Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 74

Planted  (a.) (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

Planted (a.) (Used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep- seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need" [syn: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted].

Planted  (a.) Set in the soil for growth [ant: unplanted].

Planter  (n.) One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.

Planter  (n.) One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter.

Planter  (n.) A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia.

Plantership  (n.) The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.

Planticle  (n.) A young plant, or plant in embryo.

Plantigrada (n. pl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

Plantigrade  (a.) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.

Plantigrade  (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.

Plantigrade (n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.

Planting  (n.) The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.

Planting  (n.) That which is planted; a plantation.

Planting  (n.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Plantless  (a.) Without plants; barren of vegetation.

Plantlet  (n.) A little plant.

Plantocracy  (n.) Government by planters; planters, collectively.

Plantule  (n.) The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

Planulae  (n.  pl. ) of Planula.

Planula  (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.

Planula  (n.) The very young, free-swimming larva of the coelenterates. It usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered with cilia.

Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

Plaque  (n.) Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

Plash  (v.) A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

Plash  (v.) A dash of water; a splash.

Plashed  (imp. & p. p.) of Plash.

Plashing  (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash.

Plash (v. i.) To dabble in water; to splash.

Plash  (v. t.) To splash, as water.

Plash  (v. t.) To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

Plashed  (imp. & p. p.) of Plash.

Plashing  (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash.

Plash  (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.

Plash  (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

Plashet  (n.) A small pond or pool; a puddle.

Plashing  (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.

Plashing  (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

Plashoot  (n.) A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed.

Plashy  (a.) Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy.

Plashy  (a.) Specked, as if plashed with color.

Plasm  (n.) A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.

Plasm  (n.) Same as Plasma.

Plasma  (n.) (Min.) 血漿；乳漿；深綠玉髓；【生】原生質；【物】電漿；等離子（氣）體 A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.

Compare:  Chalcedony

Chalcedony  (n.) (pl. Chalcedonies) 【礦】玉髓 A microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms, including onyx, agate, and jasper.

Plasma  (n.) (Biol.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.

Compare: Protoplasm

Protoplasm  (n.) [Biology]【生】原生質 [U] The colorless material comprising the living part of a cell, including the cytoplasm, nucleus, and other organelles.

Compare: Cytoplasm

Cytoplasm  (n.) [Biology] 【生】 細胞質  The material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus.

Plasma  (n.) Unorganized material; elementary matter.

Plasma  (n.) (Med.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. -- U. S. Disp.

Plasma (n.) Same as blood plasma.

Plasma  (n.) (Physics) A state of matter in which charged particles such as electrons and atomi nuclei have sufficiently high energy to move freely, rather than be bound in atoms as in ordinary matter; it has some of the properties of a gas, but is a conductor of electricity.

Note: In a typical plasma, the number of positive and negative particles are approximately equal. Plasmas are found naturally in the atmosphere of stars, and can be created in special laboratory apparatus.

Blood plasma  (Physiol.), The colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended. It may be obtained by centrifuation of blood to remove the blood cells. It is distinguished from serum in that plasma still has the fibrin of blood, and may be clotted, while in serum the fibrin has been removed.

Muscle plasma  (Physiol.), The fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass. Plasmatic

Plasma  (n.) The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended [syn: plasma, plasm, blood plasma].

Plasma  (n.) A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone.

Plasma  (n.) (Physical chemistry) A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma."

PLASMA  () PLAnner-like System Modelled on Actors.  Carl Hewitt, 1975. The first actor language.  Originally called Planner-73, and implemented in MacLisp.  Lisp-like syntax, but with several kinds of parentheses and brackets.

["A PLASMA Primer", B. Smith et al, AI Lab Working Paper 92, MIT Oct 1975].

["Viewing Control Structures as Patterns of Passing Messages", C. Hewitt, AI Lab Memo 410, MIT 1976].

Plasmatic  (a.) Alt. of Plasmatical.

Plasmatical  (a.) Forming; shaping; molding.

Plasmatical  (a.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.

Plasmation  (n.) The act of forming or molding.

Plasmator  (n.) A former; a fashioner.

Plasmature  (n.) Form; mold.

Plasmic  (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.

Plasmid (n.) A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are extracted and used; in the case of genetically altered plant cells, the altered cells may grow into complete plants with changed properties, as for example, increased resistance to disease.

Plasmin  (n.) A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.

Plasmodial  (a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.

Plasmodia  (n.  pl. ) of Plasmodium.

Plasmodium  (n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

Plasmodium  (n.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.

Plasmogen  (n.) (Biol.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen. Plasmon

Plasson  (n.) (Biol.) The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.

