
-the laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.

plane
-any tree of the genus platanus.
-without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
-a surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.
-an ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.
-a block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
-a tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. it consists of a smooth
-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.
-to make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
-to efface or remove.
-figuratively, to make plain or smooth.

plane table
-see under plane, a.

plane tree
-same as 1st plane.

plane
-parallel
-having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.

planed
-of plane

planer
-one who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.
-a wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

planer tree
-a small
-leaved north american tree (planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

planet
-a celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. it is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. see solar system.
-a star, as influencing the fate of a men.

planet
-stricken
-alt. of planet
-struck

planet
-struck
-affected by the influence of planets; blasted.

planetarium
-an orrery. see orrery.

planetary
-of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.
-consisting of planets; as, a planetary system.
-under the dominion or influence of a planet.
-caused by planets.
-having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering.

planeted
-belonging to planets.

planetic
-alt. of planetical

planetical
-of or pertaining to planets.

planetoid
-a body resembling a planet; an asteroid.

planetoidal
-pertaining to a planetoid.

planetule
-a little planet.

plangency
-the quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.

plangent
-beating; dashing, as a wave.

plani
-
-alt. of plano
-

planifolious
-flat
-leaved.

planiform
-having a plane surface; as, a planiform, gliding, or arthrodial articulation.

planimeter
-an instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.

planimetric
-alt. of planimetrical

planimetrical
-of or pertaining to planimetry.

planimetry
-the mensuration of plane surfaces;
-- distinguished from stereometry, or the mensuration of volumes.

planing
-of plane
-a. & vb. n. fr. plane, v. t.

planipennate
-of or pertaining to planipennia.

planipennia
-a suborder of neuroptera, including those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant
-lion, lacewing, etc. called also planipennes.

planipetalous
-having flat petals.

planish
-to make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.

planished
-of planish

planisher
-one who, or that which, planishes.

planishing
-of planish
-a. & vb. n. from planish, v. t.

planisphere
-the representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.

planispheric
-of or pertaining to a planisphere.

plank
-a broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. see board.
-fig.: that which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
-one of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
-to cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
-to lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
-to harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
-to splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

plank
-sheer
-the course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

planked
-of plank

planking
-of plank
-the act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.
-the act of splicing slivers. see plank, v. t., 4.

planless
-having no plan.

planned
-of plan

planner
-one who plans; a projector.

planning
-of plan

plano
-
-combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano
-concave.
-see plani
-.

plano
-concave
-plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano
-concave lens. see lens.

plano
-conical
-plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other.

plano
-convex
-plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a plano
-convex lens. see convex, and lens.

plano
-horizontal
-having a level horizontal surface or position.

plano
-orbicular
-plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other.

plano
-subulate
-smooth and awl
-shaped. see subulate.

planoblast
-any free
-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.

planometer
-an instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. see surface gauge, under surface.

planometry
-the art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface.

planorbis
-any fresh
-water air
-breathing mollusk belonging to planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.

plant
-a vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.
-a bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
-the sole of the foot.
-the whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.
-a plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
-an oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
-a young oyster suitable for transplanting.
-to put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
-to set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.
-to furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
-to engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
-to furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
-to introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant christianity among the heathen.
-to set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
-to set up; to install; to instate.
-to perform the act of planting.

plant
-cane
-a stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. the growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

plant
-eating
-eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant
-eating beetle.

plantable
-capable of being planted; fit to be planted.

plantage
-a word used once by shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted.

plantain
-a treelike perennial herb (musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. see musa.
-the fruit of this plant. it is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. the plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked.
-any plant of the genus plantago, but especially the p. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. it is a native of europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world.

plantal
-belonging to plants; as, plantal life.

plantar
-of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries.

plantation
-the act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
-the place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the united states and west indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
-an original settlement in a new country; a colony.

planted
-of plant
-fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

planter
-one who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
-one who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.
-a colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in virginia.

plantership
-the occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the united states or the west indies.

planticle
-a young plant, or plant in embryo.

plantigrada
-a subdivision of carnivora having plantigrade feet. it includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

plantigrade
-walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
-having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
-a plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.

planting
-of plant
-the act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
-that which is planted; a plantation.
-the laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

plantless
-without plants; barren of vegetation.

