English words: plough with one's heifer to plumbered
300 English words, part 110 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.
English words plough with one's heifer to plumbered
- plough with one's heifer verb: Alternative form of plow with one's heifer
- ploughability noun: Alternative spelling of plowability.
- ploughable adjective: Alternative spelling of plowable.
- ploughback noun: Alternative form of plowback.
- ploughbeam noun: Wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.
- ploughbill noun: A wattled ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus), of New Guinea, sole species of family Eulacestomatidae.
- ploughbote noun: Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry.
- ploughboy noun: A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper.
- ploughed adjective, verb: Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
- plougher noun: Alternative spelling of plower.
- ploughgang noun: A ploughgate.
- ploughgate noun: The Scottish carucate or hide: a unit of land area and tax assessment intended to support a household.
- ploughgirl noun: Alternative spelling of plowgirl.
- ploughhead noun: The clevis or draught iron of a plough.
- ploughhorse noun: A horse who pulls a plough.
- ploughing noun, verb: The breaking of the ground into furrows (with a plough) for planting.
- ploughland noun: Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
- ploughless adjective: Without a plough.
- ploughlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a plough.
- ploughman noun /ˈplaʊ.mən/: Alternative spelling of plowman.
- ploughman's noun: A ploughman's lunch.
- ploughman's lunch noun: A light meal of bread, cheese, and pickled onions (or cucumbers), etc., especially one served in a pub at lunchtime.
- ploughman's sandwich noun: A sandwich based on the ploughman's lunch, with fillings including cheese and pickle.
- ploughman's spikenard noun: The plant Inula conyzae, (now Pentanema conyzae).
- ploughmanship noun: Skill in ploughing.
- ploughmark noun: A groove made in the seafloor by a passing iceberg.
- ploughpan noun: A compacted layer of soil resulting from the use of ploughs or similar equipment.
- ploughperson noun: A person who operates a plough.
- ploughpoint noun: Alternative form of plowpoint.
- ploughsoil noun: The soil down to the level at which it will have been disturbed by ploughing.
- ploughstaff noun: The hind part or handle of a plough.
- ploughtail noun: The hind part or handle of a plough.
- ploughwise adjective, adverb: Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
- ploughwoman noun: Alternative spelling of plowwoman.
- ploughwright noun: Alternative spelling of plowwright.
- ploughzone noun: The upper region of soil that has undergone ploughing.
- plouk noun: A pimple or spot.
- plounce verb: to plunge
- Plourde proper noun: A surname from French.
- plousiocracy noun: plutocracy
- ploussard noun: Synonym of poulsard.
- plouter noun, verb: To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
- ploutonion noun: A sanctuary dedicated to the Ancient Greek and Roman god Pluto, usually at a location producing poisonous emissions, believed to represent an entrance to...
- plov noun: Alternative form of pilaf.
- Plovdiv proper noun: A city in southern Bulgaria.
- plover noun, verb /ˈplʌvɚ/: Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
- plovercrest noun: A hummingbird of the genus Stephanoxis, native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
- ploverlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a plover.
- ploverness noun: The essence of what it means to be a plover; the qualities that make a plover what it is.
- plovery adjective: Full of plovers.
- plow noun, verb /plaʊ/: Alternative spelling of plough.
- plow ahead verb: To continue doing something difficult; to continue without regard for resistance.
- plow back verb: To reinvest profits into a business.
- plow down verb: Alternative spelling of plough down.
- plow in verb: To cover by plowing
- plow into verb: To crash into something.
- plow iron noun: Alternative form of plough iron.
- plow on verb: To continue with a menial, tedious, or time-consuming task.
- plow one's way verb: Alternative spelling of plough one's way.
- plow over verb: Alternative spelling of plough over.
- plow sole noun: A compact layer of soil at the base of a furrow
- plow stop noun, verb: A method of stopping by bringing the back of the skates outwards, and the front inward, imitating a snowplow.
- plow the sands verb: to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time
- plow through verb: US standard spelling of plough through.
- plow under verb: To destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
- plow up verb: To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
- plow with one's heifer verb: To have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in order to obtain something from her husband.
- plowable adjective: That can be plowed.
- ploward noun: The plover (wading bird).
- plowback noun: The reinvestment of profits into a business.
- plowbeam noun: Alternative spelling of ploughbeam.
- plowbote noun: Alternative spelling of ploughbote.
- plowboy noun: Alternative spelling of ploughboy.
- Plowden proper noun: A surname.
- plowed adjective, verb /plaʊd/: Alternative form of ploughed (“turned over with the blade of a plow”).
- plower noun: One who plows; one who works land with a plow.
- plowgang noun: Alternative form of ploughgang.
- plowgate noun: Alternative form of ploughgate.
- plowgirl noun: A girl plower; a girl who plows.
- plowhead noun: Alternative form of ploughhead.
