| plea | (noun) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed | - |
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| (noun) a humble request for help from someone in authority | Synonyms: supplication |
| (noun) (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | - |
| pleader | (noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor |
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| pleading | (noun) (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | - |
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| pleasance | (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasure |
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| (noun) a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion | - |
| pleasantness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: sweetness |
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| (noun) the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling | - |
| pleasantry | (noun) an agreeable or amusing remark | - |
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| pleaser | (noun) a pleasing entertainer | - |
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| pleasing | (noun) the act of one who pleases | - |
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| pleasingness | (noun) the quality of giving pleasure to the senses | - |
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| pleasure | (noun) sexual gratification | - |
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| (noun) an activity that affords enjoyment | - |
| (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, joy |
| (noun) a formal expression | - |
| (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasance |
| pleat | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: plait |
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| pleating | (noun) the act of folding in parallel folds | Synonyms: plication |
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