English words: plena to pleurostomal

300 English words, part 108 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 26 have a page of their own.

English words plena to pleurostomal

plena noun: A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics.
plenal adjective: full; complete
plenarily adverb: In a plenary manner.
plenariness noun: Quality or state of being plenary.
plenarly adverb: Fully; completely.
plenarty noun: The state of a benefice when occupied.
plenary adjective, noun /ˈpliːnəɹi/: Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
plenary council noun: A formal ecclesiastical assembly consisting of all the bishops of a particular territory, convened with the authority of the pope or apostolic see.
plenary court noun: The entire or full court, sitting en banc.
plenary indulgence noun: An indulgence that remits all of a person’s sins, and thus the whole of their time in purgatory.
plenary session noun: A session of a conference or other meeting at which all members are expected to be present.
plenary speaker noun: The speaker at a plenary talk, especially a notable person who is present by invitation.
plenary talk noun: A talk during a conference or similar meeting that is scheduled at a time when everyone can attend, e.g. at a time when nothing else is scheduled.
plench noun: A tool combining features of pliers and wrench, for use in microgravity.
Plenderleith proper noun: A surname.
plene adjective, adverb, noun /pliːn/: With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
pleniglacial adjective: Full of glaciation.
pleniloquence noun: Excessive or overly full speech.
plenilunar adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the full moon.
plenilunary adjective: Relating to the full moon.
plenilune noun /ˈpliːnɪluːn/: The full moon.
plenipo noun: A plenipotentiary.
plenipotence noun /pliːˈnɪpətəns/: The quality or state of being plenipotent.
plenipotency noun: Alternative form of plenipotence.
plenipotent adjective /pliːˈnɪpətənt/: Having full power.
plenipotential adjective /ˌplɛnɪpəˈtɛnʃəl/: Pertaining to a plenipotentiary; having full authority.
plenipotentiality noun: The quality of being plenipotential.
plenipotentially adverb: In a plenipotential manner.
plenipotentiarily adverb: In a plenipotentiary manner.
plenipotentiary adjective, noun /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/: A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
plenipotentiaryship noun: The role or status of a plenipotentiary.
plenish verb /ˈplɛnɪʃ/: To fill up, to stock or supply (something).
plenishing noun, verb: household furniture; stock
plenishment noun: The process of plenishing; a stocking or filling up.
plenism noun: The belief that all space is full of matter; horror vacui
plenist noun: A believer in plenism; someone who believes that all space is full of matter.
plenitude noun /ˈplɛnɪtjuːd/: Fullness; completeness.
plenitudinary adjective: Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough.
plenitudine noun: abundance
plenitudinous adjective: Characterised by plenitude; abundant
plenny adverb, noun: Pronunciation spelling of plenty.
plenolin noun: A sesquiterpenoid lactone found in Helenium autumnale.
plenoptic adjective: Of or relating to all the light, travelling in every direction, in a given space.
plenteous adjective /ˈplɛn.ti.əs/: In plenty; abundant.
plenteously adverb: copiously; plentifully; in abundance.
plenteousness noun: An abundant supply; abundance.
plentiful adjective /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/: Existing in large number or ample amount.
plentifuler adjective: Alternative spelling of plentifuller.
plentifully adverb /ˈplɛntɪfəli/: In a plentiful manner.
plentifulness noun: A full supply; abundance
plentify verb: To make plentiful.
plentily adverb: In a plentiful manner; with plenty.
plentiness noun: plentifulness; abundance
plentitude noun: Abundance, fullness, completeness; an instance of this.
plenty adjective, adverb, determiner, noun, pronoun /ˈplɛnti/: A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.
plenty as blackberries adjective: Very plentiful, very abundant.
plenty's horn noun: Alternative form of horn of plenty.
plenty to go around noun: Synonym of enough to go around.
plentya contraction: Contraction of plenty + of.
plenum noun /ˈpliːnəm/: A space that is completely filled with matter.
