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410 Words That Start With PL

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plicate (verb) fold into pleats Synonyms: pleat
plication (noun) the act of folding in parallel folds Synonyms: pleating
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold
plier (noun) someone who plies a trade Synonyms: plyer
pliers (noun) a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws Synonyms: pair of pliers, plyers
plight (noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity Synonyms: troth
(noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one Synonyms: predicament, quandary
(verb) promise solemnly and formally Synonyms: pledge
(verb) give to in marriage Synonyms: affiance, betroth, engage
plimsoll (noun) a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
plinth (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) Synonyms: footstall, pedestal
ploce (noun) (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
plod (noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait Synonyms: plodding
(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud Synonyms: footslog, pad, slog, tramp, trudge
plodder (noun) someone who moves slowly Synonyms: slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud
(noun) someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours Synonyms: slogger
(noun) someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner Synonyms: slogger, trudger
plodding (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious Synonyms: leaden
(noun) hard monotonous routine work Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind
(noun) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait Synonyms: plod
ploddingly (adverb) in a plodding manner
plonk (noun) the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
(noun) a cheap wine of inferior quality
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise Synonyms: flump, plank, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down
plop (noun) the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
(adverb) with a short hollow thud Synonyms: plunk
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down
(verb) drop with the sound of something falling into water
(verb) drop something with a plopping sound
plosion (noun) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant Synonyms: explosion
plosive (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it Synonyms: occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
plot (noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) Synonyms: game, secret plan
(noun) the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
(noun) a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object
(noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation Synonyms: patch, plot of ground, plot of land
(verb) plan secretly, usually something illegal
(verb) make a plot of Synonyms: plat
(verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed Synonyms: diagram
(verb) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
plotted (adjective) with planning and intention Synonyms: aforethought, planned
plotter (noun) an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
(noun) a member of a conspiracy Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, machinator
(noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action Synonyms: schemer
(noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart Synonyms: mapper
plough (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing Synonyms: plow
(verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow Synonyms: plow, turn
(verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil Synonyms: plow
ploughboy (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow Synonyms: plowboy
ploughed (adjective) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow Synonyms: plowed
ploughing (noun) tilling the land with a plow Synonyms: plowing
ploughland (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth
ploughman (noun) a man who plows Synonyms: plower, plowman
ploughshare (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil Synonyms: plowshare, share
ploughwright (noun) a workman who makes and repairs plows Synonyms: plowwright
plover (noun) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
plow (noun) a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing Synonyms: plough
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, treat
(verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow Synonyms: plough, turn
(verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil Synonyms: plough
plowboy (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow Synonyms: ploughboy
plowed (adjective) (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow Synonyms: ploughed
plower (noun) a man who plows Synonyms: ploughman, plowman
plowing (noun) tilling the land with a plow Synonyms: ploughing
plowland (noun) arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, tillage, tilled land, tilth
plowman (noun) a man who plows Synonyms: ploughman, plower
plowshare (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil Synonyms: ploughshare, share
plowwright (noun) a workman who makes and repairs plows Synonyms: ploughwright
ploy (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation Synonyms: gambit, stratagem
(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker Synonyms: gambit
pluck (noun) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
(noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury Synonyms: gutsiness, pluckiness
(verb) pull or pull out sharply Synonyms: pick off, pull off, tweak
(verb) look for and gather Synonyms: cull, pick
(verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion Synonyms: pick, plunk
(verb) strip of feathers Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, tear
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
(verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity Synonyms: hustle, roll
plucked (adjective) of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
(adjective) having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl
pluckily (adverb) in a plucky manner
pluckiness (noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury Synonyms: gutsiness, pluck
plucky (adjective) marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited Synonyms: gutsy
(adjective) showing courage Synonyms: feisty, spunky
plug (noun) an old or over-worked horse Synonyms: hack, jade, nag
(noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly Synonyms: stopper, stopple
(noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire Synonyms: fire hydrant, fireplug
(noun) electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark Synonyms: spark plug, sparking plug
(noun) an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection Synonyms: male plug
(noun) blatant or sensational promotion Synonyms: ballyhoo, hoopla, hype
(noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco Synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, quid, wad
(verb) persist in working hard Synonyms: plug away
(verb) insert as a plug
(verb) insert a plug into
(verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
(verb) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
(verb) deliver a quick blow to Synonyms: punch
(verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug Synonyms: secure, stop up
plugboard (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords Synonyms: patchboard, switchboard
plugged (adjective) (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal
(adjective) completely obstructed or closed off Synonyms: blocked
plugger (noun) someone who is an active supporter and advocate Synonyms: booster, promoter
plughole (noun) a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
plum (noun) a highly desirable position or assignment
(noun) any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
(noun) any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone Synonyms: plum tree
(adverb) exactly Synonyms: plumb
(adverb) completely; used as intensifiers Synonyms: clean, plumb
plumage (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Synonyms: plume
plumaged (adjective) having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form