plantlet
-a little plant.

plantocracy
-government by planters; planters, collectively.

plantule
-the embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

planula
-in embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
-the very young, free
-swimming larva of the coelenterates. it usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.

planulae
-of planula

planxty
-an irish or welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

plaque
-any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

plash
-a small pool of standing water; a puddle.
-a dash of water; a splash.
-to dabble in water; to splash.
-to splash, as water.
-to splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
-to cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.
-the branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

plashed
-of plash
-of plash

plashet
-a small pond or pool; a puddle.

plashing
-of plash
-of plash
-the cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
-the dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

plashoot
-a hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed.

plashy
-watery; abounding with puddles; splashy.
-specked, as if plashed with color.

plasm
-a mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
-same as plasma.

plasma
-a variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. it was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.
-the viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
-unorganized material; elementary matter.
-a mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

plasmatic
-alt. of plasmatical

plasmatical
-forming; shaping; molding.
-of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.

plasmation
-the act of forming or molding.

plasmator
-a former; a fashioner.

plasmature
-form; mold.

plasmic
-of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.

plasmid
-a piece of dna, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. in bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous dna into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. the cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.

plasmin
-a proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. it is probably identical with fibrinogen.

plasmodia
-of plasmodium

plasmodial
-of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.

plasmodium
-a jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
-a naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of mycetozoa and other low organisms.

plasmogen
-the important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.

plasson
-the albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.

plaster
-an external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. it is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
-a composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. see mortar.
-calcined gypsum, or plaster of paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
-to cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
-to overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.
-fig.: to smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster.

plastered
-of plaster

plasterer
-one who applies plaster or mortar.
-one who makes plaster casts.

plastering
-of plaster
-same as plaster, n., 2.
-the act or process of overlaying with plaster.
-a covering of plaster; plasterwork.

plasterly
-resembling plaster of paris.

plasterwork
-plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of paris for the moldings and ornaments.

plastery
-of the nature of plaster.

plastic
-having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the creator.
-capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster;
-- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.
-pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling;
-- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

plastical
-see plastic.

plastically
-in a plastic manner.

plasticity
-the quality or state of being plastic.
-plastic force.

plastid
-alt. of plastide

plastide
-a formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. see the note under morphon.
-one of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. they are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

plastidozoa
-same as protoza.

plastidule
-one of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.

plastin
-a substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.

plastography
-the art of forming figures in any plastic material.
-imitation of handwriting; forgery.

plastron
-a piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.
-an iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.
-the ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. see testudinata.
-a trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

plat
-to form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
-work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
-a small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
-to lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
-plain; flat; level.
-plainly; flatly; downright.
-flatly; smoothly; evenly.
-the flat or broad side of a sword.
-a plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.

platan
-the plane tree.

platanist
-the soosoo.

platanus
-a genus of trees; the plane tree.

platband
-a border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
-a flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.
-a list or fillet between the flutings of a column.

plate
-a flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
-metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
-domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
-metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
-a small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
-a piece of money, usually silver money.
-a piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
-a page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.
-that part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. it may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
-a horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
-a roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
-a sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
-a prize giving to the winner in a contest.
-to cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
-to cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
-to adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
-to beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
-to calender; as, to plate paper.

plate
-gilled
-having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.

plateau
-a flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table
-land.
-an ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.

plateaus
-of plateau

plateaux
-of plateau

plated
-of plate

plateful
-enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

platefuls
-of plateful

platel
-a small dish.

platen
-the part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
-hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
-the movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool;
-- also called table.

plater
-one who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.
-a machine for calendering paper.

plateresque
-resembling silver plate;
-- said of certain architectural ornaments.

platetrope
-one of a pair of a paired organs.

platform
-a plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. used also figuratively.
-a place laid out after a model.
-any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
-a declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the saybrook platform; a political platform.
-a light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. see orlop.
-to place on a platform.
-to form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

plathelminth
-one of the platyelminthes.

plathelminthes
-same as platyelminthes.

platin
-see platen.

platina
-platinum.

plating
-of plate
-the art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro
-magnetic deposition.
-a thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
-a coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

platinic
-of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum;
-- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with the platinous compounds; as, platinic chloride (ptcl4).