- plowhorse noun: A horse who pulls a plow.
- plowin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of plowing.
- plowing noun, verb: Riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.
- plowland noun: Alternative spelling of ploughland.
- plowless adjective: Without a plow.
- plowlike adjective: Alternative spelling of ploughlike.
- plowman noun /ˈplaʊ.mən/: A man who plows land with a plow.
- plowman's lunch noun: Alternative spelling of ploughman's lunch.
- plowmanship noun: Alternative form of ploughmanship.
- plowmark noun: Alternative form of ploughmark.
- plowpan noun: Alternative form of ploughpan.
- plowpoint noun: A detachable plowshare (cutting blade) at the extreme front end of the plow body.
- plowright noun: Alternative spelling of plowwright (the most recent occurrence found as an occupation in a census in 1851)
- plowsoil noun: Alternative form of ploughsoil.
- plowsole noun: Alternative form of plow sole.
- plowstaff noun: The hind part or handle of a plow.
- plowtail noun: Alternative form of ploughtail.
- plowter noun, verb: Alternative spelling of plouter.
- plowwoman noun /ˈplaʊˌwʊ.mən/: A female plower, who plows land with a plow.
- plowwright noun: A person who builds and repairs plows.
- plowzone noun: Alternative spelling of ploughzone.
- plox adverb /plɔks/: please
- ploy noun, verb /plɔɪ/: A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
- ploye adjective, noun /plɔɪ/: Bowed, curved.
- ployment noun: The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision
- plozasiran noun: A medication used to treat familial chylomicronemia syndrome.
- PLP noun: Abbreviation of pyridoxal phosphate.
- plpf. adjective, noun: Abbreviation of pluperfect.
- pls adverb, noun: Abbreviation of please.
- PLSA noun: Initialism of probabilistic latent semantic analysis.
- PLSI noun: Initialism of probabilistic latent semantic indexing.
- PLSS noun: Initialism of primary life support system.
- plstc. noun: Abbreviation of plastic.
- plstr. noun: Abbreviation of plasterer.
- plt noun: Abbreviation of platoon.
- pltg. noun: Abbreviation of plating.
- PLTL noun: Initialism of peer-led team learning.
- pltry. noun: Abbreviation of poultry.
- PLU noun: Initialism of people like us.
- pluck noun, verb /plʌk/: To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- pluck-buffet noun: A kind of archery contest in which the loser received a buffet or blow from the winner.
- pluck out verb: To remove by plucking.
- pluck up verb: To remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up.
- pluck up one's courage verb: To muster the bravery and will to do something.
- pluckable adjective: That may be plucked.
- pluckage noun: The act of plucking.
- plucked adjective, verb /plʌkt/: Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
- pluckedness noun: The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
- pluckee noun: One who is plucked, or from whom something is plucked.
- plucker noun /ˈplʌkə(ɹ)/: One who plucks.
- Plücker coordinate noun: Any of six homogeneous coordinates assigned to a line in projective 3-space, used in geometric algebra and computer graphics.
- Plücker embedding noun: A method of realizing the Grassmannian Gr_k(V) of all k-dimensional subspaces of an n-dimensional vector space V as a subvariety of a projective space.
- Plücker matrix noun: A special skew-symmetric 4×4 matrix that characterizes a straight line in projective space, and is defined by six Plücker coordinates with four degrees of...
- Plücker relation noun: Any of a group of simple quadratic relations that are satisfied by the Plücker embedding.
- Plücker tube noun: A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense...
- pluckily adverb: In a plucky manner.
- pluckiness noun: The characteristic of being plucky.
- plucking noun, verb /ˈplʌkɪŋ/: An act in which something is plucked.
- plucking post noun: A raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts...
- pluckless adjective: Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
- plucklessness noun: Absence of pluck or courage; timidity.
- plucky adjective /ˈplʌki/: Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
- plucot noun: A pluot
- pluderhose noun: Short, baggy trousers that are gathered tightly at the bottom.
- plue noun: The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
- pluff noun, verb: A puff of smoke or dust.
- pluff mud noun /ˌplʌf ˈmʌd/: A kind of dark, sticky, and smelly mud associated with salt marshes.
- pluffiness noun: The state or condition of being pluffy.
- pluffy adjective: puffy; blown out
- plug noun, verb /plʌɡ/: A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- plug and chug noun: A technique in which values are entered to obtain a numerical answer without any problem-solving skills being necessary.
- plug and feather noun: A technique used to split stone, using a metal wedge (the plug) and two tapering shims (the feathers).
- plug-and-go adjective: Synonym of plug-and-play
- plug and play adjective, noun, verb: Of or pertaining to plug and play; characterized by an ease of use or installation.
- plug and pray noun: Alternative form of plug and pray.
- plug away verb: To persist or continue, as with an effort.