plenum chamber noun: A pressurised housing.
pleo- prefix: supernumerary; many; more.
pleoanamorphic adjective: Relating to pleoanamorphy.
pleoanamorphism noun: Synonym of pleoanamorphy.
pleoanamorphy noun: The occurrence of multiple distinct types of asexual structures or forms during the life cycle of an organism.
pleocellular adjective: Having many more than the usual number of cells
pleochroic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or having the property of pleochroism.
pleochroic halo noun: A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in color from the surrounding mineral, due to radiation damage from alpha particles.
pleochroism noun: The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions.
pleochroistic adjective: Synonym of pleochroic.
pleochromatic adjective: pleochroic; exhibiting pleochroism
pleochromatism noun: pleochroism
pleochromism noun: Alternative form of pleochroism.
pleocytosis noun: A condition where an unusually high quantity of white blood cells (normally lymphocytes) are present in the cerebrospinal fluid.
pleomassariaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Pleomassariaceae.
pleomere noun: The abdominal somite of a crustacean
pleometrosis noun: The establishment of an ant colony by multiple queens.
pleometrotic adjective: Relating to pleometrosis.
pleometrotically adverb: By pleometrosis.
pleomorph noun: Any pleomorphic organism
pleomorphic adjective: Having a lifecycle whose stages involve embodiment in diverse forms.
pleomorphism noun: The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism.
pleomorphist noun: A believer in pleomorphism.
pleomorphous adjective /ˌpliːəˈmɔː(ɹ)fəs/: having or passing through many different forms
pleomorphy noun: Alternative form of pleiomorphy.
pleon noun /ˈpliːɒn/: The abdomen of a crustacean.
pleonal adjective: Relating to a pleon
pleonasm noun /ˈpliː.əˌnæz.əm/: Redundancy in wording.
pleonasmic adjective: Of, or related to pleonasms.
pleonast noun: One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.
pleonaste noun: A black variety of spinel.
pleonastic adjective /ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/: Of, or relating to pleonasm.
pleonastical adjective: pleonastic
pleonastically adverb: In a pleonastic manner.
pleonectic adjective: Greedy; covetous.
pleonexia noun /pli.əˈnɛks.i.ə/: Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods.
pleonite noun: An abdominal somite of a crustacean
pleophagous adjective: Eating various different foods.
pleophonic adjective: Related to pleophony.
pleophony noun: The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and...
pleophyletic adjective: Synonym of polyphyletic.
pleopod noun /ˈpliːəˌpɒd/: One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
pleopodal adjective: Relating to pleopods.
pleopus noun: Alternative spelling of pleopod.
pleosomite noun: pleonite
pleosporaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Pleosporaceae, a family of sac fungi.
pleosporalean noun: Any fungus of the order Pleosporales
pleotelson noun: A fusion of the last abdominal segment of an arthropod and its telson
pleotropism noun: Alternative form of pleiotropism.
pleotropy noun: Alternative form of pleiotropy.
plerematic adjective: Pertaining to meaning, as opposed to structure or syntax.
plereme noun: A unit of content that is the minimal meaningful unit
pleremic adjective: Of a basic unit of a writing system: having a specific meaning associated with it.
plerergate noun: honey-pot ant
plerion noun: A nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar.
plerixafor noun: An immunostimulant used to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells in cancer patients.
plerocercoid noun /ˌplɪə.ɹə(ʊ)ˈsɜː.kɔɪd/: An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid.
pleroma noun /plɪˈɹəʊmə/: A plant of the genus Pleroma.
pleromatic adjective: Pertaining to pleroma.
plerome noun: The central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele.
plerophoria noun: Alternative form of plerophory.
plerophory noun: Fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded
plerotic adjective: that occupies the entire oogonium
Plesac proper noun: A surname.
plesiadapid noun: Any extinct mammal in the family Plesiadapidae.