plumate (adjective) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft Synonyms: plumed, plumose
plumb (adjective) exactly vertical
(noun) the metal bob of a plumb line Synonyms: plumb bob, plummet
(adverb) conforming to the direction of a plumb line
(adverb) exactly Synonyms: plum
(adverb) completely; used as intensifiers Synonyms: clean, plum
(verb) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
(verb) measure the depth of something
(verb) examine thoroughly and in great depth
(verb) weight with lead
plumbable (adjective) (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth Synonyms: fathomable, soundable
plumbaginaceous (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae
plumbago (noun) any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
(noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors Synonyms: black lead, graphite
plumber (noun) a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances Synonyms: pipe fitter
plumbery (noun) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) Synonyms: plumbing
plumbic (adjective) relating to or consisting of lead Synonyms: plumbous
plumbing (noun) measuring the depths of the oceans Synonyms: bathymetry
(noun) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) Synonyms: plumbery
(noun) utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage Synonyms: plumbing system
plumbism (noun) toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system Synonyms: lead poisoning, saturnism
plumbous (adjective) relating to or consisting of lead Synonyms: plumbic
plumcot (noun) hybrid between plum and apricot
(noun) hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca Synonyms: plumcot tree
plume (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Synonyms: plumage
(noun) a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
(noun) anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care Synonyms: dress, preen, primp
(verb) form a plume
(verb) clean with one's bill Synonyms: preen
(verb) deck with a plume
(verb) be proud of Synonyms: congratulate, pride
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge
plumed (adjective) (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume Synonyms: crested
(adjective) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft Synonyms: plumate, plumose
(adjective) having or covered with or abounding in plumes Synonyms: plumy
plumelike (adjective) resembling a plume Synonyms: plumy
plumlike (adjective) resembling a plum fruit
plummet (noun) the metal bob of a plumb line Synonyms: plumb, plumb bob
(verb) drop sharply Synonyms: plump
plummy (adjective) (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich
(adjective) very desirable
plumose (adjective) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft Synonyms: plumate, plumed
plump (adjective) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure Synonyms: chubby, embonpoint
(noun) the sound of a sudden heavy fall
(adverb) straight down especially heavily or abruptly
(verb) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number Synonyms: go
(verb) make fat or plump Synonyms: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump out
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk, plunk down
(verb) drop sharply Synonyms: plummet
plumping (adjective) very large; of exceptional size for its kind
plumpness (noun) the bodily property of being well rounded Synonyms: embonpoint, roundness
plumule (noun) down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
plumy (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes Synonyms: feathered, feathery
(adjective) having or covered with or abounding in plumes Synonyms: plumed
(adjective) resembling a plume Synonyms: plumelike
plunder (noun) goods or money obtained illegally Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, prize, swag
(verb) destroy and strip of its possession Synonyms: despoil, rape, spoil, violate
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, strip
(verb) plunder (a town) after capture Synonyms: sack
(verb) take illegally; of intellectual property Synonyms: loot
plunderage (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
plundered (adjective) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value Synonyms: looted, pillaged, ransacked
plunderer (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, raider, spoiler
plundering (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired
(noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place Synonyms: pillage, pillaging
plunge (noun) a brief swim in water Synonyms: dip
(noun) a steep and rapid fall
(verb) begin with vigor Synonyms: launch
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, soak up, steep
(verb) cause to be immersed Synonyms: immerse
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, souse
(verb) thrust or throw into Synonyms: immerse
(verb) fall abruptly Synonyms: dump
(verb) drop steeply Synonyms: dive, plunk
(verb) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
plunger (noun) mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion Synonyms: piston
(noun) hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains Synonyms: plumber's helper
(noun) someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains Synonyms: speculator
(noun) someone who dives (into water) Synonyms: diver
plunk (noun) (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly Synonyms: plunker
(noun) a hollow twanging sound
(adverb) with a short hollow thud Synonyms: plop
(verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion Synonyms: pick, pluck
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk down
(verb) drop steeply Synonyms: dive, plunge
(verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground Synonyms: clop, clump, clunk
plunker (noun) (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly Synonyms: plunk
pluperfect (adjective) more than perfect
(noun) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past Synonyms: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense
plural (adjective) grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
(adjective) composed of more than one member, set, or kind
(noun) the form of a word that is used to denote more than one Synonyms: plural form
pluralisation (noun) the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to Synonyms: pluralization
pluralise (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural Synonyms: pluralize
pluralism (noun) the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time
(noun) the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
(noun) a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
pluralist (noun) someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
(noun) a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
(noun) a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
pluralistic (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism
plurality (noun) (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less than half of the votes) Synonyms: relative majority
(noun) a large indefinite quantity Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, pack
(noun) the state of being plural
pluralization (noun) the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to Synonyms: pluralisation
pluralize (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural Synonyms: pluralise
plus (adjective) on the positive side or higher end of a scale
(adjective) involving advantage or good Synonyms: positive
(noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers Synonyms: addition, summation
(noun) a useful or valuable quality Synonyms: asset
plush (adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion Synonyms: lavish, lucullan, plushy
(noun) a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
plushy (adjective) (of textures) resembling plush Synonyms: plush-like
(adjective) characterized by extravagance and profusion Synonyms: lavish, lucullan, plush
plutocracy (noun) a political system governed by the wealthy people
plutocrat (noun) someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
plutocratic (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat Synonyms: plutocratical

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