Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 78
Pledgee (n.) The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.
Pledgee (n.) Someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge.
Pledgee. () The same as pawnee. (q.v.)
Pledgeless (a.) Having no pledge. Pledgeor
Pledgeor (n.) Alt. of Pledgor.
Pledgor (n.) (Law) One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee.
Note: This word analogically requires the e after g, but the spelling pledgor is perhaps commoner.
Pledger (n.) One who pledges.
Pledger (n.) Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
Pledger. () The same as pawner. (q.v.)
Pledgery (n.) A pledging; suretyship. [Obs.]
Pledget (n.) A small plug. [Prov. End.]
Pledget (n.) (Naut.) A string of oakum used in calking.
Pledget (n.) (Med.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.
Plegepoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Infusoria.
Compare: Infusoria
Infusoria (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Formerly, the term was applied to any microbe found in infusions of decaying organic material, but the term is now applied more specifically to one of the classes of the phylum Ciliophora, of ciliated protozoans.
Note: They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about. They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary. Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera.
Compare: Molluscoidea
Molluscoidea, () Including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. C[oe]lenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges. Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary. Animalcular
Infusoria (n.) In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter [syn: Infusoria, subclass Infusoria].
Pleiad (n.) One of the Pleiades.
Pleiades (n. pl.) (Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
Pleiades (n. pl.) (Astron.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. -- called also the seven sisters. -- Job xxxviii. 31.
Note: Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by M[aum]dler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but such a notion has been thoroughly discounted by modern observations. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the ancients supposed that a sister had concealed herself out of shame for having loved a mortal, Sisyphus.
Pleiades (n.) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion.
Pleiades (n.) A star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Pleiades, () Heb. kimah, "a cluster" (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., "seven stars;" R.V., "Pleiades"), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the constellation Taurus.
Pleiades Heb. kimah, "a cluster" (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., "seven stars;" R.V., "Pleiades"), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the constellation Taurus.
Plein (a.) Plan. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Plein (v. i. & t.) To complain. See Plain. [Obs.]
Plein (a.) Full; complete. [Obs.] "Plein remission." -- Chaucer. -- Plein"ly, adv.
Pleiocene (a.) (Geol.) See Pliocene.
Pleiophyllous (a.) (Bot.) Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.
Pleiosaurus (n.) [NL.] (Paleon.) Same as Pliosaurus.
Pleistocene (a.) (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.
Pleistocene (n.) The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
Pleistocene (n.) From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Glacial epoch].
Plenal (a.) Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]
Plenarily (adv.) In a plenary manner.
Plenarily (adv.) In a plenary manner; "an empire destined to enter the Commonwealth plenarily."
Plenariness (n.) Quality or state of being plenary.
Plenarty (n.) The state of a benefice when occupied. -- Blackstone.
Plenarty, () eccl. law. Signifies that a benefice is full. Vide Avoidance.
Plenary (a.) Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority.
A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. -- I. Watts.
Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), An entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins.
Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.
Plenary (n.) (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
Plenary (a.) Full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers."
Plenary. () Full, complete.
Plenary. () In the courts of admiralty, and in the English ecclesiastical courts, causes or suits in respect of the different course of proceeding in each, are termed plenary or summary. Plenary, or full and formal suits, are those in which the proceedings must be full and formal: the term summary is applied to those causes where the proceedings are more succinct and less formal. Law's Oughton, 41; 2 Chit. Pr. 481.
Plene (a.) Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]
Plenicorn (n.) (Zool.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer. -- Brande & C.
Plenilunary (a.) Of or pertaining to the full moon. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Plenilune (n.) The full moon. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Plenipotence
Plenipotence (n.) Alt. of Plenipotency.
Plenipotency (n.) The quality or state of being plenipotent. [R.]
Plenipotent (a.) Possessing full power. [R.] -- Milton.
Plenipotentiaries (n. pl. ) of Plenipotentiary.
Plenipotentiary (n.) A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
Plenipotentiary (a.) Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. -- Howell.
Plenipotentiary (n.) A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government.
Plenish (v. t.) To replenish. [Obs.] -- T. Reeve.
Plenish (v. t.) To furnish; to stock, as a house or farm. [Scot.]
Plenishing (n.) Household furniture; stock. [Scot.]
Plenist (n.) One who holds that all space is full of matter.
Plenitude (n.) The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.
Plenitude (n.) Animal fullness; repletion; plethora. [Obs.]
Plenitude (n.) A full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude].
Plenitudinarian (n.) A plenist.
Plenitudinary (a.) Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]
Plenteous (a.) Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply. "Reaping plenteous crop." -- Milton.
Plenteous (a.) Yielding abundance; productive; fruitful. "The seven plenteous years." -- Gen. xli. 34.
Plenteous (a.) Having plenty; abounding; rich.
The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. -- Deut. xxviii. 11.
