place card |
a small name card, used esp. at formal dinners, that is set at the place each guest is to occupy at a table. |
place in the sun |
an advantageous or prominent position. |
place kick |
in football, a kick made while the ball is held upright on the ground, as in a field-goal attempt or kickoff. (Cf. drop kick, punt1.) |
placeless |
combined form of place. |
place mat |
a mat, often decorative, used under a place setting at a meal to protect the table. |
placement |
the act of placing or state of being placed; location. [2 definitions] |
placenta |
an organ formed in the womb for supplying the fetus with nourishment. [2 definitions] |
placer1 |
a naturally occurring accumulation of sand, gravel, or the like that contains precious metals or minerals. [2 definitions] |
placer2 |
one that positions things or puts them in order. [2 definitions] |
placer mining |
the mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or some other hydraulic method. |
place setting |
the dishes, glasses, and silverware set out on a table for each person's use at a meal. |
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] |