platinichloric
-of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid consisting of platinic chloride and hydrochloric acid, and obtained as a brownish red crystalline substance, called platinichloric, or chloroplatinic, acid.

platiniferous
-yielding platinum; as, platiniferous sand.

platiniridium
-a natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.

platinize
-to cover or combine with platinum.

platinized
-of platinize

platinizing
-of platinize

platinochloric
-pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid consisting of platinous chloride and hydrochloric acid, called platinochloric, / chloroplatinous, acid.

platinochloride
-a double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.

platinocyanic
-pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid. it is obtained as a cinnaber
-red crystalline substance.

platinocyanide
-a double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.

platinode
-a cathode.

platinoid
-resembling platinum.
-an alloy of german silver containing tungsten;
-- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

platinotype
-a permanent photographic picture or print in platinum black.
-the process by which such pictures are produced.

platinous
-of, pertaining to, or containing, platinum;
-- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a lower valence, as contrasted with the platinic compounds; as, platinous chloride (ptcl2).

platinum
-a metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). it is heavy tin
-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. it is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. specific gravity 21.5. atomic weight 194.3. symbol pt. formerly called platina.

platitude
-the quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
-a thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.

platitudinarian
-one addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms.

platitudinize
-to utter platitudes or truisms.

platitudinous
-abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes.

platly
-flatly. see plat, a.

platness
-flatness.

platometer
-see planimeter.

platonic
-alt. of platonical
-a follower of plato; a platonist.

platonical
-of or pertaining to plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.
-pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.

platonically
-in a platonic manner.

platonism
-the doctrines or philosophy by plato or of his followers.
-an elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.

platonist
-one who adheres to the philosophy of plato; a follower of plato.

platonize
-to adopt the opinion of plato or his followers.
-to explain by, or accomodate to, the platonic philosophy.

platonized
-of platonize

platonizer
-one who platonizes.

platonizing
-of platonize

platoon
-formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
-now, in the united states service, half of a company.

platt
-see lodge, n.

plattdeutsch
-the modern dialects spoken in the north of germany, taken collectively; modern low german. see low german, under german.

platted
-of plat

platten
-to flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.

platter
-one who plats or braids.
-a large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.

platter
-faced
-having a broad, flat face.

platting
-of plat
-plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.

platy
-like a plate; consisting of plates.

platy
-
-a combining form from gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous.

platycephalic
-alt. of platycephalous

platycephalous
-broad
-headed.

platycnemic
-of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.

platycnemism
-lateral flattening of the tibia.

platycoelian
-flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end;
-- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.

platyelminthes
-a class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. called also flatworms.

platyhelmia
-same as platyelminthes.

platymeter
-an apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics.

platypod
-an animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.

platypoda
-same as prosobranchiata.

platyptera
-a division of pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white
-ants, and the stone flies (perla).

platypus
-the duck mole. see under duck.

platyrhine
-having the nose broad;
-- opposed to leptorhine.
-one of the platyrhini.

platyrhini
-a division of monkeys, including the american species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty
-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. see monkey.

plaud
-to applaud.

plaudit
-a mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.

plauditory
-applauding; commending.

plausibility
-something worthy of praise.
-the quality of being plausible; speciousness.
-anything plausible or specious.

plausible
-worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
-obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
-using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.

plausibleize
-to render plausible.

plausibleness
-quality of being plausible.

plausibly
-in a plausible manner.
-contentedly, readily.

plausive
-applauding; manifesting praise.
-plausible, specious.

play
-to engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
-to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
-to contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.
-to perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
-to act; to behave; to practice deception.
-to move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.
-to move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
-to act on the stage; to personate a character.
-to put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.
-to perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
-to perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.
-to bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.
-to act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play king lear; to play the woman.
-to engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
-to keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
-amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
-any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
-the act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
-action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
-a dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
-the representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
-performance on an instrument of music.
-motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
-hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.

playa
-a beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of texas, new mexico, and arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.

playbill
-a printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.

playbook
-a book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

playday
-a day given to play or diversion; a holiday.

played
-of play

player
-one who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
-one who plays any game.
-a dramatic actor.
-one who plays on an instrument of music.
-a gamester; a gambler.

playfellow
-a companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.

playfere
-a playfellow.

playful
-sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

playgame
-play of children.

