| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |