English words: pleurostomatid to plough up

300 English words, part 109 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words pleurostomatid to plough up

pleurostomatid noun: Any ciliate of the class Pleurostomatida
pleurostyle noun: A form of urostyle composed of uroneurals rather than centra
pleurotergite noun: A sclerite that has both pleural and tergal elements
pleurothallid noun: Any orchid of the genus Pleurothallis
pleurothetic adjective: Of or pertaining to pleurothetism.
pleurothetism noun: A pattern of orientation among most bivalves whereby they come to rest on their left or right sides.
pleurotho- prefix: Sideways, to the side.
pleurothotonos noun: Alternative form of pleurothotonus.
pleurothotonus noun: A rare neurological disorder characterized by dystonia and abnormal and sustained involuntary muscle contraction.
pleurotoid adjective: Characteristic of fungi of the genus Pleurotus (having laterally-attached fruiting bodies).
pleurotolysin noun: A particular cytolysin
pleurotomariacean noun: Any gastropod of the superfamily Pleurotomariacea.
pleurotomariid noun: Any in the family Pleurotomariidae of gastropods.
pleurotomarioid noun: Synonym of pleurotomariid.
pleurotomarioidean noun: Any gastropod of the superfamily †Pleurotomarioidea.
pleurotomy noun: the surgical incision of the pleura.
pleurotribe adjective: Of a flower: having the stamens adapted to deposit their pollen upon the sides of insect visitors.
pleurovisceral adjective: Relating to, or connecting pleural and visceral ganglions
pleuston noun: The organisms that live floating at the surface of water.
pleustonic adjective: Relating to the pleuston.
pleustophyte noun: An aquatic plant that floats, sometimes limited to those without roots or holdfasts fixed to soil or sediment.
Pleven proper noun: A city in northern Bulgaria.
plevin noun: A warrant or assurance.
plew noun: beaver pelt
plewd noun: A stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.
plex noun, suffix /-plɛks/: Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex.
plexaurid noun: Any octocoral of the family Plexauridae
plexciton noun: A polaritonic mode that results from the strong coupling between excitons and plasmons
plexcitonic adjective: Of or relating to plexcitons.
plexi noun: A Plexiglas guitar.
plexiform adjective, noun: Having the form of a plexus.
plexiform layer noun: Either of two layers of cells in the retina
plexiform neurofibroma noun: a benign, peripheral nerve sheath tumor that surrounds multiple nerve fascicles
plexiglass noun: polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
pleximeter noun: Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.
pleximetric adjective: Relating to a pleximeter.
pleximetry noun: The use of the pleximeter.
plexin noun: Any of a group of transmembrane proteins which act to form receptors for semaphorin
plexinome noun: all the plexins of an organism.
plexity noun: The condition of being composed of a particular number of things - being uniplex, duplex etc.
plexo- prefix: Relating to a plexus.
plexogenic adjective: Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures.
plexometer noun: Alternative form of pleximeter.
plexopathy noun: A disorder affecting a network of nerves in the brachial or lumbosacral plexus, resulting in pain and loss of motor control.
plexor noun /ˈplɛksə/: A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
plexoradiculoneuropathy noun: Any radiculoneuropathy that affects the brachial or lumbosacral plexus
plexotomy noun: incision into a plexus
plexure noun: The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
plexus noun /ˈplɛk.səs/: A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
plexus celiacus noun: Synonym of solar plexus
pleyt noun: A riverboat.
PLF noun: Initialism of parachute landing fall.
PlGF noun: Abbreviation of placental growth factor; a biomolecule encoded by the gene PGF (“placental growth factor gene”).
PLHIV noun: Initialism of people living with HIV.
PLI noun: Initialism of pragmatic language impairment.
pli caballin noun: A certain fold in the crown of the (upper) molars of some horse species.
pli caballinid noun: The equivalent of the pli caballin for a lower molar.
pliability noun: The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
pliable adjective /ˈplaɪəbəl/: Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
pliableness noun: The state of being pliable; pliability.
pliably adverb: In a pliable manner
pliancy noun /ˈplaɪənsi/: The quality of being pliant.
pliant adjective /ˈplaɪənt/: Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
pliantly adverb: In a pliant manner.
pliantness noun: The state or quality of being pliant.
