English words: plagiary to planctophagous

300 English words, part 101 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 26 have a page of their own.

English words plagiary to planctophagous

plagiary adjective, noun /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/: The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.
plagiator noun: Synonym of plagiarist.
plagiaulacid noun: Any extinct mammal in the family Plagiaulacidae.
plagihedral adjective: Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levorotatory and dextrorotatory crystals.
plagio- prefix /ˈpleɪdʒɪəʊ/: Slanted, oblique.
plagiocephalic adjective: Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
plagiocephalism noun: Synonym of plagiocephaly.
plagiocephaly noun: A congenital condition where the skull suffers an oblique malformation.
plagiochilaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Plagiochilaceae.
plagioclase noun /ˈpleɪ.d͡ʒɪ.əˌkleɪz/: Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
plagioclasic adjective: Of or relating to plagioclase.
plagioclastic adjective: Of or relating to plagioclase.
plagioclimactic adjective: Relating to plagioclimax.
plagioclimax noun: An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity.
plagioeciid noun: Any bryozoan in the family Plagioeciidae.
plagiogonal adjective: Relating to the orthogonal group of a quadratic form
plagiogrammacean noun: Any diatom of the family Plagiogrammaceae
plagiogrammoid adjective: Related to, or characteristic of diatoms of the family Plagiogrammaceae.
plagiogranite noun: Trondhjemite that occurs in the oceanic crust or in ophiolites.
plagiogranitic adjective: Of or relating to plagiogranite.
plagiogravitropic adjective: Relating to plagiogravitropism.
plagiogravitropism noun: The response of branches, etc. to gravity when growth is not vertical.
plagioleucitite noun: An altered form of leucitite
plagiolophodont adjective: Describing teeth characteristic of herbivores of the genus Plagiolophus
plagionite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.
plagiopatagium noun: The portion of patagium stretching from the last digit to the hind limbs.
plagiophototropic adjective: Assuming an oblique position with respect to the rays of light, like the leaflets of Robinia or Tropaeolum.
plagiorchiid noun: Any trematode of the order Plagiorchiida
plagiosaur noun: Any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.
plagiosaurid noun: Any temnospondyl of the family Plagiosauridae.
plagiosere noun: A series of plant communities that are interrupted or disturbed by an outside agent
plagiostomatous adjective: Alternative form of plagiostomous.
plagiostome noun: One of the Plagiostomi, a former group of sharks
plagiostomous adjective: Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.
plagiostomy noun: An adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace.
plagiotropic adjective: Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle
plagiotropically adverb: In a plagiotropic manner.
plagiotropism noun: The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus
plagiotropous adjective: Synonym of plagiotropic.
plagiotropy noun: The condition of being plagiotropic
plagium noun: abduction, especially of a child
plagose adjective: Fond of flogging.
plagosity noun: The quality of being plagose.
plague noun, verb /pleɪɡ/: The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
plague cross noun: A cross marked on a building occupied by victims of plague, as a warning of contagion.
plague doctor noun: A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing...
plague pit noun: A mass grave utilized during devastating epidemics.
plague rat noun: A rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.
plague-ridden adjective: Experiencing an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness. (of a place or community)
plague soldier beetle noun: A black and orange cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus lugubris, endemic to Australia, that can swarm in the hundreds of thousands.
plague spot noun: A spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease.
plague water noun: A drink made with various herbs, supposed to ward off the plague.
plagued adjective, verb: Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).
plagueful adjective: Abounding with plagues
plagueless adjective: Free from plague.
plaguelike adjective: Like a plague.
plaguer noun: Someone or something that plagues or annoys.
plaguesome adjective /ˈpleɪɡsəm/: That is a plague.
plaguey adjective /ˈpleɪɡi/: Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.
plaguily adverb /ˈpleɪɡɪli/: In a plaguey way.
plaguiness noun /ˈpleɪɡɪnəs/: The quality of being plaguey.
plaguing noun, verb: annoyance; harassment
plaguish adjective /ˈpleɪɡɪʃ/: Synonym of plaguey.
plagusiid noun: Any crab in the family Plagusiidae.
plaguy adjective: Alternative spelling of plaguey.