playgoer
-one who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

playgoing
-frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
-the practice of going to plays.

playground
-a piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

playhouse
-a building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
-a house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

playing
-of play
-a. & vb. n. of play.

playmaker
-a playwright.

playmate
-a companion in diversions; a playfellow.

playsome
-playful; wanton; sportive.

playte
-see pleyt.

plaything
-a thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

playtime
-time for play or diversion.

playwright
-a maker or adapter of plays.

playwriter
-a writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.

plaza
-a public square in a city or town.

plea
-that which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. in chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. in criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
-a cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the court of common pleas. see under common.
-that which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
-an urgent prayer or entreaty.

pleach
-to unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

pleached
-of pleach

pleaching
-of pleach

plead
-of plead
-to argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
-to present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
-to contend; to struggle.
-to discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
-to allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
-to allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.

pleadable
-capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.

pleaded
-of plead

pleader
-one who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
-one who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.

pleading
-of plead
-the act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.

pleadingly
-in a pleading manner.

pleadings
-the mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point.

pleasance
-pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.
-a secluded part of a garden.

pleasant
-pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.
-cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.
-a wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

pleasant
-tongued
-of pleasing speech.

pleasantly
-in a pleasant manner.

pleasantness
-the state or quality of being pleasant.

pleasantries
-of pleasantry

pleasantry
-that which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage.

please
-to give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
-to have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
-to be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to;
-- used impersonally.
-to afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
-to have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.

pleased
-of please
-experiencing pleasure.

pleaseman
-an officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.

pleaser
-one who pleases or gratifies.

pleasing
-of please
-giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.
-an object of pleasure.

pleasurable
-capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.

pleasure
-the gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying;
-- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
-amusement; sport; diversion; self
-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification;
-- opposed to labor, service, duty, self
-denial, etc.
-what the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
-that which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
-to give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
-to take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

pleasured
-of pleasure

pleasureful
-affording pleasure.

pleasureless
-devoid of pleasure.

pleasurer
-a pleasure seeker.

pleasuring
-of pleasure

pleasurist
-a person devoted to worldly pleasure.

pleat
-see plait.

plebe
-the common people; the mob.
-a member of the lowest class in the military academy at west point.

plebeian
-of or pertaining to the roman plebs, or common people.
-of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
-one of the plebs, or common people of ancient rome, in distinction from patrician.
-one of the common people, or lower rank of men.

plebeiance
-plebeianism.
-plebeians, collectively.

plebeianism
-the quality or state of being plebeian.
-the conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.

plebeianize
-to render plebeian, common, or vulgar.

plebeianized
-of plebeianize

plebeianizing
-of plebeianize

plebicolist
-one who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue.

plebification
-a rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing.

plebiscitary
-of or pertaining to plebiscite.

plebiscite
-a vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in france, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the national constitution of 1791.

plebiscitum
-a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate.

plec
-tognathous
-of or pertaining to the plectognathi.

plectile
-woven; plaited.

plectognath
-of or pertaining to the plectognathi.
-one of the plectognathi.

plectognathi
-an order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.

plectognathic
-alt. of plec
-tognathous

plectospondyli
-an extensive suborder of fresh
-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebrae united and much modified; the eventognathi.

plectospondylous
-of or pertaining to the plectospondyli.

plectra
-of plectrum

plectrum
-a small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.

pled
-of plead
-imp. & p. p. of plead

pledge
-the transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.
-a person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.
-a hypothecation without transfer of possession.
-anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties.
-a promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.
-a sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.
-to deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.
-to give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.
-to secure performance of, as by a pledge.
-to bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.
-to invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast.

pledged
-of pledge

pledgee
-the one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.

pledgeless
-having no pledge.

pledgeor
-alt. of pledgor

pledger
-one who pledges.

pledgery
-a pledging; suretyship.

pledget
-a small plug.
-a string of oakum used in calking.
-a compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.

pledging
-of pledge

pledgor
-one who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger;
-- opposed to pledgee.

plegepoda
-same as infusoria.

pleiad
-one of the pleiades.

pleiades
-the seven daughters of atlas and the nymph pleione, fabled to have been made by jupiter a constellation in the sky.
-a group of small stars in the neck of the constellation taurus.