PLIC noun: Initialism of platform-level interrupt controller; in the RISC-V architecture, a component responsible for routing interrupts from their causes to harts.
plica noun /ˈplaɪkə/: A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
plica polonica noun: A condition characterised by matted and unhygienic hair.
plicaballin noun: Alternative spelling of pli caballin
plicaballinid noun: Alternative spelling of pli caballinid
plical adjective: Relating to a plica or fold.
plicamycin noun /ˌplaɪ.kəˈmaɪ.sn̩/: An antibiotic C₅₂H₇₆O₂₄ with antineoplastic activity which is produced by three bacteria of the genus Streptomyces (Streptomyces argillaceus, Streptomyces...
plicate adjective, verb /ˈplaɪkət/: Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
plicated adjective: Alternative form of plicate.
plicately adverb: In a plicate fashion.
plicateness noun: The state of being plicate
plication noun /plɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/: An act of folding.
plicatulate adjective: Minutely plicate.
plicatulid noun: Any clam in the family Plicatulidae.
plicature noun /ˈplɪkət͡ʃə(ɹ)/: A doubling; a fold; a plication.
plicidentine noun: A form of dentin which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
pliciform adjective: Shaped like a plait.
plicometer noun: An instrument used in plicometry
plicometry noun: The estimation of body mass by measurement of subcutaneous adipose tissue
plié noun: Alternative spelling of plié.
plié squat noun: Synonym of sumo squat.
plier noun: One who plies.
plier wrenches noun: An adjustable hand tool with a sliding mechanism, that combines a tongue-and-groove pliers / water pump pliers with an adjustable spanner. It is a water...
pliers noun /ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/: A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
plight noun, verb /plaɪt/: A dire or unfortunate situation.
plighted adjective, verb: Having plights; pleated; plated; folded.
plighter noun /ˈplaɪtə(ɹ)/: One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
plightful adjective: Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous.
plighting noun, verb: The act by which something is plighted or pledged.
plightless adjective: Devoid of plight
plightly adverb: Dangerously; with peril.
plighty adjective: Relating to or indicating plight; misfortunate; dire; precarious; needy
plim adjective, verb /plɪm/: plump; full
Plimmer proper noun: A surname.
plimmies noun: plimsolls
Plimpton proper noun /ˈplɪmptən/: A surname.
Plimptonesque adjective: In a style reminiscent of George Plimpton (1927–2003), American sports writer.
Plimptonian adjective /plɪmˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to George Plimpton (1927–2003), American sports writer.
plimsol noun: Alternative form of plimsoll.
plimsole noun: Alternative form of plimsoll.
plimsoled adjective: Alternative form of plimsolled.
plimsoll noun /ˈplɪmsoʊl/: A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.
Plimsoll line noun: Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum...
Plimsoll mark noun: Synonym of Plimsoll line.
plimsolled adjective: Wearing plimsolls.
plinabulin noun: An experimental anticancer drug, a synthetic analog of phenylahistin.
-plinerved suffix: Indicating that the main nerves are lateral and arise from a point distinctly above the base of the leaf. Combined with a numerical prefix: 3-plinerved,...
pling noun, verb /plɪŋ/: The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
plinger noun: A professional beggar.
plinian adjective: Of or pertaining to Pliny the Younger or Pliny the Elder.
Plinian eruption noun: A type of volcanic eruption marked by the ejection of large columns of volcanic debris and gases into the stratosphere; particularly large amounts of...
plink noun, verb /plɪŋk/: A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
plinker noun: A person who shoots at makeshift targets.
plinkety interjection: A plinking sound suggesting more than one note being played.
plinking noun, verb: A noise that plinks.
Plinko proper noun /ˈplɪŋk.oʊ/: A pricing game played on the game show The Price Is Right.
plinky adjective /ˈplɪŋki/: Characterized by plink sounds.
plinky-plonky adjective, interjection /ˈplɪŋkiˌplɒŋki/: Especially of a musical instrument such as a piano: making sharp, tinny sounds; plinky.
plinth noun /plɪnθ/: A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
plinthaquult noun: A plinthic aquult
plinthed adjective: Having a plinth.
plinther noun: Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
plinthic adjective: Characteristic of, or containing, plinthite.
plinthiform adjective: Shaped like a plinth.
plinthite noun: A form of clay that is rich in iron and poor in humus
plinthless adjective: Without a plinth.
plinthlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
plinthosol noun: An iron-rich soil type common in the wet tropics.
Pliny proper noun /ˈplɪni/: An ancient Roman praenomen.
Plinydom noun: Pliny studies.
