English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 466 of 931

plumbershipnoun

The role or status of a plumber.

plumberynoun

The business of a plumber; plumbing

plumbianadj

Containing tetravalent lead.

plumbicadj

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead.

plumbiferousadj

Producing or containing lead.

plumbingnoun

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

plumbinglessadj

Without plumbing.

plumbismnoun

A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. Symptoms include lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.

plumbitenoun

The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion

plumblessadj

Too deep to be plumbed.

plumbnessnoun

The state or condition of being plumb (truly vertical).

plumbo-prefix

lead

plumboanadj

Containing divalent lead.

plumbobnoun

A diamond-shaped crystal, usually green-colored, that appears over the head of a Sim that the player is controlling.

plumbobetafitenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, lead, niobium, oxygen, sodium, titanium, tungsten, and uranium.

plumbocalcitenoun

A variety of calcite that contains some lead carbonate.

plumboferritenoun

A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal black mineral containing iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

plumbogummitenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and phosphorus.

plumbojarositenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.

plumbomicrolitenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, tantalum, and uranium.

plumbonacritenoun

A hexagonal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.

plumbopalladinitenoun

A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing lead and palladium.

plumbophilianoun

The property of attracting lead.

plumbophilicadj

Attracting lead.

plumbopyrochlorenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, lead, niobium, oxygen, silicon, tantalum, uranium, and yttrium.

plumbosolvencynoun

The ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead.

plumbosolventadj

Exhibiting plumbosolvency.

plumbostannitenoun

A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.

plumbotectonicadj

Relating to plumbotectonics

plumbotectonicsnoun

The formation of lead isotopes (and also those of uranium and thorium) by the recycling of rock between the crust and mantle

plumbotelluritenoun

An orthorhombic mineral containing lead, oxygen, and tellurium.

plumbotsumitenoun

An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.

plumbousadj

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead.

plumbsnoun

plural of plumb

plumbumnoun

Lead.

plumcakenoun

A cake made either with dried fruit (such as grapes, currants, raisins or prunes) or with fresh fruit.

plumcoloredadj

Rare form of plum-colored.

plumcolouredadj

Rare form of plum-colored.

plumcoloured starlingnoun

Alternative form of plum-coloured starling.

plumcotnoun

A hybrid fruit of plum and apricot.

plumenoun

A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.

plume headnoun

The broad, flattened top of a mantle plume, the eruption of which is thought to create a large igneous province.

plume tailnoun

The narrow, column-like structure of a mantle plume, thought to cause continued hot spot volcanism after the plume head dissipates.

plume-holdernoun

Alternative form of plume holder.

plumebirdnoun

A long-tailed bird of paradise.

plumedadj

Having or decorated with a plume or plumes.

plumeholdernoun

Alternative form of plume holder.

plumelessadj

Without plumes.

plumeletnoun

A small plume.

plumeleteernoun

Either of two hummingbird species in the genus Chalybura.

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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 466. 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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