plesiadapiform noun: Any extinct mammal of the order Plesiadapiformes
plesiadapoid noun: Any extinct mammal of the superfamily Plesiadapoidea
plesimorphic adjective: plesiomorphic
plesio- prefix /ˈpliːzɪə/: Close, near.
plesiobiont noun: A social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner.
plesiobiosis noun: A close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction.
plesiobiotic adjective: Pertaining to plesiobiosis.
plesiochelyid noun: Any extinct turtle of the family Plesiochelyidae
plesiochronous adjective: Almost, but not quite, synchronous.
plesiohedron noun: A special kind of space-filling polyhedron, defined as the Voronoi cell of a symmetric Delone set. Three-dimensional Euclidean space can be completely...
plesiometacarpal adjective: Being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away...
plesiomorph noun: An organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.
plesiomorphic adjective /ˌplizioʊˈmɔɹfɪk/: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
plesiomorphically adverb: In a plesiomorphic manner; in the manner of a plesiomorph.
plesiomorphism noun: plesiomorphy
plesiomorphous adjective: Nearly alike in form.
plesiomorphy noun: A character state that is present in both outgroups and in the ancestors
plesionym noun /ˈpliːzɪənɪm/: Synonym of parasynonym.
plesionymic adjective: plesionymous
plesionymous adjective: Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym.
plesionymy noun: The state of being close but not identical in meaning, as with the words "overcast" and "cloudy".
plesiopedal adjective: (of a mosasaur) Having limbs adapted for terrestrial motion.
plesiopelvic adjective: Having a pelvis adapted for terrestrial use
plesiopid noun: Any longfin in the family Plesiopidae.
plesiopithecid noun: Any extinct primate of the family Plesiopithecidae
plesiosaur noun /ˈpliːsiəsɔːɹ/: Any of the order †Plesiosauria of extinct marine reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
plesiosaurian noun: A plesiosaur.
plesiosaurid noun: Any plesiosaur in the family †Plesiosauridae of extinct marine reptiles.
plesiosaurlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of plesiosaurs.
plesiosauroid noun: Any marine plesiosaur of the superfamily Plesiosauroidea
plesiosauromorph adjective, noun: A plesiosaur with a long neck and a small head.
plesiosaurus noun: Any of the genus †Plesiosaurus of extinct long-necked marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic.
plesiotype noun: A specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species.
Plessey proper noun: The site of a former railway station in Northumberland, England, near Plessey Woods Country Park (OS grid ref NZ2378).
plessigraph noun: An instrument for the percussion, delineation and measurement of organs of the body, producing a visible record indicating changes in the nature of the sound.
plessimeter noun: Dated form of pleximeter.
plessimetry noun: pleximetry
Plessis proper noun: A surname from French
plessite noun: A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.
plessitic adjective: Of or relating to plessite.
Plessner proper noun: A surname from German.
Plessy proper noun: A surname.
plestor noun: An open space in a village where fairs or markets were held; became village greens.
plet adjective: Pleated; plated; folded.
Pletcher proper noun: A surname.
plethodontid noun: Any of the Plethodontidae, a family of lungless salamanders.
Plethonian adjective: Synonym of Plethonic (“pertaining to Gemistos Plethon”).
Plethonic adjective: Pertaining to or characteristic of the Byzantine philosopher Gemistos Plethon (1355–1453).
plethora noun /ˈplɛθəɹə/: An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
plethoral adjective: having the characteristics of a plethora
plethoric adjective /ˈplɛθəɹɪk/: Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
plethorical adjective: Alternative form of plethoric.
plethorically adverb /plɛˈθɒɹɪkli/: In a plethoric manner: excessively, overabundantly.
plethory noun: A plethora.
plethron noun: A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes).
plethrum noun: Alternative form of plethron.
plethysm noun: A particular group-theoretic operation on a set of functions of a given symmetry type.
plethysmogram noun: A recording made by the plethysmograph.
