English Words: P

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placentopoiesisnoun

The formation and development of the placenta

placentotrophicadj

Relating to, or by means of placentotrophy

placentotrophynoun

Synonym of matrotrophy.

placepotnoun

A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from each of the first six races from any British race meeting.

placernoun

One who places or arranges something.

Placer Countyname

One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Auburn.

Placeresname

A surname from Spanish.

placesnoun

plural of place

placeshiftverb

To broadcast (media) from one device to another, by means of placeshifting.

placeshiftingnoun

The act or habit of watching or listening to live or recorded media on a remote device via the Internet or over a network.

placestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of place

placetnoun

A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

placethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of place

Plachuttanoun

A sacrificial move in chess which is played with the intention of fatally interfering with the opponent's combination attacking or defensive position.

placialadj

Relating to places, or to conceptions of place.

placialitynoun

The quality of being placial; relationship to place.

placiallyadv

In placial terms.

placidadj

calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil

placiditynoun

The state of being placid; peacefulness.

placidlyadv

In a placid manner.

placidnessnoun

The state or quality of being placid.

Placidylnoun

Trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative.

placifyverb

To create a peaceful and calm environment; to make placid.

placingverb

present participle and gerund of place

placingsnoun

plural of placing

placitnoun

A decree or dictum.

placitoryadj

Of or relating to legal pleas.

placitumnoun

A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign presided when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.

placknoun

A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.

plackartnoun

Alternative form of placard (“extra plate on the lower part of a breastplate (armor)”).

Plackename

A surname from German.

placketnoun

A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings

placket holenoun

A slit in a woman's outer skirt allowing access to pockets, items etc. kept inside.

plackinoun

Polish potato pancakes.

placklessadj

Penniless; broke.

placo-prefix

Provided with or relating to a flat plate or plates.

placodaladj

Of or related to a placode

placodenoun

A platelike thickening of the epithelial layer of an embryo from which an organ, especially a sense organ, develops.

placodermnoun

A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods.

placodermianadj

Of, or relating to, prehistoric armoured fishes in the paraphyletic class Placodermi.

placodontnoun

An extinct marine reptile of the order Placodontia.

placoidadj

Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish

placozoannoun

Any of a group of balloon-shaped marine organisms, of the phylum Placozoa, considered to be the simplest living animals.

placticadj

Based on all words in the alphabet of positive integers modulo Knuth equivalence.

PLAFname

The People's Liberation Armed Forces, the army of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the 1960s and early 1970s.

plafondnoun

A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.

plagnoun

plagioclase feldspar

plagaladj

Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.

plagal cadencenoun

A falling cadence in which a subdominant chord precedes the tonic; especially used in an ending Amen.

plagallyadv

In a plagal manner.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 425. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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