Plaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plague
Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
Plague (v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.
Plagueless (a.) Free from plagues or the plague.
Plaguer (n.) One who plagues or annoys.
Plaguily (adv.) In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.
Plaguy (a.) Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."
Plaice (n.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
Plaice (n.) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.
Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
Plaided (a.) Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
Plaided (a.) Wearing a plaid.
Plaiding (n.) Plaid cloth.
Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.
Plain (v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
Plain (superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
Plain (superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
Plain (superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
Plain (superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
Plain (superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
Plain (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
Plain (superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
Plain (adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.
Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
Plain (a.) A field of battle.
Plained (imp. & p. p.) of Plain
Plaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plain
Plain (v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
Plain (v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
Plainant (n.) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff.
Plain-dealing (a.) Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.
Plain-hearted (a.) Frank; sincere; artless.
Plaining (n.) Complaint.
Plaining (a.) Complaining.
Plain-laid (a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
Plainly (adv.) In a plain manner; clearly.
Plainness (n.) The quality or state of being plain.
-men (pl. ) of Plainsman
Plainsman (n.) One who lives in the plains.
Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words.
Plaint (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
Plaint (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.
Plaint (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.
Plaintful (a.) Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.
Plaintiff (n.) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.
Plaintive (n.) Repining; complaining; lamenting.
Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Plaintless (a.) Without complaint; unrepining.
Plaisance (n.) See Pleasance.
Plaise (n.) See Plaice.
Plaister (n.) See Plaster.
Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
Plait (n.) A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
Plaited (imp. & p. p.) of Plait
Plaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plait
Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.
Plaiter (n.) One who, or that which, plaits.
Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.
Plan (a.) A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
Plan (a.) A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
Planned (imp. & p. p.) of Plan
Planning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan
Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.
Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
Planariae (pl. ) of Planaria
-rias (pl. ) of Planaria
Planaria (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.
Planarian (n.) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
Planarida (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.
Planarioid (a.) Like the planarians.
Planary (a.) Of or pertaining to a plane.
Planch (n.) A plank.
Planched (imp. & p. p.) of Planch
Planching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Planch
Planch (v. t.) To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.
Plancher (n.) A floor of wood; also, a plank.
Plancher (n.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.
Plancher (v. t.) To form of planks.
Planchet (n.) A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.
Planchette (n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.
Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.
Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.
Plane (n.) Any tree of the genus Platanus.
Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
Plane (a.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.
Plane (a.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.
Plane (a.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.
Planed (imp. & p. p.) of Plane
Planing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plane
Plane (a.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.