English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 426 of 931

plagateadj

Having irregular elongated spots of colour.

plagenoun

A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.

plagiarhythmnoun

The act of taking illegitimately-obtained (typically downloaded) musical content and using it in new works.

plagiarisationnoun

Synonym of plagiarism.

plagiariseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of plagiarize.

plagiarisernoun

Alternative spelling of plagiarizer.

plagiarismnoun

Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

plagiaristnoun

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief.

plagiaristicadj

Characteristic of a plagiarist; of, relating to, or characterized by plagiarism.

plagiaristicallyadv

In a plagiaristic manner.

plagiarizableadj

Capable of being plagiarized.

plagiarizationnoun

Synonym of plagiarism.

plagiarizeverb

To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

plagiarizernoun

A person who plagiarizes something.

plagiarynoun

The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.

plagiatornoun

Synonym of plagiarist.

plagihedraladj

Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.

plagio-prefix

Slanted, oblique.

plagiocephalicadj

Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

plagiocephalynoun

A congenital condition where the skull suffers an oblique malformation.

plagiochilaceousadj

Of or relating to the Plagiochilaceae.

plagioclasenoun

Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.

plagioclasicadj

Of or relating to plagioclase.

plagioclimacticadj

Relating to plagioclimax.

plagioclimaxnoun

An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity.

plagiogrammaceannoun

Any diatom of the family Plagiogrammaceae

plagiogrammoidadj

Related to, or characteristic of diatoms of the family Plagiogrammaceae.

plagiogranitenoun

Trondhjemite that occurs in the oceanic crust or in ophiolites.

plagiograniticadj

Of or relating to plagiogranite.

plagiogravitropicadj

Relating to plagiogravitropism.

plagiogravitropismnoun

The response of branches, etc. to gravity when growth is not vertical.

plagioleucititenoun

An altered form of leucitite

plagionitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

plagiopatagiumnoun

The portion of patagium stretching from the last digit to the hind limbs.

plagiophototropicadj

Assuming an oblique position with respect to the rays of light, like the leaflets of Robinia or Tropaeolum.

plagiosaurnoun

Any of the superfamily Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period.

plagiostomousadj

Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.

plagiostomynoun

An adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace.

plagiotropicadj

Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle

plagiotropicallyadv

In a plagiotropic manner.

plagiotropismnoun

The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus

plagiumnoun

abduction, especially of a child

plagoseadj

Fond of flogging.

plaguenoun

The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

plague ratnoun

A rat which acts as a vector of the plague; a sewer rat.

plague spotnoun

A spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease.

plague-riddenadj

Experiencing an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness. (of a place or community)

plaguefuladj

Abounding with plagues

plaguelessadj

Free from plague.

plaguelikeadj

Like a plague.

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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 426. 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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