- plug compatible adjective /ˌplʌɡ.kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/: Alternative form of plug compatible.
- plug cut noun: Compressed chewing tobacco.
- plug door noun: A door which uses the pressure differential between its two sides to seal itself shut, often used on aircraft.
- plug hat noun: A hard, black hat with a narrow brim, such as a bowler or top hat.
- plug in adjective, noun, verb /ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/: Designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.
- plug into verb: To connect an electric device into something using a plug.
- plug-'n'-play noun: Alternative form of plug and play
- plug nickel noun: A nearly worthless amount.
- plug out verb: To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
- plug & play noun: Alternative form of plug and play
- plug point noun: Alternative form of plugpoint
- plug rod noun: A rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
- plug tap noun: A screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.
- plug the runner verb: Synonym of soak the runner.
- plug-ugly adjective, noun: Very ugly.
- plug up verb: To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
- plug valve noun: A tapering valve which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
- plug walk noun, verb: The characteristic, swaggering gait of a drug dealer or supplier flush with money and product.
- plugback noun: A large plug, usually of cement, used to shut off an oil well.
- plugboard noun: An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
- plugfest noun: An event during which hardware devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them together.
- plugg noun: A laid-back subgenre of trap music.
- pluggability noun: The quality of being pluggable.
- pluggable adjective: Capable of being plugged, or plugged in, especially in reference to optional components of software.
- plugged adjective, verb /plʌɡd/: Wearing a buttplug.
- plugged in adjective, verb: With its plug properly connected to the electric plug socket.
- plugged nickel noun: Alternative form of plug nickel.
- plugged up adjective, verb: Clogged or otherwise blocked from flowing.
- plugger noun: One who, or that which, plugs.
- pluggery noun: Electrical plugs collectively.
- plugging noun, verb /ˈplʌɡɪŋ/: The act of stopping with a plug.
- pluggnB noun: A style of plugg, combining plugg with contemporary R&B synths.
- plughole noun: The hole at the bottom of a bath, sink or tub, which can be blocked using a plug; a drain (US)
- plugin noun /ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/: Alternative spelling of plug-in.
- pluginization noun: The act or process of designing a system so that it can be extended with plug-ins.
- plugless adjective: Without a plug.
- pluglessness noun: Absence of a plug or plugs.
- pluglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a plug.
- plugola noun /plʌˈɡoʊlə/: Undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.
- plugpoint noun: An electrical socket.
- plugugly noun: Alternative form of plug-ugly.
- plugworthy adjective: Worthy of being plugged or advertised.
- pluh interjection: Used to cut off a conversation or to acknowledge that there is nothing left to say.
- plum adjective, adverb, noun, verb /plʌm/: An edible, fleshy stone fruit of species Prunus domestica (European plum) and Prunus americana American plum, often of a dark red or purple colour.
- plum aralia noun: Synonym of saucer-leaf.
- plum bird noun: Synonym of bullfinch (“the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)”)
- plum bladder noun: Synonym of bladder plum
- plum blossom noun: A tree, Prunus mume, native to East Asia bearing an apricotlike fruit.
- plum blotch noun: A fungal disease caused by Phyllosticha congesta, characterized by minute brown or gray angular leaf spots and irregular blotches on the fruit.
- plum brandy noun: A distilled alcoholic drink made with plums.
- plum broth noun: A rich, thick soup or stew made with meat, dried fruit, and spices, traditionally eaten at Christmas.
- plum budder noun: Synonym of bullfinch (“the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)”)
- plum cake noun: Alternative form of plumcake.
- plum cash noun: Prime cost.
- plum-color noun: Synonym of plum (“a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums”)
- plum colored adjective: Of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
- plum-colored starling noun: American standard spelling of plum-coloured starling.
- plum-colour noun: Alternative spelling of plum-color
- plum coloured adjective: Commonwealth standard spelling of plum-colored.
- plum-coloured starling noun: Synonym of violet-backed starling.
- plum curculio noun: A weevil of species Conotrachelus nenuphar, native to parts of North America, notorious for destroying fruits.
- plum-damas noun: Synonym of damson plum (“the edible fruit of these trees”)
- plum-damis noun: Synonym of damson plum (“the edible fruit of these trees”)
- plum dough noun: Dated form of plum-duff
- plum-duff noun: A plum pudding.
- plum fir noun: An evergreen, conifer tree, Prumnopitys andina, native to the Chilean Andes.
- plum fruit moth noun: Grapholita funebrana, a moth of the family Tortricidae.
- plum-fruited yew noun: Synonym of plum fir
- plum gouger noun: A weevil or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris or Coccotorus pruniphilus)
- plum grape noun: Synonym of fox grape (“Vitis vulpina”)
- plum-headed finch noun: Emblema modestum, a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia.
- plum-headed parakeet noun: Any member of the species Psittacula cyanocephala of parakeet, endemic to the Indian subcontinent.
