Pleuras (pl. ) of Pleura
Pleura (n. fem.) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
Pleura (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
Pleura (n. fem.) Same as Pleuron.
Pleural (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.
Pleuralgia (n.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.
Pleurapophyses (pl. ) of Pleurapophysis
Pleurapophysis (n.) One of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a vertebral rib.
Pleurenchyma (n.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed.
Pleuric (a.) Pleural.
Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity.
Pleurite (n.) Same as Pleuron.
Pleuritic (a.) Alt. of Pleuritical
Pleuritical (a.) Of or pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms.
Pleuritical (a.) Suffering from pleurisy.
Pleuritis (n.) Pleurisy.
Pleuro- () A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.
Pleurobrachia (n.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.
Pleurobranch (n.) Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.
Pleuroeranchiae (pl. ) of Pleurobranchia
Pleurobranchia (n.) Same as Pleurobranch.
Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.
Pleurocarpic (a.) Alt. of Pleurocarpous
Pleurocarpous (a.) Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to acrocarpous.
Pleurocentrum (n.) One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.
Pleurodont (a.) Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw, as in some lizards.
Pleurodont (n.) Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
Pleurodynia (n.) A painful affection of the side, simulating pleurisy, usually due to rheumatism.
Pleura (pl. ) of Pleuron
Pleuron (n.) One of the sides of an animal.
Pleuron (n.) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
Pleuron (n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Pleuronectoid (a.) Pertaining to the Pleuronectidae, or Flounder family.
Pleuropericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura and pericardium.
Pleuroperipneumony (n.) Pleuropneumonia.
Pleuroperitoneal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.
Pleuroperitoneum (n.) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; -- used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
Pleuropneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.
Pleuroptera (n. pl) A group of Isectivora, including the colugo.
Pleurosigma (n.) A genus of diatoms of elongated elliptical shape, but having the sides slightly curved in the form of a letter S. Pleurosigma angulatum has very fine striations, and is a favorite object for testing the high powers of microscopes.
Pleurostea (pl. ) of Pleurosteon
-ons (pl. ) of Pleurosteon
Pleurosteon (n.) The antero-lateral piece which articulates the sternum of birds.
Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally.
Pleurotomae (pl. ) of Pleurotoma
Pleurotomas (pl. ) of Pleurotoma
Pleurotoma (n.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmidae. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.
Plevin (n.) A warrant or assurance.
Plexiform (a.) Like network; complicated.
Pleximeter (n.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.
Plexure (n.) The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
Plexus (pl. ) of Plexus
Plexuses (pl. ) of Plexus
Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.
Plexus (n.) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
Pley (v. & n.) See Play.
Pley (a.) Full See Plein.
Pleyt (n.) An old term for a river boat.
Pliability (n.) The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.
Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth.
Pliancy (n.) The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.
Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
Pliant (v.) Favorable to pliancy.
Plica (v.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.
Plica (v.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
Plica (v.) The bend of the wing of a bird.
Plicate (a.) Alt. of Plicated
Plicated (a.) Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.
Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.
Plicature (n.) A fold; a doubling; a plication.
Plicidentine (n.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
Plied () imp. & p. p. of Ply.
Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
Pliform (a.) In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling.
Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Plight
Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plight
Plight (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights.
Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water.
Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.
Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.
Pliocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
Pliocene (n.) The Pliocene period or deposits.
Pliohippus (n.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.
Pliosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.
Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.
Ploc (n.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
Ploce (n.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."
Plodded (imp. & p. p.) of Plod
Plodding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plod
Plod (v. i.) To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.