Pliocene adjective /ˈplaɪəsiːn/: Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.
pliomerid noun: Any trilobite in the family Pliomeridae.
pliopithecid noun: Any extinct primate in the family Pliopithecidae.
pliopithecoid noun: A member of the extinct superfamily of catarrhine primates, Pliopithecoidea.
plioplatecarpine noun: Any squamate mosasaur of the subfamily Plioplatecarpinae
pliosaur noun: Any plesiosaur in the suborder †Pliosauroidea, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.
pliosaurian adjective: Relating to or characteristic of pliosaurs.
pliosaurid noun: Any member of the family †Pliosauridae of extinct aquatic reptiles.
pliosauroid noun: Any pliosaur of the suborder Pliosauroidea
pliosauromorph adjective, noun: A plesiosaur that has a short neck and a large head.
pliothermal adjective: Of or relating to a geological period of above-average temperature.
pliothermic adjective: Of or relating to a period in geological history of above-average temperature.
pliotron noun /ˈplaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˌtɹɒn/: A hard vacuum triode.
plip noun, verb: A locking system for motor vehicles that uses a small, hand-held remote control.
plipastatin noun: A lipopeptide antibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis.
plipper noun: A remote-control device used to unlock a car without having to put the keys into the lock.
plique-à-jour noun: A vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine...
plish noun: A light splashing sound.
Pliska proper noun: A small town in Shumen Province, Bulgaria, formerly the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire.
plisky noun: A practical joke.
pliss adverb: Pronunciation spelling of please, representing primarily German or Slavic accented English.
plisse adjective, noun: A narrow pleat made by gathering fabric with stitches, wetting the fabric, and setting by allowing it to dry under weight or tension.
plithotaxis noun: migration of a cell such that shear stress is minimised
plitt noun: An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
PLL noun: Initialism of phase-locked loop.
PLLC noun: Initialism of professional limited liability company.
PLM noun, phrase: Initialism of product life-cycle management.
plmb. noun: Abbreviation of plumbing.
plmbg. noun: Abbreviation of plumbing.
PLMN noun: Initialism of Public Land Mobile Network.
PLO noun: Initialism of pot-limit Omaha, a poker variant.
ploat verb: To pluck or strip off.
ploc noun /plɒk/: A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
ploce noun /ˈplɒsi/: A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
ploceid noun: Any bird of the family Ploceidae.
plocin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
plocinine noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Plockton proper noun: A coastal village in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG8033).
plocoid adjective: With separate corallite walls.
plocoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
plod noun, verb /plɒd/: A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
plodder noun: A person who, or animal that, plods.
plodding adjective, noun, verb: Progressing slowly and laboriously.
ploddingly adverb: In a dull, predictable manner.
ploddingness noun: The state or quality of being plodding.
ploddish adjective: Tending to plod; that moves or proceeds in a slow and laborious manner.
ploddy adjective: Tending to plod; that moves or proceeds in a slow and laborious way.
plodge noun, verb /plɒdʒ/: To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud.
Ploetz proper noun: A surname from German.
plogging noun /ˈplɒɡɪŋ/: jogging and picking up litter
-ploid suffix: Indicating the number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
ploidal adjective: Relating to ploidy.
ploidize verb: To multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell
ploidy noun, suffix /ˈplɔɪdi/: The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
ploidyless adjective: Lacking a definite ploidy
ploink interjection /plɔɪ̯ŋk/: The sound of a droplet hitting a surface.
PLOKTA phrase: Initialism of press lots of keys to abort.
plombiferous adjective: Dated form of plumbiferous.
plombir noun: A type of ice cream made with vanilla, cream, eggs, and sugar.
plomestane noun: Propargylestrienedione, a steroidal irreversible aromatase inhibitor developed as an antineoplastic agent for the treatment of breast cancer.
plompy adjective, noun /ˈplɒm.pi/: Of an animal, adorably chubby, fat, plump; chonk.
-plon suffix /plɒn/: Used to form names of imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives used as anxiolytics, sedatives, or hypnotics.
plonge verb: Obsolete spelling of plunge
plonge leather noun: A type of leather that is particularly soft and pliable.
plongée noun: A slope or sloping down toward the front.
plonk adverb, interjection, noun, verb /plɒŋk/: The sound made by something solid landing.
plonkable adjective: Capable or worthy of being ignored or placed on a kill file.
plonkee noun: A user who is ignored or placed on a kill file.
plonker noun /ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/: A fool.
plonking noun, verb: A noise that plonks.
plonko noun: someone addicted to cheap wine.
plonky adjective /ˈplɒŋki/: Chiefly of pianos: having an unappealing, thudding sound.
plooky adjective: Covered in blotches or pimples.
ploonet noun: A theoretical planetary body that formed as a moon orbiting a planet, but which has become tidally detached, so that it enters orbit about its star,...
ploong noun: A Southeast Asian grass, Arundinella setosa.
ploop interjection, noun /pluːp/: The sound of a small object falling into liquid.
ploot noun: Obsolete spelling of plout .
plop interjection, noun, verb /plɒp/: A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
plop down verb: To sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.
plopper noun: One who, or that which, plops.
plopping noun, verb: The sound or action of something that plops.
ploppy adjective, noun: Making a plopping sound.
plopter noun: A tiltrotor aircraft.
plosion noun: Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
plosive adjective, noun /ˈpləʊsɪv/: A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
plosively adverb: In a plosive way.
plosiveness noun: The state or condition of being plosive.
plosivisation noun: Alternative spelling of plosivization.
plosivity noun: The quality of being plosive.
plosivization noun: The process of making or becoming plosive.