Note: It is considered simpler than protoplasm of an ordinary cell in that it has not undergone differentiation into the inner cell nucleus and the outer cell substance. -- Haeckel.

Plaster  (n.) (Med.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

Plaster  (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

Plaster  (n.) Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.

Plaster cast, A copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold.

Plaster of Paris. [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris.] (Chem.) Anhydrous calcium sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts, moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to any plaster stone or species of gypsum.

Plaster of Paris bandage (Surg.), A bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint.

Plaster stone, Any species of gypsum. See Gypsum.

Plastered  (imp. & p. p.) of Plaster.

Plastering  (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plaster.

Plaster  (v. t.) To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.

Plaster  (v. t.) To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.

Plaster  (v. t.) Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of; to hide, as with a covering of plaster. -- Bale.

Plaster (n.) A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings.

Plaster (n.) Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs [syn: plaster of Paris, plaster].

Plaster (n.) A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster].

Plaster (n.) A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: plaster, plasterwork].

Plaster (n.) Adhesive tape used in dressing wounds [syn: plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster].

Plaster  (v.) Apply a heavy coat to [syn: plaster, plaster over, stick on].

Plaster  (v.) Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" [syn: plaster, beplaster].

Plaster  (v.) Affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall."

Plaster  (v.) Apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm."

Plaster  (v.) Coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub].

Plaster  (v.) Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster].

Plasterer  (n.) One who applies plaster or mortar. "Thy father was a plasterer." -- Shak.

Plasterer  (n.) One who makes plaster casts. "The plasterer doth make his figures by addition." -- Sir H. Wotton.

Plasterer (n.) A worker skilled in applying plaste.

Plastering  (n.) Same as Plaster, n., 2.

Plastering  (n.) The act or process of overlaying with plaster.

Plastering  (n.) A covering of plaster; plasterwork.

Plastering (n.) The application of plaster [syn: plastering, daubing].

Plasterly (a.) Resembling plaster of Paris. [R.] "Out of gypseous or plasterly ground." -- Fuller.

Plasterwork  (n.) Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

Plasterwork (n.) A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: plaster, plasterwork].

Plastery  (a.) Of the nature of plaster.

The stone . . . is a poor plastery material. -- Clough.

-plastic  () A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.

Plastic  (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. -- Prior.

See plastic Nature working to his end. -- Pope.

Plastic  (a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

Plastic  (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. -- J. S. Harford.

Plastic clay (Geol.), One of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. -- Lyell.

Plastic element  (Physiol.), One that bears within the germs of a higher form.

Plastic exudation  (Med.), An exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected.

Plastic foods.  (Physiol.) See the second Note under Food.

Plastic force.  (Physiol.) See under Force.

Plastic operation, An operation in plastic surgery.

Plastic surgery, That branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body.

Plastic  (n.) A substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905]

Plastic  (a.) Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic].

Plastic  (a.) Capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic, pliant].

Plastic  (a.) Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: formative, shaping, plastic].

Plastic  (n.) Generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives.

Plastic  (n.) A card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" [syn: credit card, charge card, charge plate, plastic].

Plastical  (a.) See Plastic. [R.]

Plastically  (adv.) In a plastic manner.

Plastically  (adv.) In a plastic manner; "he used the clay plastically."

Plasticity  (n.) The quality or state of being plastic.

Plasticity  (n.) (Physiol.) Plastic force. -- Dunglison. Plastid

Plasticity  (n.) The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking [syn: malleability, plasticity] [ant: unmalleability].

Plastid  (n.) Alt. of Plastide.

Plastide  (n.) (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. [Archaic] -- Haeckel.

Plastide  (n.) (Bot.) Any of several types of minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most common are chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.

Plastid  (n.) Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein.

Plastidozoa  (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Protoza.

Plastidule  (n.) (Biol.) One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm. -- Haeckel.

Plastin (n.) (Biol.) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.

Plastography  (n.) The art of forming figures in any plastic material.

Plastography  (n.) Imitation of handwriting; forgery.

Plastron  (n.) A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast. -- Dryden.

Plastron  (n.) (Anc. Armor) An iron breastplate, worn under the hauberk.

Plastron  (n.) (Anat.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

Plastron  (n.) A trimming for the front of a woman's dress, made of a different material, and narrowing from the shoulders to the waist.

Plastron  (n.) The ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt.

Plastron  (n.) The front of man's dress shirt.

Plastron  (n.) A metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail.

Plastron  (n.) A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest.

Plastron (n.) (Zoology) The part of a turtle's shell forming its underside.

-plasty  () A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty.

Platted  (imp. & p. p.) of Plat.

Platting  (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plat.

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