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English Word Dictionary

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platonic

adjective · free from physical desire

Example: platonic love

platyrrhinian

adjective · of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

plausibly

adverb · easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

Example: he talked plausibly before the committee

play

noun · the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

play back

verb · reproduce (a recording) on a recorder

Example: The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent

play down

verb · understate the importance or quality of

Example: he played down his royal ancestry

play tricks

verb · deceive somebody

Example: We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

play up

verb · move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

Example: The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics

playfully

adverb · in a playful manner

Example: she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully

playgoer

noun · someone who attends the theater

please

adverb · used in polite request

Example: please pay attention

pleasingly

adverb · in a pleasing manner

Example: the room was pleasingly large

plenarily

adverb · in a plenary manner

Example: an empire destined to enter the Commonwealth plenarily

pliers

noun · a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

ploddingly

adverb · in a plodding manner

Example: this writer ploddingly accumulates detail after detail

plug into

verb · plug into an outlet

Example: Please plug in the toaster!

plum

adverb · completely; used as intensifiers

Example: clean forgot the appointment

plump for

verb · be behind; approve of

Example: He plumped for the Labor Party

plump in

verb · arrive suddenly and unannounced

Example: He plumped in on a Sunday morning

plunger

noun · mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion

pluperfect tense

noun · a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

Example: `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

pluralise

verb · mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural

Example: How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?

pluralize

verb · mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural

Example: How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?

pneumonic

adjective · relating to or affecting the lungs

Example: pulmonary disease

pocket-sized

adjective · small enough to be carried in a garment pocket

Example: pocket-size paperbacks

poetical

adjective · characteristic of or befitting poetry

Example: poetic diction

poetically

adverb · in a poetic manner

Example: poetically expressed

poetise

verb · compose verses or put into verse

Example: He versified the ancient saga

poignantly

adverb · in a poignant or touching manner

Example: she spoke poignantly

poinciana gilliesii

noun · a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

point

noun · a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

pointedly

adverb · in such a manner as to make something clearly evident

Example: he pointedly ignored the question

pointy-toed

adjective · having a pointed toe

Example: pointy-toed shoes

poitier

noun · United States film actor and director (born in 1927)

polemically

adverb · involving controversy

Example: criticism too polemically stated

polish up

verb · bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Example: polish your social manners

politicize

verb · give a political character to

Example: politicize the discussion

politick

verb · engage in political activities

Example: This colleague is always politicking

pollute

verb · make impure

Example: The industrial wastes polluted the lake

polyfoam

noun · a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics

polygonales

noun · coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,

polymeric

adjective · of or relating to or consisting of a polymer

Example: a polymeric compound

polyphonically

adverb · in a polyphonic manner

Example: polyphonically composed

polysyllabic

adjective · (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables

Example: sesquipedalian technical terms

pooch out

verb · round one's lips as if intending to kiss

pop in

verb · enter briefly

Example: He popped in for two minutes

pop off

verb · pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Example: She died from cancer

pop up

verb · appear suddenly or unexpectedly

Example: The farm popped into view as we turned the corner

porose

adjective · forming a continuous series of pores

Example: a porose hymenium

portion

noun · the allotment of some amount by dividing something

Example: death gets more than its share of attention from theologians

positional representation system

noun · a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position

possess

verb · have ownership or possession of

Example: He owns three houses in Florida

possessively

adverb · in a possessive manner

Example: he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife

post-paid

adverb · having the postage paid by the sender

Example: I will send it post-paid