| 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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