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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plage | (noun) the beach at a seaside resort | - |
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plagiarisation | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarism, plagiarization |
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plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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plagiarised | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiaristic, plagiarized |
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plagiariser | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
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plagiarism | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarization |
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(noun) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work | - |
plagiarist | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarizer |
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plagiaristic | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiarised, plagiarized |
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plagiarization | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarism |
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plagiarize | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarise |
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plagiarized | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiarised, plagiaristic |
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plagiarizer | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist |
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plagiocephaly | (noun) congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique | - |
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plagioclase | (noun) any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | Synonyms: oligoclase |
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plagioclastic | (adjective) of or relating to plagioclase | - |
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plague | (noun) an annoyance | - |
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(noun) any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | - |
(noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: infestation |
(noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | Synonyms: pest, pestilence, pestis |
(noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | Synonyms: pest, pestilence |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke |
(verb) cause to suffer a blight | Synonyms: blight |
plaguey | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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(adjective) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | Synonyms: pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential |
(adverb) in a pernicious or annoying manner | Synonyms: plaguily, plaguy |
plaguily | (adverb) in a pernicious or annoying manner | Synonyms: plaguey, plaguy |
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plaguy | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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(adverb) in a pernicious or annoying manner | Synonyms: plaguey, plaguily |
plaice | (noun) large European food fish | Synonyms: Pleuronectes platessa |
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(noun) flesh of large European flatfish | - |
plaid | (noun) a cloth having a crisscross design | Synonyms: tartan |
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plain | (adjective) not elaborate or elaborated; simple | - |
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(adjective) lacking patterns especially in color | Synonyms: unpatterned |
(adjective) free from any effort to soften to disguise | Synonyms: unvarnished |
(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable |
(adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed |
(adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented |
(adjective) lacking in physical beauty or proportion | Synonyms: homely |
(noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | Synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain stitch |
(noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: champaign, field |
(adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly |
(verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
plainchant | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainsong |
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plainclothesman | (noun) a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty | - |
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plainly | (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain |
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(adverb) in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | Synonyms: simply |
plainness | (noun) the appearance of being plain and unpretentious | - |
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(noun) an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful | Synonyms: homeliness |
(noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuity, perspicuousness |
(noun) the state of being unmixed with other material | - |
plainsman | (noun) an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America) | - |
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plainsong | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line | Synonyms: plainchant |
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plainspoken | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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(adjective) using simple and direct language | - |
plaint | (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, lamentation, wail |
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(noun) (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed | - |
plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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plaintive | (adjective) expressing sorrow | Synonyms: mournful |
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plaintively | (adverb) in a plaintive manner | - |
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plaintiveness | (noun) expressing sorrowfulness | - |
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plait | (noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | Synonyms: pleat |
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(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: braid, tress, twist |
(verb) weave into plaits | - |
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, lace |
plaiter | (noun) someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) | - |
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plan | (noun) scale drawing of a structure | Synonyms: architectural plan |
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(noun) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished | Synonyms: program, programme |
(noun) an arrangement scheme | Synonyms: design |
(verb) make plans for something | - |
(verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action | Synonyms: be after |
(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, design, project |
planar | (adjective) involving or having two dimensions | Synonyms: two-dimensional |
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planaria | (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | Synonyms: planarian |
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planarian | (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | Synonyms: planaria |
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planate | (adjective) having been flattened | Synonyms: flattened |
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planation | (noun) the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced | - |
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planchet | (noun) a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | Synonyms: coin blank |
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planchette | (noun) a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages | - |
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plane | (adjective) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | Synonyms: flat, level |
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(noun) a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood | Synonyms: carpenter's plane, woodworking plane |
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, airplane |
(noun) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | Synonyms: planer, planing machine |
(noun) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | Synonyms: sheet |
(noun) a level of existence or development | - |
(verb) cut or remove with or as if with a plane | Synonyms: shave |
(verb) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | - |
(verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: skim |
planeness | (noun) the property of having two dimensions | Synonyms: flatness, two-dimensionality |
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planer | (noun) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | Synonyms: plane, planing machine |
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planet | (noun) (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction | Synonyms: major planet |
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(noun) any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star | - |
(noun) a person who follows or serves another | Synonyms: satellite |
planetal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | Synonyms: planetary |
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planetarium | (noun) an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems | - |
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(noun) an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome | - |
(noun) a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling | - |
planetary | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | Synonyms: planetal |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: terrestrial |
(adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | Synonyms: global, world-wide, world, worldwide |
(adjective) having no fixed course | Synonyms: erratic, wandering |
planetesimal | (noun) one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system | - |
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planetoid | (noun) any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun | Synonyms: minor planet |
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plangency | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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plangent | (adjective) loud and resounding | - |
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planimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure | Synonyms: integrator |
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plank | (noun) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | - |
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(noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: board |
(verb) cook and serve on a plank | - |
(verb) cover with planks | Synonyms: plank over |
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
planking | (noun) the work of covering an area with planks | - |
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(noun) (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
(noun) planks collectively; a quantity of planks | - |
plankton | (noun) the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
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planktonic | (adjective) of or relating to plankton | - |
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planless | (adjective) aimlessly drifting | Synonyms: adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, rudderless, undirected |
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planned | (adjective) designed or carried out according to a plan | - |
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(adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: aforethought, plotted |
planner | (noun) a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc. | - |
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(noun) a person who makes plans | Synonyms: contriver, deviser |
planning | (noun) an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action | - |
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(noun) the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: preparation, provision |
planoconcave | (adjective) flat on one side and concave on the other | - |
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planoconvex | (adjective) flat on one side and convex on the other | - |
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planographic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving planography | - |
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planography | (noun) the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) | Synonyms: planographic printing |
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plant | (noun) (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | Synonyms: flora, plant life |
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(noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | Synonyms: industrial plant, works |
(noun) something planted secretly for discovery by another | - |
(noun) an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience | - |
(verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: implant |
(verb) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground | Synonyms: set |
(verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, implant |
(verb) place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive | - |
(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, establish, found, institute |
(verb) place into a river | - |
plantain | (noun) starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics | - |
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(noun) a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | Synonyms: Musa paradisiaca, plantain tree |
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally | - |
plantal | (adjective) of or relating to plants | - |
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plantar | (adjective) relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot | - |
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