| place value |
the numerical value of a digit based on its position in a number. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or tranquil. |
| placket |
a slit at the top of a blouse, skirt, or the like, that makes it easier to put on and take off. |
| plage |
an area of cool or heated gas on the surface of the sun that appears as a dark or light patch on an image produced by a spectroheliograph. |
| plagiarism |
the act of wrongfully taking another's words, ideas, or the like and representing them as one's own. [2 definitions] |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. [3 definitions] |
| plagiary |
plagiarism. |
| plagioclase |
any of several minerals of the feldspar family that are essential constituents of most igneous rocks. |
| plague |
any disaster that affects a large population, esp. a disease epidemic or the sudden influx of harmful insects. [6 definitions] |
| plaguy |
(informal) irksome; annoying; irritating. [2 definitions] |
| plaice |
any of various edible marine flatfishes; flounder. |
| plaid |
a fabric bearing a pattern of stripes of various widths and colors, intersecting at right angles. [3 definitions] |
| plain |
easily perceived by the eye or ear; clear; unobstructed. [8 definitions] |
| plainchant |
a plainsong. |
| plainclothesman |
a policeman, esp. a detective who wears civilian clothes while on duty. |
| plain dealing |
the conduct of business or similar transactions in a straightforward manner. |
| plain-laid |
of a rope, made of three strands laid together with a right-hand twist. |
| plain sailing |
sailing on a clear, smooth, unimpeded course. [2 definitions] |
| Plains Indian |
a member of any of the buffalo-hunting, seminomadic North American Indian peoples that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. |
| plainsman |
a man who lives on the plains, esp. a frontiersman or early settler on the prairies or plains of the midwestern and western United States. |
| plainsong |
an unaccompanied monophonic chant or melody, such as that used in Hindu and early Christian liturgies. [2 definitions] |