plethysmograph noun /plɛˈðɪz.məˌɡɹæf/: An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains).
plethysmographic adjective: Relating to plethysmography.
plethysmographical adjective: Of or pertaining to plethysmography.
plethysmographically adverb: By means of plethysmography.
plethysmography noun: The diagnostic use of a plethysmograph.
plethysmometer noun: Any instrument designed to measure small changes in volume, usually via the displacement of water
plethysmometric adjective: Relating to plethysmometry
plethysmometrical adjective: Alternative form of plethysmometric.
plethysmometrically adverb: In a plethysmometric manner
plethysmometry noun: The design, construction and use of plethysmometers
plethystic adjective: Related to a plethysm
Plett proper noun: A surname from German.
pletzel noun: A flat bread roll, either crisp or chewy, somewhat similar to a bagel
pletzl noun: Alternative form of pletzel.
pleugh noun: plow.
pleuntic adjective: Of, or pertaining to, the pleural cavity
pleur- prefix: Alternative form of pleuro- (“rib, side”).
pleura noun /ˈplʊə.ɹə/: Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
pleuracentesis noun: Synonym of thoracentesis.
pleural adjective, noun /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/: Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
pleural cavity noun: The part of the thoracic cavity that surrounds the lungs and is enclosed by the pleurae.
pleural lobe noun: One of the two longitudinal lobes found on the flanks of various crustacea and arthropods.
pleural tap noun: Thoracentesis; thoracocentesis.
pleuralgia noun: Pain in the side or region of the ribs.
pleuralgic adjective: Relating to pleuralgia.
pleuralin noun: A cell wall protein present in diatoms of the genus Cylindrotheca
pleurally adverb: In a pleural manner
pleurant noun: A weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.
pleurapophysial adjective: Relating to the pleurapophysis.
pleurapophysis noun: A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib.
pleuraspidotheriid noun: Any extinct mammal of the genus Pleuraspidotherium
pleurectomy noun: Removal of part of the pleura
pleurembolic adjective: Capable of being withdrawn by a backward movement of the parts from which it protrudes so that it becomes engulfed.
pleurenchyma noun: A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
pleuretic adjective: Of or pertaining to the pleura, the smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax.
pleuric adjective: pleural
pleurisy noun /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/: Inflammation of lung pleura.
pleurisy root noun: The large tuberous root of the butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), used as a remedy for pleurisy and other diseases.
pleurite noun: A pleuron.
pleuritic adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
pleuritical adjective: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
pleuritis noun: Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
pleuro- prefix /plʊə.ɹə(ʊ)/: Of or pertaining to the pleura; pleural.
pleurobasidium noun: A basidium that develops laterally on the sides of hyphae.
pleurobranch noun: Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax
pleurobranchid noun: Any slug in the family Pleurobranchidae.
pleurocapsalean adjective: Relating to cyanobacteria of the order Pleurocapsales
pleurocarp noun: Any pleurocarpous moss, such as those of genus Hypnum.
pleurocarpic adjective: Synonym of pleurocarpous.
pleurocarpous adjective: Side-fruited; said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or capsules are from lateral archegonia.
pleurocentesis noun: Synonym of thoracentesis.
pleurocentral adjective: Relating to the pleurocentrum.
pleurocentrum noun: One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fish and fossil batrachians.
pleurocerid noun: Any gastropod in the family Pleuroceridae.
pleurocidin noun: A piscidin present in flounders of the genus Pleuronectes.
pleurococcoid adjective: Resembling the algal genus Pleurococcus.
pleurocoel noun: One of a set of hollow depressions on the lateral portions of the vertebrae in dinosaurs, which served to decrease the weight of these bones without...
pleurocutaneous adjective: Involving the pleura and the skin.
pleurocystidial adjective: Relating to the pleurocystidium.
pleurocystidioid adjective: Resembling a pleurocystidium.
pleurocystidium noun: A relatively large cell found on the gill face of a basidiomycete
pleurodeline noun: Any newt of the subfamily Pleurodelinae.
