| 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] |
| plain-spoken |
saying exactly what one believes; frank; blunt. |
| plainswoman |
a woman who lives on the plains, esp. an early settler on the prairies of the midwestern and western United States. |
| plaint |
an expression of unhappiness; complaint. [2 definitions] |
| plain text |
data consisting only of text encoded in ASCII, hence as characters and spaces with no options for how they appear, making it a highly portable, compact file format. |
| plaintiff |
one who initiates a lawsuit against another. (Cf. defendant.) |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| plait |
strands, as of hair or cloth, woven together; braid. [5 definitions] |
| plan |
an intended action; aim. [7 definitions] |