PLOSL noun: Initialism of polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy.
plosophoric adjective: Describing any of several non-explosive materials that become explosive when mixed.
plot noun, verb /plɒt/: The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
plot armour noun: UK standard spelling of plot armor.
plot bunny noun: An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
plot coupon noun: An object sought by a character in a story in order to achieve some objective, having little purpose beyond advancing the plot.
plot device noun: An element introduced into a story, film, etc. to advance its plot.
plot hole noun: A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
plot line noun: Alternative spelling of plotline.
plot out verb: To plan out a plot for a story or to create a scheme or plan.
plot point noun: An incident in a work of fiction that serves to advance the plot.
plot twist noun: A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
plot-twisty adjective: Relating to or characteristic of a plot twist.
plot wheel noun: A device for fiction writers, consisting of a wheel that can be spun to choose from various random occurrences to be included in the storyline.
plotbunny noun: Alternative form of plot bunny.
plotful adjective, noun: Abounding with plots (deception); scheming.
plotholder noun: A person who holds a plot of land.
plotholding adjective, noun: The holding of a plot of land.
plothole noun: Alternative spelling of plot hole.
plotid noun: Any bird in the family Plotidae, a synonym for the Anhingidae.
Plotinian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Plotinus, the Plotinists or their doctrines
Plotinic adjective /pləˈtɪnɪk/: Of or pertaining to Plotinus (circa 204–270), a major philosopher of the ancient world who is widely considered the founder of Neoplatonism.
Plotinical adjective: Alternative form of Plotinic.
Plotinist noun: A disciple of Plotinus, a leading Neoplatonic philosopher of the third century AD, who believed in henology and emanationism.
Plotinus proper noun /pləʊˈtaɪnəs/: Roman philosopher 205–270; father of Neoplatonism
Plotkin proper noun: A surname.
plotland noun: Land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.
plotless adjective /ˈplɑtləs/: Lacking a substantial plot (storyline).
plotlessly adverb: In a plotless manner; lacking a plot.
plotlessness noun /ˈplɑtləsnəs/: The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.
plotlet noun: A little plot.
plotline noun: The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
Plotnick proper noun: A surname from Russian.
Plotnik proper noun: A surname.
plotopterid noun: Any extinct flightless seabird in the family Plotopteridae.
plotosid noun: Any catfish in the family Plotosidae.
plotproof adjective: Resistant to plots or schemes.
Plott Hound noun: A large scent hound, originally bred for hunting bears.
plottable adjective: Able to be plotted or surveyed.
plottage noun: The increase in value of land achieved by parcelling smaller plots into a developable unit.
plotter noun, verb: A person who plots.
plottery noun: The development of plots or schemes.
plotting noun, verb: The act of scheming or making plots; machination.
plotting room noun: A room on a ship or in a defence installation that received data on ship or aircraft positions and motion, and planned the range and bearing to fire on them.
plottingly adverb: In a plotting manner; engaging in plots or schemes.
plotty adjective: Having a complicated plot.
plotwise adjective, adverb: In terms of plot (storyline).
plotwork noun: The workings of the plot of a literary work.
plotz verb /ˈplɑts/: To flop down wearily.
Plouffe proper noun: A surname.
plough noun, verb /plaʊ/: A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
plough a lonely furrow verb: To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.
plough ahead verb: Commonwealth English standard spelling of plow ahead.
plough-alms noun: Alms levied on ploughs (often on those used between certain dates) or ploughlands.
plough back verb: Alternative form of plow back.
plough-bote noun: Alternative form of ploughbote.
plough down verb: To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
plough in verb: Alternative form of plow in.
plough into verb: To crash into something.
plough iron noun: The colter of a plough.
plough-man noun: Alternative spelling of ploughman.
plough money noun, verb: Money that has been paid for the right of ploughing.
plough on verb: To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
plough one's own furrow verb: To go one's own way; to proceed independently, without regard to other people.
plough one's way verb: To make one's way.
plough over verb: To dig through and loosen soil using a plough.
plough paddle noun: A short stick used to clean away soil and weeds from the coulter and share of a plough.
plough staff noun: Alternative form of ploughstaff
plough stop noun, verb: UK spelling of plow stop.
Plough Sunday noun: The Sunday that immediately precedes Plough Monday.
plough the sands verb: Alternative spelling of plow the sands.
plough through verb: To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
plough-tree noun: The handle of a plough.
plough under verb: Alternative spelling of plow under.
plough up verb: Alternative spelling of plow up.

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.