pleurodesis noun /plʊəˈɹɒd.ɪs.ɪs/: The production of adhesions in the pleural cavity, typically by the use of sclerosing agents or surgical abrasion, used especially in the treatment of...
pleurodiran noun: Any turtle of the suborder Pleurodira
pleurodire noun: Any of a group of side-necked turtles of the suborder Pleurodira
pleurodirous adjective: Having the head and neck folded under the front edge of the carapace by one or more horizontal folds.
pleurodont adjective, noun: Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones
pleurodontan adjective, noun: pleurodont
pleurodontid noun: Any snail in the family Pleurodontidae.
pleurodonty noun: The condition of being pleurodont
pleurodynia noun: Bornholm disease.
pleurogenid noun: Any parasitic flatworm of the family Pleurogenidae
pleurography noun: radiography of the abdomen after injecting a contrast medium
pleurogynous adjective: Having a glandular or tubercular elevation rising close to or parallel with the ovary.
pleurokinesis noun: lateral movement in the jaws of some dinosaurs
pleurokinetic adjective: Relating to pleurokinesis
pleurolith noun: A concretion in the pleural cavity; a pleural calculus.
pleurolophocercous adjective: Relating to cercarias of the genus Pleurolophocerca
pleuromeiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Pleuromeiaceae.
pleuromutilin noun: Any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.
pleuron noun /ˈplʊɹɑn/: A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
pleuronectid noun: Any species of the family Pleuronectidae.
pleuronectiform adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Pleuronectiformes, or flatfish.
pleuronectoid adjective, noun: Relating to the Pleuronectidae, or flounder family.
pleuronic adjective: Relating to pleurons
pleuroparenchymal adjective: Relating to the pleura and the parenchyma
pleuropedal adjective: Both pleural and pedal.
pleuropericardial adjective: Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
pleuroperitoneal adjective: Relating to the pleuroperitoneum.
pleuroperitoneum noun: The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the enclosed viscera; the peritoneum; used...
pleuroperitonitis noun: pleuropulmonary inflammation
pleuropholid noun: Any extinct fish of the genus †Pleuropholis
pleuroplastic adjective: Describing a leaf in which the central portion first attains permanency, the meristem being marginal.
pleuropneumonectomy noun: Removal of a lung together with the parietal pleura
pleuropneumonia noun: inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs,...
pleuropneumonia-like organism noun: Any of a number of mycoplasma bacteria similar in colonial morphology and filterability to the causative agent (Mycoplasma sp.) of contagious bovine...
pleuropneumoniae noun: Alternative form of pleuropneumonia.
pleuropneumonic adjective: Relating to pleuropneumonia
pleuroproctic adjective: Having a lateral anus
pleuropulmonary adjective: Relating to the pleura and the lungs
pleurorhizal adjective: Such that the embryo has its radicle against one edge of the cotyledons, which are then accumbent.
pleurorhizous adjective: Synonym of pleurorhizal.
pleurorhynchous adjective: having lateral pores or openings.
pleurosaur noun: Any of the genus †Pleurosaurus of extinct reptiles.
pleurosaurid noun: Any extinct reptile of the family Pleurosauridae.
pleuroscope noun: Synonym of thoracoscope.
pleuroscopic adjective: Synonym of thoracoscopic.
pleuroscopy noun: Synonym of thoracoscopy.
pleurosis noun: pleurisy; pleuritis
pleurosphenoid noun: A lateral sphenoid
pleurosteal adjective: Relating to the pleurosteon.
pleurosteon noun: The anterolateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.
pleurosternid noun: Any extinct turtle of the family †Pleurosternidae
pleurosthotonus noun: Alternative form of pleurothotonus.
pleurostict noun: Any lichen of the genus Pleurosticta
pleurostoma noun: Part of the subgenal area above the mandible of an insect
pleurostomal adjective: Relating to pleurostoma

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.