plein
-plan.
-to complain. see plain.
-full; complete.

pleiocene
-see pliocene.

pleiophyllous
-having several leaves;
-- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.

pleiosaurus
-same as pliosaurus.

pleistocene
-of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the tertiary, and immediately preceding man.
-the pleistocene epoch, or deposits.

plenal
-full; complete; as, a plenal view or act.

plenarily
-in a plenary manner.

plenariness
-quality or state of being plenary.

plenarty
-the state of a benefice when occupied.

plenary
-full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
-decisive procedure.

plene
-full; complete; plenary.

plenicorn
-a ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer.

plenilunary
-of or pertaining to the full moon.

plenilune
-the full moon.

plenipotence
-alt. of plenipotency

plenipotency
-the quality or state of being plenipotent.

plenipotent
-possessing full power.

plenipotentiaries
-of plenipotentiary

plenipotentiary
-a person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
-containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers.

plenish
-to replenish.
-to furnish; to stock, as a house or farm.

plenishing
-household furniture; stock.

plenist
-one who holds that all space is full of matter.

plenitude
-the quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.
-animal fullness; repletion; plethora.

plenitudinarian
-a plenist.

plenitudinary
-having plenitude; full; complete; thorough.

plenteous
-containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply.
-yielding abundance; productive; fruitful.
-having plenty; abounding; rich.

plentevous
-plenteous.

plenties
-of plenty

plentiful
-containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.
-yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful.
-lavish; profuse; prodigal.

plenty
-full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.
-plentiful; abundant.

plenum
-that state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter;
-- opposed to vacuum.

pleochroic
-having the property of pleochroism.

pleochroism
-the property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.

pleochromatic
-pleochroic.

pleochromatism
-pleochroism.

pleochroous
-pleochroic.

pleomorphic
-pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.

pleomorphism
-the property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
-the theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.

pleomorphous
-having the property of pleomorphism.

pleonasm
-redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, i saw it with my own eyes.

pleonast
-one who is addicted to pleonasm.

pleonaste
-a black variety of spinel.

pleonastic
-alt. of pleonastical

pleonastical
-of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.

pleonastically
-in a pleonastic manner.

pleopod
-one of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. see illust. under crustacea.

pleopoda
-of pleopod

pleopods
-of pleopod

plerome
-the central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.

plerophory
-fullness; full persuasion.

plesance
-pleasance.

plesh
-a pool; a plash.

plesimorphism
-the property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.

plesiomorphous
-nearly alike in form.

plesiosaur
-one of the plesiosauria.

plesiosauri
-of plesiosaurus

plesiosauria
-an extinct order of mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera plesiosaurus, and allied forms;
-- called also sauropterygia.

plesiosaurian
-a plesiosaur.

plesiosaurus
-a genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. it lived in the mesozoic age.

plessimeter
-see pleximeter.

plete
-to plead.

plethora
-overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia;
-- opposed to anaemia.
-state of being overfull; excess; superabundance.

plethoretic
-plethoric.

plethoric
-haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution;
-- used also metaphorically.

plethorical
-plethoric.

plethory
-plethora.

plethra
-of plethrum

plethron
-alt. of plethrum

plethrum
-a long measure of 100 greek, or 101 english, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 greek feet.

plethysmograph
-an instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.

plethysmography
-the study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.

pletinian
-of pertaining to the plotinists or their doctrines.

pleura
-pl. of pleuron.
-the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
-the closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
-same as pleuron.
-of pleuron

pleurae
-of pleura

pleural
-of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.

pleuralgia
-pain in the side or region of the ribs.

pleurapophyses
-of pleurapophysis

pleurapophysis
-one of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.

pleuras
-of pleura

pleurenchyma
-a tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.

pleuric
-pleural.

pleurisy
-an inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.

pleurite
-same as pleuron.

pleuritic
-alt. of pleuritical

pleuritical
-of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms.
-suffering from pleurisy.

pleuritis
-pleurisy.

pleuro
-
-a combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.

pleurobrachia
-a genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.

pleurobranch
-any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.

pleurobranchia
-same as pleurobranch.

pleurocarp
-any pleurocarpic moss.

pleurocarpic
-alt. of pleurocarpous

pleurocarpous
-side
-fruited;
-- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia;
-- opposed to acrocarpous.

