Nouns

plassey

noun

the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud...

plasterwork

noun

a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)

plastid

noun

any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells...

plasticizer

noun

a substance added to plastics or other materials to make the...

plastron

noun

a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest

platan

noun

any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale...

platelayer

noun

a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks

platen

noun

the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper ag...

platitudinarian

noun

a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes

platonism

noun

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concep...

plattdeutsch

noun

a German dialect spoken in northern Germany

platte

noun

a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributar...

plattensee

noun

a large shallow lake in western Hungary

platy

noun

small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

platyhelminthes

noun

flatworms

platyhelminth

noun

parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

platysma

noun

either of two broad muscles located on either side of the ne...

plaudit

noun

enthusiastic approval

playday

noun

time for play or diversion

playfellow

noun

a companion at play

playgoer

noun

someone who attends the theater

playlet

noun

a short play

pleader

noun

a lawyer who pleads cases in court

pleasance

noun

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people...

pleasantry

noun

an agreeable or amusing remark

pleasingness

noun

the quality of giving pleasure to the senses

plectognath

noun

tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak an...

plectron

noun

a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to p...

pledgee

noun

someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom someth...

pleione

noun

small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan

plenipotentiary

noun

a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her g...

plenteousness

noun

a full supply

plentifulness

noun

a full supply

plenum

noun

a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are pre...

pleochroism

noun

the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain cr...

pleomorphism

noun

(chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of t...

pleopod

noun

one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic cr...

plessor

noun

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percuss...

pleurodynia

noun

pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles betw...

pleuropneumonia

noun

pleurisy and pneumonia

pleven

noun

the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 af...

plexor

noun

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percuss...

pleximeter

noun

a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck wi...

plica

noun

a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

plimsoll

noun

waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the...

ploce

noun

(rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend mea...

plosive

noun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some poi...

plotinus

noun

Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading repres...

ploughboy

noun

a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow

ploughshare

noun

a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil