| exemplary | (adjective) serving to warn | Synonyms: admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning |
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| (adjective) being or serving as an illustration of a type | Synonyms: emblematic, typic |
| (adjective) worthy of imitation | Synonyms: model |
| exoplanet | (noun) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system | - |
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| explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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| (verb) define | - |
| (verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
| explainable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: interpretable |
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| explanandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explicandum |
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| explanans | (noun) (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises | - |
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| explanation | (noun) thought that makes something comprehensible | - |
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| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible | - |
| explanatory | (adjective) serving or intended to explain or make clear | - |
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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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| farmplace | (noun) a farm together with its buildings | Synonyms: farm-place, farmstead |
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| fireplace | (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace |
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| fishplate | (noun) metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams | - |
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| floatplane | (noun) a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water | Synonyms: pontoon plane |
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| floodplain | (noun) a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding | Synonyms: flood plain |
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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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| foreplay | (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: arousal, stimulation |
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| gangplank | (noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangway |
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| goldplate | (verb) plate with gold | Synonyms: gold-plate, gold plate |
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| gunplay | (noun) a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | Synonyms: gunfight, shootout |
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| gyroplane | (noun) an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller | Synonyms: autogiro, autogyro |
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| hoopla | (noun) blatant or sensational promotion | Synonyms: ballyhoo, hype, plug |
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| horseplay | (noun) rowdy or boisterous play | - |
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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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| houseplant | (noun) any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
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| hyaloplasm | (noun) the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell | Synonyms: ground substance |
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| hyaloplasmic | (adjective) of or relating to hyaloplasm | - |
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| hydroplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: seaplane |
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| (noun) a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | Synonyms: hydrofoil |
| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: seaplane |
| hyperplasia | (noun) abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
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| hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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| implacable | (adjective) incapable of being placated | - |
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| implant | (noun) a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue | - |
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| (verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: plant |
| (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant |
| (verb) become attached to and embedded in the uterus | - |
| implantation | (noun) the act of planting or setting in the ground | - |
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| (noun) a surgical procedure that places something in the human body | - |
| (noun) (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals | Synonyms: nidation |
| implanted | (adjective) (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | Synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, planted |
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| implausibility | (noun) the quality of provoking disbelief | Synonyms: implausibleness |
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| implausible | (adjective) having a quality that provokes disbelief | - |
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| implausibleness | (noun) the quality of provoking disbelief | Synonyms: implausibility |
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| implausibly | (adverb) not easy to believe | Synonyms: improbably, incredibly, unbelievably |
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| interplanetary | (adjective) between or among planets | - |
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| interplay | (noun) reciprocal action and reaction | - |
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| irreplaceable | (adjective) impossible to replace | Synonyms: unreplaceable |
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| irreplaceableness | (noun) the quality of being irreplaceable | - |
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| karyoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: nucleoplasm |
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| keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
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| leadplant | (noun) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore | Synonyms: Amorpha canescens, lead plant |
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| marketplace | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market, market place |
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| (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market, market place, mart |
| midplane | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midline |
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| misplace | (verb) place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position | - |
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| (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: mislay |
| misplaced | (adjective) put in the wrong place or position | - |
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| (adjective) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | Synonyms: mislaid |
| misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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| misplay | (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: error |
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| (verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
| (verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
| monoplane | (noun) an airplane with a single wing | - |
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| mycoplasma | (noun) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection | - |
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| myringoplasty | (noun) surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | - |
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| nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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| nanoplankton | (noun) microscopic organisms found in plankton | - |
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| neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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| neoplasm | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | Synonyms: tumor, tumour |
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| neoplastic | (adjective) of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm | - |
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| neuroplasty | (noun) plastic surgery of the nerves | - |
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| nucleoplasm | (noun) the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | Synonyms: karyoplasm |
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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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| otoplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear | - |
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| outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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| overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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| palatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
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| peneplain | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplane |
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| peneplane | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplain |
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| phalloplasty | (noun) reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury | - |
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| phenoplast | (noun) a thermosetting resin | Synonyms: phenolic, phenolic resin |
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| phytoplankton | (noun) photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae | - |
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| pieplant | (noun) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | Synonyms: rhubarb |
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| piroplasm | (noun) minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals | - |
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| placable | (adjective) easily calmed or pacified | - |
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| placard | (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, poster, posting |
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| (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| placate | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify |
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| placating | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placative, placatory |
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| placatingly | (adverb) in a placating manner | - |
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| placation | (noun) the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity | Synonyms: conciliation, propitiation |
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| placative | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placating, placatory |
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| placatory | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placating, placative |
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| place | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, office, position, post, situation |
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| (noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | Synonyms: lieu, position, stead |
| (noun) an abstract mental location | - |
| (noun) the passage that is being read | - |
| (noun) a blank area | Synonyms: blank space, space |
| (noun) an item on a list or in a sequence | Synonyms: position |
| (noun) a point located with respect to surface features of some region | Synonyms: spot, topographic point |
| (noun) a general vicinity | - |
| (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: piazza, plaza |
| (noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) | Synonyms: seat |
| (noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose | Synonyms: property |
| (noun) the particular portion of space occupied by something | Synonyms: position |
| (noun) where you live at a particular time | Synonyms: home |
| (noun) proper or designated social situation | Synonyms: station |
| (noun) a particular situation | Synonyms: shoes |
| (noun) proper or appropriate position or location | - |
| (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: identify |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | Synonyms: come in, come out |
| (verb) estimate | Synonyms: put, set |
| (verb) sing a note with the correct pitch | - |
| (verb) to arrange for | - |
| (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: post, send, station |
| (verb) finish second or better in a horse or dog race | - |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, point, target |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, pose, position, put, set |
| (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, localize, set |
| (verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, site |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, invest, put |
| (verb) assign to (a job or a home) | - |
| (verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location | - |
| (verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, localize |
| placeable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: recognisable, recognizable |
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| placebo | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead | - |
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| (noun) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - |
| placed | (adjective) put in position in relation to other things | - |
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| (adjective) situated in a particular spot or position | Synonyms: located, set, situated |
| placeholder | (noun) a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set | - |
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| (noun) a person authorized to act for another | Synonyms: procurator, proxy |
| placekicker | (noun) (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal | Synonyms: place-kicker |
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| placeman | (noun) a disparaging term for an appointee | Synonyms: placeseeker |
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| placement | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, locating, location, position, positioning |
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| (noun) contact established between applicants and prospective employees | - |
| (noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: arrangement |
| placenta | (noun) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus | - |
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| (noun) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
| placental | (adjective) pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta | - |
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| (noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | Synonyms: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal |
| placentation | (noun) arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary | - |
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| (noun) the formation of the placenta in the uterus | - |
| placer | (noun) an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral | - |
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| placeseeker | (noun) a disparaging term for an appointee | Synonyms: placeman |
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| placid | (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: quiet, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled |
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| (adjective) not easily irritated | Synonyms: equable, even-tempered, good-tempered |
| placidity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity |
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| (noun) a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | Synonyms: placidness |
| placidly | (adverb) in a placid and good-natured manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a quiet and tranquil manner | - |
| placidness | (noun) a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | Synonyms: placidity |
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| placket | (noun) a piece of cloth sewn under an opening | - |
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| placoderm | (noun) fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws | - |
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| placoid | (adjective) as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks | Synonyms: platelike |
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