pleurocentrum
-one of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.

pleurodont
-having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.
-any lizard having pleurodont teeth.

pleurodynia
-a painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.

pleuroeranchiae
-of pleurobranchia

pleuron
-one of the sides of an animal.
-one of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
-one of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

pleuronectoid
-pertaining to the pleuronectidae, or flounder family.

pleuropericardial
-of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.

pleuroperipneumony
-pleuropneumonia.

pleuroperitoneal
-of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.

pleuroperitoneum
-the pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum;
-- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.

pleuropneumonia
-inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.

pleuroptera
-a group of isectivora, including the colugo.

pleurosigma
-a genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter s. pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.

pleurostea
-of pleurosteon

pleurosteon
-the antero
-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.

pleurothotonus
-a species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.

pleurotoma
-any marine gastropod belonging to pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family pleurotmidae. the species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. the outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.

pleurotomae
-of pleurotoma

pleurotomas
-of pleurotoma

plevin
-a warrant or assurance.

plexiform
-like network; complicated.

pleximeter
-a small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.

plexure
-the act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.

plexus
-of plexus
-a network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.
-the system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.

plexuses
-of plexus

pley
-see play.
-full see plein.

pleyt
-an old term for a river boat.

pliability
-the quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.

pliable
-capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
-flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded;
-- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.

pliancy
-the quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.

pliant
-capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. also used figuratively: easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
-favorable to pliancy.

plica
-a disease of the hair (plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. the disease is of polish origin, and is hence called also polish plait.
-a diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
-the bend of the wing of a bird.

plicate
-alt. of plicated

plicated
-plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.

plication
-a folding or fold; a plait.

plicature
-a fold; a doubling; a plication.

plicidentine
-a form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

plied
-imp. & p. p. of ply.
-of ply

pliers
-a kind of small pinchers with long jaws,
-- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.

pliform
-in the form of a ply, fold, or doubling.

plight
-imp. & p. p. of plight, to pledge.
-imp. & p. p. of pluck.
-to weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
-a network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
-that which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
-condition; state;
-- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
-to pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word;
-- never applied to property or goods.
-to promise; to engage; to betroth.

plighted
-of plight

plighter
-one who, or that which, plights.

plighting
-of plight

plim
-to swell, as grain or wood with water.

plimsoll's mark
-a mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all british sea
-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law;
-- so called from samuel plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of parliament to prevent overloading was procured.

plinth
-in classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub
-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. see illust. of column.

pliocene
-of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the tertiary age.
-the pliocene period or deposits.

pliohippus
-an extinct genus of horses from the pliocene deposits. each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.

pliosaurus
-an extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.

plitt
-an instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in russia.

ploc
-a mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.

ploce
-a figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "his wife's a wife indeed."

plod
-to travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
-to toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
-to walk on slowly or heavily.

plodded
-of plod

plodder
-one who plods; a drudge.

plodding
-of plod
-progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.

plonge
-to cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

plongee
-a slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course.

plot
-a small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
-a plantation laid out.
-a plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
-to make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
-any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the rye
-house plot.
-a share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
-contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
-a plan; a purpose.
-in fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
-to form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
-to contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
-to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

plot
-proof
-secure against harm by plots.

plotful
-abounding with plots.

plotinist
-a disciple of plotinus, a celebrated platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine being, to whom it reunited at death.

plotted
-of plot

plotter
-one who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

plotting
-of plot

plough
-see plow.
-a well
-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
-fig.: agriculture; husbandry.
-a carucate of land; a plowland.
-a joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
-an implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
-same as charles's wain.
-to turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
-to furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
-to trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. see plow, n., 5.
-to cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
-to labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything.

ploughable
-capable of being plowed; arable.

ploughbote
-wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. see bote.

ploughboy
-a boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

ploughed
-of plough

plougher
-one who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.

ploughfoot
-an adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow.

ploughgang
-same as plowgate.

ploughgate
-the scotch equivalent of the english word plowland.

ploughhead
-the clevis or draught iron of a plow.

ploughing
-of plough

ploughman
-one who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.
-a rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

ploughpoint
-a detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.

ploughshare
-the share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.

ploughtail
-the hind part or handle of a plow.

ploughwright
-one who makes or repairs plows.