- plum in one's mouth noun: An accent resembling Received Pronunciation (often described as plummy).
- plum juniper noun: A species of juniper, Juniperus macrocarpa, native across the northern Mediterranean region from southwestern Spain.
- plum leafhopper noun: Macropsis trimaculata, a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae, primarily known as a vector of the pathogen that causes peach yellows disease.
- plum peach noun: Synonym of clingstone peach
- plum pie noun: A fruit-based dessert containing either plums or prunes, baked within a flaky pie crust.
- plum pine noun: Any of a number of plants in the family Podocarpaceae which have plumlike fruits and narrow leaves reminiscent of pines.
- plum pocket noun: Synonym of bladder plum.
- plum-porridge noun: An antiquated dish, made of porridge with plums, raisins, etc.
- plum pottage noun: Synonym of plum broth
- plum pox noun: A viral disease of stone fruit of the genus Prunus.
- plum pox virus noun: A linear, single-stranded RNA virus of species Potyvirus plumpoxi that causes plum pox.
- plum pudding noun: A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.
- plum pudding dog noun: A Dalmatian dog.
- plum rain noun /plʌm ˈɹeɪn/: Synonym of plum rains (“the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July);...
- plum rains noun /ˈplʌm ˈɹeɪnz/: Also occasionally in the singular form plum rain: the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early...
- plum sauce noun: A viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.
- plum scab noun: A fungal disease, caused by Cladosporium carpophilum, that impacts plums, cherries, and peaches.
- plum stone noun: The hard pit or seed found at the center of a plum fruit.
- plum thrips noun: Synonym of pear thrips
- plum-throated cotinga noun: Cotinga maynana, a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, found in South America.
- plum tom noun: Synonym of plum tomato.
- plum tomato noun: A type of large tomato bred for processing into paste, generally oval or cylindrical in shape, with few locules.
- plum tree noun: A tree that bears plums.
- plum weevil noun: Synonym of plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar)
- plum wine noun: A liqueur made from ume, sugar, and shochu.
- plum yew noun: Any of the east Asian trees and shrubs in the genus Cephalotaxus.
- pluma noun: A feather.
- plumaceous adjective: fluffy; downy
- plumage noun /ˈpluːmɪd͡ʒ/: The feathers covering the body of a bird collectively.
- plumaged adjective: Having plumage.
- plumagery noun: The art of dressing and preparing ornamental feathers.
- plumarita noun: A margarita cocktail made with plum.
- plumassier noun: Someone who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
- plumb adjective, adverb, noun, prefix, verb /plʌm/: A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- plumb bob noun: A metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line.
- plumb crazy adjective: Thoroughly crazy; quite mad.
- plumb in verb: To connect (something) to a system of plumbing.
- plumb line noun, verb: A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet.
- plumb rule noun: A narrow board with a plumb line fastened to the top, used to determine a perpendicular.
- plumbable adjective: Capable (as depths) of being plumbed.
- plumbaceous adjective: Resembling lead, usually in color.
- plumbage noun: leadwork; plumbing
- plumbagin noun: The toxin 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone.
- plumbaginaceous adjective: Belonging to the Plumbaginaceae.
- plumbagine noun: Alternative form of plumbagin.
- plumbagineous adjective: Pertaining to the family (Plumbaginaceae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The family includes also statice, the thrift, and a few...
- plumbaginous adjective: Alternative spelling of plumbagineous.
- plumbago noun /plʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/: A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort.
- plumbane noun: lead hydride, PbH₄
- plumbata noun: A lead-weighted dart, used by soldiers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
- plumbate noun: Any compound containing the plumbate ion PbO₃²⁻ or Pb(OH)₆²⁻.
- plumbate of potassium noun: potassium plumbate
- plumbean adjective: Synonym of plumbeous.
- plumbeous adjective: Consisting of, or resembling, lead.
- plumbeous ibis noun: Any member of the species Theristicus caerulescens of South American ibise .
- plumber noun, verb /ˈplʌm.ə/: One who works in or with lead.
- plumber block noun: Alternative form of plummer block
- plumber's box noun: a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the...
- plumber's butt noun: Synonym of plumber's crack.
- plumber's cleavage noun: Synonym of plumber's crack.
- plumber's crack noun: An intergluteal cleft visible due to low-riding pants, especially when one is bending over.
- plumber's friend noun: Synonym of plumber's helper.
- plumber's helper noun: A plunger, consisting of a large suction cup attached to a stick and used to remove blockages from toilets, sinks, or drains.
- plumber's smile noun: Synonym of plumber's crack.
- plumber's snake noun: A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other...
- plumber up verb: To botch or ruin.
- plumber wrench noun: Other type of pipe wrench used to rotate plumbing pipes.
- plumbered adjective, verb: Equipped with plumbing.
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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.