Syn: Plentiful; copious; full. See Ample. -- Plen"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Plen"te*ous*ness, n.
Plenteous (a.) Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich].
Plentevous (a.) Plenteous. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Plentiful (a.) Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.
Plentiful (a.) Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful.
If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. -- Bacon.
Plentiful (a.) Lavish; profuse; prodigal. [Obs.]
He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from -- Bacon. -- Plen"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Plen"ti*ful*ness, n.
Plentiful (a.) Existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here."
Plentiful (a.) Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich].
Plentiful (a.) Producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil" [syn: bountiful, plentiful].
Plenties (n. pl. ) of Plenty.
Plenty (a.) Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of corn and wine." -- Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and plenty." -- Shak.
Houses of office stuffed with plentee. -- Chaucer.
The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. -- Thomson.
Syn: Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.
Plenty (a.) Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.] If reasons were as plenty as blackberries. -- Shak.
(Folio ed.)
Those countries where shrubs are plenty. -- Goldsmith.
Plenty (adv.) As much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough, plenty].
Plenty (n.) A full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude].
Plenty (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Plenum (n.) That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum. -- G. Francis.
Plenum (n.) (Ventilation) A condition, as in an occupied room, in which the pressure of the air is greater than that of the outside atmosphere; as, a plenum may exist in a hall ventilated by a fan blower.
Plenum (n.) A meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases."
Plenum (n.) An enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside.
Pleochroic (a.) Having the property of pleochroism.
Pleochroic (a.) Of or relating to or having pleochroism.
Pleochroism (n.) (Crystallog.) The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
Pleochroism (n.) The phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions.
Pleochromatic (a.) Pleochroic.
Pleochromatism (n.) Pleochroism.
Pleochroous (a.) Pleochroic.
Pleomorphic (a.) Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.
Pleomorphic (a.) Relating to or characterized by pleomorphism.
Pleomorphism (n.) (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
Pleomorphism (n.) (Biol.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
Pleomorphism (n.) (Chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound [syn: polymorphism, pleomorphism].
Pleomorphism (n.) (Biology) The appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms.
Pleomorphous (a.) Having the property of pleomorphism.
Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
Pleonasm (n.) Using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child."
Pleonasm, () Redundancy of expression; tautology.
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Pleonasm (n.) An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
Pleonast (n.) One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] -- C. Reade.
Pleonaste (n.) (Min.) A black variety of spinel. Pleonastic
Compare: Ceylanite
Ceylanite (n.) (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]
Pleonaste (n.) A dark-colored spinel containing iron [syn: Ceylonite, pleonaste].
Pleonastic (a.) Alt. of Pleonastical.
Pleonastical (a.) Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.
Pleonastic (a.) Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition" -- J. B. Conant [syn: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological].
Pleonastically (adv.) In a pleonastic manner.
Pleopods (n. pl. ) of Pleopod.
Pleopoda (n. pl. ) of Pleopod.
Pleopod (n.) (Zool.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Plerome (n.) (Bot.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.
Plerophory (n.) Fullness; full persuasion. "A plerophory of assurance." -- Bp. Hall.
Plesance (n.) Pleasance. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Plesh (n.) A pool; a plash. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Plesimorphism (n.) (Crystallog.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
Plesiomorphous (a.) Nearly alike in form.
Plesiosaur (n.) (Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria.
Plesiosaur (n.) Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous [syn: plesiosaur, plesiosaurus].
Plesiosauria (n. pl.) (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.
Plesiosauria (n.) Any of the plesiosaurs [syn: Plesiosauria, suborder Plesiosauria].
Plesiosaurian (n.) (Paleon.) A plesiosaur.
Plesiosauri (n. pl. ) of Plesiosaurus.
Plesiosaurus (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.
Plessimeter (n.) See Pleximeter.
Plessimeter (n.) A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn: pleximeter, plessimeter].
Plete (v. t. & i.) To plead. [Obs.] -- P. Plowman.
Plethora (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.
Plethora (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. -- Jeffrey.
Plethora (n.) Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment].
Plethoretic (a.) Plethoric. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Plethoric (a.) Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically. "Plethoric phrases." -- Sydney Smith.
"Plethoric fullness of thought." -- De Quincey.
Plethoric (a.) Excessively abundant [syn: overabundant, plethoric, rife].
Plethorical (a.) Plethoric. [R.] -- Ple*thor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Burke.
Plethory (n.) Plethora. -- Jer. Taylor. Plethron
Plethra (n. pl. ) of Plethrum.
Plethron (n.) Alt. of Plethrum.
Plethrum (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.
Plethysmograph (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb. -- Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic, a.
Plethysmograph (n.) A measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains).
Plethysmography (n.) (Physiol.) The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.
Pleura (n.) pl. of Pleuron.
Pleurae (n. pl. ) of Pleura.