plougland
-land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
-the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.

plover
-any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily charadrinsae. they are prized as game birds.
-any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (dromas ardeola); the american upland, plover (bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.

plow
-alt. of plough
-alt. of plough
-alt. of plough

plowable
-alt. of ploughable

plowbote
-alt. of ploughbote

plowboy
-alt. of ploughboy

plowed
-of plough

plower
-alt. of plougher

plowfoot
-alt. of ploughfoot

plowgang
-alt. of ploughgang

plowgate
-alt. of ploughgate

plowhead
-alt. of ploughhead

plowing
-of plough

plowland
-alt. of plougland

plowman
-alt. of ploughman

plowpoint
-alt. of ploughpoint

plowshare
-alt. of ploughshare

plowtail
-alt. of ploughtail

plowwright
-alt. of ploughwright

ploy
-sport; frolic.
-to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision;
-- the opposite of deploy.

ployment
-the act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision;
-- the opposite of deployment.

pluck
-to pull; to draw.
-especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
-to strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
-to reject at an examination for degrees.
-to make a motion of pulling or twitching;
-- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
-the act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
-the heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
-spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
-the act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. see pluck, v. t., 4.
-the lyrie.

plucked
-of pluck
-having courage and spirit.

plucker
-one who, or that which, plucks.
-a machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

pluckily
-in a plucky manner.

pluckiness
-the quality or state of being plucky.

plucking
-of pluck

pluckless
-without pluck; timid; faint
-hearted.

plucky
-having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.

pluff
-to throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.
-a puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.
-a hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it.

plug
-any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
-a flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
-a high, tapering silk hat.
-a worthless horse.
-a block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
-to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

plugged
-of plug

plugger
-one who, or that which, plugs.

plugging
-of plug
-the act of stopping with a plug.
-the material of which a plug or stopple is made.

plum
-the edible drupaceous fruit of the prunus domestica, and of several other species of prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
-a grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
-a handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.

pluma
-a feather.

plumae
-of pluma

plumage
-the entire clothing of a bird.

plumassary
-a plume or collection of ornamental feathers.

plumassier
-one who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.

plumb
-a little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. see plumb line, below.
-perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
-in a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
-to adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
-to sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
-to seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
-to supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

plumbage
-leadwork

plumbagin
-a crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the leadwort (plumbago) family.

plumbagineous
-pertaining to natural order (plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. the order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

plumbaginous
-resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.

plumbago
-same as graphite.
-a genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver
-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.

plumbean
-alt. of plumbeous

plumbed
-of plumb

plumbeous
-consisting of, or resembling, lead.
-dull; heavy; stupid.

plumber
-one who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

plumber block
-a pillow block.

plumbery
-the business of a plumber.
-a place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.

plumbic
-of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead;
-- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.

plumbiferous
-producing or containing lead.

plumbing
-of plumb
-the art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
-the lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.

plumbism
-a diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. it is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. see under colic, lead, and wrist.

plumbous
-of, pertaining to, or containing, lead;
-- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.

plumbum
-the technical name of lead. see lead.

plume
-a feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
-an ornamental tuft of feathers.
-a feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
-a token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
-a large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
-to pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
-to strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
-to adorn with feathers or plumes.
-to pride; to vaunt; to boast;
-- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.

plumed
-of plume

plumeless
-without plumes.

plumelet
-a small plume.

plumery
-plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.

plumicorn
-an ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.

plumigerous
-feathered; having feathers.

plumiliform
-having the of a plume or feather.

pluming
-of plume

plumiped
-having feet covered with feathers.
-a plumiped bird.

plummet
-a piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
-a plumb bob or a plumb line. see under plumb, n.
-hence, any weight.
-a piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.

plumming
-the operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.

plummy
-of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.

plumose
-alt. of plumous

plumosite
-same as jamesonite.

plumosity
-the quality or state of being plumose.

plumous
-having feathers or plumes.
-having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.

plump
-well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
-a knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
-to grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
-to drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
-to give a plumper. see plumper, 2.
-to make plump; to fill (out) or support;
-- often with up.
-to cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
-to give (a vote), as a plumper. see plumper, 2.
-directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

plumped
-of plump

plumper
-one who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
-a vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. a person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
-a voter who plumps his vote.
-a downright, unqualified lie.