plaice noun /pleɪs/: Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
plaid adjective, noun /pled/: A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
plaided adjective: Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
plaiden noun: A coarse, woollen cloth
plaiding noun: plaid cloth; tartan cloth
plaidless adjective: Without a plaid.
plaidman noun: A man who wears a plaid.
plaidoyer noun /pleɪdwaˈjeɪ/: An act of pleading; a plea.
plain adjective, adverb, noun, verb /pleɪn/: Flat, level.
plain and simple adverb /ˈpleɪn ən(d)sɪmp(ə)l/: Clearly, without any doubt or complexity.
plain as a haystack adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain as a pikestaff adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain as day adjective: Very clear and evident.
plain as Dunstable highway adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain as porridge adjective: Very clear and evident.
plain as print adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain as Salisbury adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain as the nose on one's face adjective: Synonym of plain as day.
plain ball adjective, adverb: Hitting the cue ball in the center.
plain bearing noun: A bearing with no rolling elements, consisting of a protective surface to reduce friction.
plain bread noun: Synonym of dry bread.
plain-breasted hawk noun: A species of hawk, Accipiter ventralis.
plain brown wrapper noun: An obscuring cover or wrapper, originally to allow postal delivery of sexually explicit periodicals.
plain chocolate noun: dark chocolate
plain-clothed adjective: Alternative form of plainclothed.
plain clothes adjective, noun: Civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected, as the police or clergy.
plain cook noun: A cook who can prepare various ordinary dishes but who has no particular specialism or expertise.
plain dealer noun: Someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly.
plain dealing adjective, noun: Straightforward honesty, without guile or deception.
plain dress noun: A style of clothing emphasizing simplicity and modesty, traditionally worn by several Protestant groups including Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish people,...
plain Dunstable adjective, noun: straightforward language; straight talk.
Plain Dutch noun: The Pennsylvania German people who observe religious strictures to only wear plain clothes; often those belonging to Anabaptist groups.
plain English noun: English that does not use any jargon or technical or scientific terminology; simple or easily comprehensible words or language, usually denoting a form...
plain film noun: An image of the inside of the body that uses X-rays to capture bones, organs, and other tissues.
plain flour noun: A wheat flour with a medium gluten content, suitable for general use.
plain-hearted adjective: frank; sincere; honest
plain Jane noun: A young woman or girl of average or unremarkable appearance.
plain-laid adjective: Consisting of three strands twisted together right-handed (turning in a clockwise direction).
plain leaf warbler noun: Phylloscopus neglectus, a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
plain line noun, verb: a stretch of railway track that does not have any junctions, crossovers or points on it.
plain loaf noun: A traditional style loaf of bread made mostly in Scotland and Ireland.
plain-looking adjective: Physically unattractive (of a person).
plain meaning rule noun: One of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts, which dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary...
plain of Mars noun: The center of the palm; the hollow of the hand.
plain old adjective: Having no special properties; ordinary.
plain old data noun: Data structures that are represented as passive collections of field values.
plain old telephone service noun: A traditional telephony system based on the analog transmission of sound, as opposed to newer alternatives like ISDN or VoIP.
plain paper noun: Paper that has no ruled lines or other markings on it.
plain people noun: Christian groups characterized by separation from the world, simple living, and wearing modest clothing, including head-coverings for women.
plain point noun: Synonym of full stop or period ⟨.⟩.
plain pug noun: Eupithecia simpliciata, a grey Eurasian moth.
plain radiography noun: Radiography without any contrast medium.
plain sailing adjective, noun /ˌpleɪn ˈseɪlɪŋ/: The navigation of waters free from hazards or unfavourable winds.
plain saw noun, verb: To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings.
plain song noun: Alternative spelling of plainsong.
plain-speaking adjective: Synonym of plain-spoken.
plain speech noun: A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names...
plain-spoken adjective: Alternative spelling of plainspoken.
plain tall noun: A building that is over forty storeys tall, but less than 300 m or 1000 ft tall.
plain text adjective, noun: Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext).
plain to see adjective: Evident; obvious.
plain truth noun: The unfiltered and honest facts about a subject or circumstances; reality.
plain vanilla adjective: Synonym of garden variety.
plain view doctrine noun: An exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement that allows an officer to seize evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a...
