| backplate | (noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass | - |
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| biteplate | (noun) a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: bite plate |
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| boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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| (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
| bookplate | (noun) a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted | Synonyms: ex libris |
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| breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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| chloroplatinate | (noun) any salt of chloroplatinic acid. | - |
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| contemplation | (noun) a long and thoughtful observation | - |
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| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| contemplative | (noun) a person devoted to the contemplative life | - |
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| contemplativeness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: meditativeness, pensiveness |
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| copperplate | (noun) an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved | Synonyms: copperplate engraving |
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| (noun) a print made from an engraved copperplate | - |
| (noun) a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings | - |
| doorplate | (noun) a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there | - |
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| electroplate | (noun) any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis | - |
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| electroplater | (noun) a plater who uses electrolysis | - |
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| endplate | (noun) the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle | Synonyms: end-plate, motor end plate |
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| faceplate | (noun) a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) | - |
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| fishplate | (noun) metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams | - |
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| footplate | (noun) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls | - |
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| hotplate | (noun) a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm | Synonyms: hot plate |
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| nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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| numberplate | (noun) a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number | Synonyms: license plate |
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| plat | (noun) a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) | - |
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| platan | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits | Synonyms: plane tree, sycamore |
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| plate | (noun) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | - |
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| (noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: scale, shell |
| (noun) a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic | - |
| (noun) a shallow receptacle for collection in church | Synonyms: collection plate |
| (noun) (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | Synonyms: home, home base, home plate |
| (noun) structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage | - |
| (noun) a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) | - |
| (noun) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded | Synonyms: photographic plate |
| (noun) the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube | - |
| (noun) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | Synonyms: dental plate, denture |
| (noun) any flat platelike body structure or part | - |
| (noun) a main course served on a plate | - |
| (noun) the thin under portion of the forequarter | - |
| (noun) a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly | Synonyms: crustal plate |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a plate | Synonyms: plateful |
| plateau | (noun) a relatively flat highland | Synonyms: tableland |
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| plateful | (noun) the quantity contained in a plate | Synonyms: plate |
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| platelayer | (noun) a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks | Synonyms: tracklayer |
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| platelet | (noun) tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | Synonyms: blood platelet, thrombocyte |
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| plateletpheresis | (noun) platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor | - |
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| platen | (noun) the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike | - |
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| (noun) the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type | - |
| (noun) work table of a machine tool | - |
| plater | (noun) a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) | - |
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| platform | (noun) a raised horizontal surface | - |
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| (noun) any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons | Synonyms: weapons platform |
| (noun) a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | Synonyms: chopine |
| (noun) the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system | - |
| (noun) a long, flat raised structure of a railway station, where people get on and off of trains | - |
| (noun) a document stating the aims and principles of a political party | Synonyms: political platform, political program, program |
| plating | (noun) the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis) | - |
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| (noun) a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface | Synonyms: metal plating |
| platinum | (noun) a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits | Synonyms: atomic number 78, Pt |
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| platitude | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace |
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| platitudinarian | (noun) a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes | - |
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| platoon | (noun) a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant | - |
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| (noun) a team of policemen working under the military platoon system | - |
| (noun) a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity | - |
| platter | (noun) a large shallow dish used for serving food | - |
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| (noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disc, disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, record |
| platy | (noun) small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish | Synonyms: Platypoecilus maculatus |
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| platyctenean | (noun) ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body | - |
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| platyhelminth | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: flatworm |
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| platypus | (noun) small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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| platyrrhine | (noun) hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: New World monkey, platyrrhinian |
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| platyrrhinian | (noun) hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: New World monkey, platyrrhine |
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| platysma | (noun) either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw | - |
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| splat | (noun) a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair | - |
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| (noun) a single splash | - |
| splatter | (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
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| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splash |
| splattering | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
| template | (noun) a model or standard for making comparisons | Synonyms: guide, templet |
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| tinplate | (noun) a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins | Synonyms: tin plate |
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