plumping
-of plump

plumply
-fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.

plumpness
-the quality or state of being plump.

plumpy
-plump; fat; sleek.

plumula
-a plumule.
-a down feather.

plumulaceous
-downy; bearing down.

plumular
-relating to a plumule.

plumularia
-any hydroid belonging to plumularia and other genera of the family plumularidae. they generally grow in plumelike forms.

plumularian
-any plumularia. also used adjectively.

plumularias
-of plumularia

plumularlae
-of plumularia

plumule
-of plumula
-the first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. see illust. of radicle.
-a down feather.
-the aftershaft of a feather. see illust. under feather.
-one of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

plumulose
-having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.

plumy
-covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.

plunder
-to take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
-to take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
-the act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. see syn. of pillage.
-that which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
-personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.

plunderage
-the embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

plundered
-of plunder

plunderer
-one who plunders or pillages.

plundering
-of plunder

plunge
-to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
-to baptize by immersion.
-to entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
-to thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
-to pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
-to bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
-the act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.
-hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
-the act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
-heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

plunged
-of plunge

plunger
-one who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
-a long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
-one who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator.
-a boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
-the firing pin of a breechloader.

plunging
-of plunge

plunket
-a kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.

pluperfect
-more than perfect; past perfect;
-- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
-the pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.

plural
-relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
-the plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

pluralism
-the quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
-the state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

pluralist
-a clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

plurality
-the state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
-the greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. when there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. see majority.
-see plurality of benefices, below.

pluralization
-the act of pluralizing.

pluralize
-to make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form.
-to multiply; to make manifold.
-to take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes.
-to hold more than one benefice at the same time.

pluralized
-of pluralize

pluralizer
-a pluralist.

pluralizing
-of pluralize

plurally
-in a plural manner or sense.

pluri
-
-a combining form from l. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral.

pluries
-a writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

plurifarious
-of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.

plurifoliolate
-having several or many leaflets.

pluriliteral
-consisting of more letters than three.
-a pluriliteral word.

plurilocular
-having several cells or loculi
-having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits.

pluriparous
-producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.

pluripartite
-deeply divided into several portions.

pluripresence
-presence in more places than one.

plurisy
-superabundance; excess; plethora.

pluroderes
-a group of fresh
-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. the matamata is an example.

plus
-more, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative;
-- opposed to minus.
-hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual.

plush
-a textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.

plushy
-like plush; soft and shaggy.

plutarchy
-plutocracy; the rule of wealth.

pluteal
-of or pertaining to a pluteus.

plutei
-of pluteus

pluteus
-the free
-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.

pluteuses
-of pluteus

pluto
-the son of saturn and rhea, brother of jupiter and neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the lower world.

plutocracy
-a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.

plutocrat
-one whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.

plutocratic
-of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas.

plutology
-the science which treats of wealth.

plutonian
-plutonic.
-a plutonist.

plutonic
-of or pertaining to pluto; plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
-of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the plutonists; igneous; as, the plutonic theory.

plutonism
-the theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion;
-- opposed to the neptunian theory.

plutonist
-one who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a plutonian. see plutonism.

plutus
-the son of jason and ceres, and the god of wealth. he was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit.

pluvial
-of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
-produced by the action of rain.
-a priest's cope.

pluviameter
-see pluviometer.

pluviametrical
-see pluviometrical.

pluvian
-the crocodile bird.

pluviometer
-an instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

pluviometrical
-of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer.

pluviose
-the fifth month of the french republican calendar adopted in 1793. it began january 20, and ended february 18. see vendemiaire.

pluvious
-abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial.

ply
-to bend.
-to lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.
-to employ diligently; to use steadily.
-to practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
-to bend; to yield.
-to act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.
-to work to windward; to beat.
-a fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.
-bent; turn; direction; bias.

plyer
-one who, or that which, plies
-a kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. it consists of timbers joined in the form of a st. andrew's cross.
-see pliers.

plyght
-see plight.

plying
-of ply

plymouth brethren
-the members of a religious sect which first appeared at plymouth, england, about 1830. they protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. also called brethren, christian brethren, plymouthists, etc. the darbyites are a division of the brethren.

plastic
-a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [mw10 gives origin of word as 1905]

pluralities
-of plurality