plain water noun: Tap water, either hot or cold, served in restaurants.
plain weave noun: A type of textile weave where the weft goes over one warp thread then under the next.
plain-winged adjective: Of or relating to several species of birds and moths.
plain-winged antshrike noun: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus schistaceus
plain work noun: Basic, non-ornamental work; specifically (now (historical)) simple needlework.
plain-woven adjective: Woven with the most basic textile weave, called plain weave.
plain wrapper noun: Synonym of plain brown wrapper (“unmarked police car”).
plainant noun: someone who makes complaint; the plaintiff.
plainchant noun: Synonym of plainsong.
plainclothed adjective: plainclothes; wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform in order to avoid detection.
plainclothes adjective, noun: Of a police officer, wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
plainclothes man noun: Alternative form of plainclothesman.
plainclothesman noun: A police officer (especially a detective) who wears civilian clothes when on duty.
plainclothesperson noun: A police officer (especially a detective) of any gender who wears civilian clothes when on duty.
plainclotheswoman noun: A female police officer (especially a detective) who wears civilian clothes when on duty.
plainer adjective, noun: A policeman who wears plainclothes.
Plainfield proper noun: A rural community of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
plainfin adjective: Used to describe various creatures with plain fins.
plainfin midshipman noun: The batrachoid toadfish Porichthys notatus.
plainful adjective, noun: Full of lamentation.
plainhead noun: A variety of bird without a crest.
plainhearted adjective: Alternative form of plain-hearted.
plainie noun: A plain throw in children's games, without any action performed at the same time such as clapping.
plaining noun, verb /ˈpleɪnɪŋ/: A lamentation.
plainish adjective: Somewhat plain in appearance.
plainland noun: Flat land with relatively little vegetation.
plainlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a plain (flat land with relatively little vegetation).
plainly adverb /ˈpleɪnli/: In a plain manner; simply; basically.
plainness noun: The condition of being plain (in all senses)
Plains Apache noun: The Apache peoples living primarily in Oklahoma.
plains bison noun: Bison bison bison, one of the two subspecies of the American bison, the other being the wood bison.
plains buffalo noun: Bison bison bison; Synonym of plains bison.
plains larkspur noun: Synonym of poisonweed (“Delphinium geyeri”).
plains lovegrass noun: Eragrostis intermedia, a New World species of tall grass.
plains wanderer noun /ˈpleɪnz ˌwɒndəɹɜ/: Pedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.
plains zebra noun: The most common species of zebra, Equus quagga (formerly Equus burchellii)
plainsawn adjective: flatsawn
Plainsboro proper noun: A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
plainscraft noun: The skills needed to survive on the open plains.
plainsfolk noun: People who dwell on the plains.
plainsies noun: In children's games, such as jacks, the simplest style of play, without additional actions such as clapping.
plainsman noun: A native, inhabitant or settler of a plains region, but especially of the United States prairies
plainsong noun: A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.
plainspeople noun: Synonym of plainsfolk
plainspoken adjective: Speaking in a forthright manner.
plainspokenly adverb: In a plainspoken manner.
plainspokenness noun: The quality of being plainspoken.
plainswoman noun: The female equivalent of a plainsman.
plaint noun /pleɪnt/: A complaint.
plaintext adjective, noun /ˈpleɪnˌtɛkst/: Alternative spelling of plain text.
plaintful adjective: complaining; sorrowful
plaintiff noun /ˈpleɪntɪf/: A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
plaintiff in error noun: A party who appeals the decision of a lower court.
plaintiff's attorney noun: The lawyer who represents the plaintiff in a civil case.
plaintiffship noun: The role or status of a plaintiff.
plaintive adjective /ˈpleɪntɪv/: Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
plaintively adverb: In a plaintive manner.
plaintiveness noun: The state or condition of being plaintive.
plaintless adjective: Without complaint; uncomplaining.
Plainview proper noun: A minor city in Yell County, Arkansas.
Plainville proper noun: A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
plainward adjective, adverb: Toward a plain.
plainwards adverb: Alternative form of plainward.
plainware noun: ancient minimally decorated pottery found in Oceania
plainweave noun: Alternative form of plain weave.
plainwork noun: Alternative form of plain work.
plaisanteur noun: A jokester.
plaisaunce noun: Alternative form of pleasance.
plaise verb: Alternative form of please.
