| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| placed | imp. & past participle | of Place |
| placer | noun | 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 | noun | 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 | adjective | Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. |
| placit | noun | A decree or determination; a dictum. |
| plagae | plural | of Plaga |
| plagal | adjective | 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. |
| plague | noun | 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. |
| plaguy | adjective | Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, “He is so plaguy proud.” |
| plaice | noun | 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. |
| plaint | noun | 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. |
| plaise | noun | See Plaice. |
| planch | noun | A plank., To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. |
| planed | imp. & past participle | of Plane |
| planer | noun | 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. |
| planet | noun | 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. |
| plani- | adjective | Alt. of Plano- |
| plano- | adjective | Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave., See Plani-. |
| plaque | noun | 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. |
| plashy | adjective | Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy., Specked, as if plashed with color. |
| plasma | noun | 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. |
| platan | noun | The plane tree. |
| plated | imp. & past participle | of Plate |
| platel | noun | A small dish. |
| platen | noun | 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 | noun | One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater., A machine for calendering paper. |
| platin | noun | See Platen. |
| platly | adjective | Flatly. See Plat, a. |
| platy- | A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous. | |
| played | imp. & past participle | of Play |
| player | noun | 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. |
| playte | noun | See Pleyt. |
| pleach | verb t. | To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock. |
| please | verb t. | 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. |
| pledge | noun | 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. |
| pleiad | noun | One of the Pleiades. |
| plenal | adjective | Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. |
| plenty | adjective | 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 | noun | That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; — opposed to vacuum. |
| pleura | noun | 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 |
| plevin | noun | A warrant or assurance. |
| plexus | plural | 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. |
| pliant | verb | 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. |
| pliers | noun pl. | 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. |
| 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. | |
| plinth | noun | 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. |
| plonge | verb t. | To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. |
| plough | noun & verb | 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. |
| plover | noun | 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. |
| plowed | imp. & past participle | of Plough |
| plower | noun | Alt. of Plougher |
| plucky | superl. | Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race. |
| plumae | plural | of Pluma |
| plumed | imp. & past participle | of Plume |
| plummy | adjective | Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. |
| plumpy | adjective | Plump; fat; sleek. |
| plunge | verb t. | 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. |
| plural | adjective | 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. |
| pluri- | A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral. | |
| plushy | adjective | Like plush; soft and shaggy. |
| plutei | plural | of Pluteus |
| plutus | noun | 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. |
| plying | present participle & vb. noun | of Ply |
| plyght | verb & noun | See Plight. |