Plaisir proper noun: A commune of Yvelines department, France.
Plaisted proper noun: A surname.
Plaistow proper noun /ˈplɑːstəʊ/: A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3556).
plait noun, verb /pleɪt/: A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
plait fog verb: To perform an action in which the result falls apart immediately or to work on organizing something that cannot be organized.
plait sawdust verb: Synonym of plait fog.
plaiter noun: Someone who plaits.
plaiting noun, verb: plaited material
plaitless adjective: Without a plait or pleat.
plaitwork noun: A plaited design, a form of knotwork.
plakat noun: Synonym of Siamese fighting fish.
plakea noun: A curved plate of cells formed during the development of chlorophytes of the family Volvocaceae
plakeal adjective: Relating to a plakea
plakin noun: Any protein that associates with junctional complexes and the cytoskeleton
plakinid noun: Any member of the Plakinidae.
plakkie noun: Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, Kalanchoe luciae, and related plants.
plakoglobin noun: A catenin protein that is a component of desmosomes.
plakohypaphorine noun: Any of a group of iodine-containing indole alkaloids resembling hypaphorine and first reported in the Caribbean sponge Plakortis simplex.
plakophilin noun: Any of a family of proteins, found in the cytoskeleton, that are essential for the formation and stabilization of desmosomal cell contacts.
plakous noun: A flatbread, of Ancient Greek origin, thought to be a precursor of pizza.
plamasser noun: A person who convinces another to do something by means of sweet talk and flattery.
Plame proper noun: A surname
plamodel noun: Any of a range of plastic die-cast models, kits, or similar merchandise.
Plamondon proper noun: A surname from French.
plan noun, prefix, verb /plæn/: A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to...
plan A noun: One's original plan or approach.
plan ahead verb: To schedule or plan extensively for problems before it is needed; to come up with solutions before problems occur; to prepare for future situations.
plan B noun: An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.
plan C noun: An alternative solution adopted when the two previous plans do not succeed.
plan chest noun: An item of furniture with long, shallow drawers for storing large documents such as maps.
plan of action noun: Synonym of action plan.
plan of attack noun: Synonym of action plan.
plan of campaign noun: Synonym of action plan.
plan on verb: To expect; to anticipate future actions based on.
plan out verb: to plan, organize, make a plan for something
planable adjective: Suitable for smoothing with a plane (woodworking tool).
planachromatic adjective: achromatic throughout a plane
planal adjective: Of or relating to a geometric plane.
Planalto slaty antshrike noun: a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus pelzelni (syn. Thamnophilus punctatus pelzelni)
planapochromatic adjective: Describing an apochromatic lens system that produces a planar (flat) field
planar adjective /ˈpleɪnɚ/: Of or pertaining to a plane.
planar defect noun: A type of crystallographic defect; two-dimensional, including grain boundaries and stacking faults.
planar graph noun: A graph which can be embedded in a plane in such a way that its edges only intersect at vertices, i.e., they do not cross each other.
planar induction noun: The process in which genetic signals are transmitted across a single embryonic layer, such as ectoderm.
planarian noun /pləˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/: Any of various flatworms of the order Tricladida living in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments.
planariform adjective: Resembling the planarians.
planariid noun: Any flatworm in the family Planariidae.
planarioid adjective: Resembling planarians.
planarisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of planarization.
planarise verb: Alternative spelling of planarize
planarity noun: The condition of being planar
planarium noun /pləˈnɛəɹi.əm/: Alternative form of planarian.
planarization noun: The act or process of planarizing.
planarize verb: to flatten, or make into a plane
planarizing noun, verb: The process of making something planar; flattening
planarly adverb: In a planar fashion.
Planas proper noun: A surname from Catalan.
planate adjective, noun: flat, flattened. Resembling a plane, or otherwise planar.
planation noun /pleɪˈneɪʃən/: The formation of a flat surface by erosion and deposition
planaxid noun: Any sea snail of the family Planaxidae.
Plancarte proper noun: A surname.
planceer noun: Alternative form of planchier.
planch noun, verb /plɑːnt͡ʃ/: A plank.
plancha noun: A type of flat-top grill used for cooking, composed of a thick plate of metal above the heating element to provide thermal mass and eliminate hot spots.
planche noun /plɑːnt͡ʃ/: A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.
planchen noun: Alternative form of planching.
plancher noun, verb: A floor made of wood.
planchet noun: A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.
planchette noun /plænˈʃɛt/: A small plank.
planchier noun: The soffit of the corona in a cornice.
planching noun: The laying of floors in a building; flooring.
Planck noun /ˈplæŋk/: Used attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the...
Planck acceleration noun: The acceleration from rest to the speed of light in one Planck time.
Planck angular frequency noun: An angular frequency of one radian per Planck time.
Planck area noun: The square of the Planck length, thought to be the quantum of area. Symbol is A_P.
Planck charge noun: One of the base units in the system of Planck units, equal to an electric charge of:q_p=√≈1.875×10⁻¹⁸ mbox C
Planck current noun: An electric current flowing at a rate of one Planck charge per Planck time: I_p=√≈3.479×10²⁵ mbox A.
Planck density noun: The unit of density in the system of Planck units, equal to one Planck mass in one Planck volume.
Planck energy noun: A natural unit of energy, equivalent to the mass energy of a Planck particle (E_P=c^(2m_P)≈1.95608×10⁹J) or the energy per quantum at a temperature of one...
Planck force noun: The unit of force in the system of Planck units, equal to the amount of force required to accelerate one Planck mass by one Planck acceleration:...
Planck frequency noun: A repeating event that occurs once every Planck time, with a frequency of F_p=1/(2π)√=E_P/h≈2.952×10⁴² mbox Hz. this frequency is said to be the upper bound...
Planck length noun: A unit of length, believed to be the scale at which quantum gravity effects become significant, that is defined in terms of the speed of light, the...
Planck mass noun: The unit of mass in the system of Planck units, defined as: m_P=√≈2.1765×10⁻⁸ mbox kg
Planck momentum noun: The unit of momentum in the system of Planck units, defined as
Planck particle noun: A hypothetical particle having physical quantities on the Planck scale, most importantly being one Planck mass in mass.
Planck power noun: The unit of power in the system of Planck units, equal to transferring one Planck energy in one Planck time: P_p=(c⁵)/G≈3.628×10⁵² mbox W
Planck pressure noun: The unit of pressure in the system of Planck units, equal to one Planck force in one Planck area (or one Planck energy in one Planck volume): p_p=(c⁷)/(hbar...
Planck relic noun: A black hole with an event horizon on the order of a Planck length (~ 10⁻³⁵ metres), and a mass on the order of a Planck mass (~ 20 micrograms).
Planck scale noun: The scale at which quantum-mechanical effects become significant to depicting spacetime and other gravitational phenomena, typically defined as being on the...
Planck speed noun: The velocity equal to one Planck length per Planck time; equal to the speed of light. Symbol is v_P or c.
Planck star noun: A hypothetical astronomical object whose energy is around the Planck density (5.155 × 10⁹⁶ kg/m³).
Planck temperature noun: The fundamental upper limit of temperature conceivable under current models of physics, in which all matter is accelerated as quickly as possible to the...
Planck time noun: A natural unit of time, equivalent to the time it takes light to traverse one Planck length; it is the duration of time at which quantum gravity effects are...
Planck unit noun: Any one of several natural units in a system originally proposed by Max Planck based on universal constants. Symbols for Planck units are the symbol for the...
Planck velocity noun: The Planck speed.
Planck voltage noun: The voltage between two points that use one Planck energy for every Planck charge that passes through: V_p=√≈1.043×10²⁷ mbox V
Planck volume noun: The cube of the Planck length.
Planckian adjective: Of or pertaining to Max Planck (1858–1947), German physicist and founder of quantum theory.
planckon noun: A Planck particle.
plançon à picot noun: A type of infantry weapon consisting of a stout iron-shod baseball bat-like shaft with a steel spike attached on top.
planctomycete noun /ˌplæŋktəˈmaɪsiːt/: Any of many aquatic bacteria of the phylum Planctomycetes.
planctophagous adjective: Alternative form of planktophagous.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.