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Pleurotomae
pl.
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of Pleurotoma
Pleurotomas
pl.
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of Pleurotoma
Pleurotoma
n.
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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.
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A warrant or assurance.
Plexiform
a.
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Like network; complicated.
Pleximeter
n.
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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.
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The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
Plexus
pl.
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of Plexus
Plexuses
pl.
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of Plexus
Plexus
n.
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A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.
Plexus
n.
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The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
Pley
v. & n.
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See Play.
Pley
a.
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Full See Plein.
Pleyt
n.
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An old term for a river boat.
Pliability
n.
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The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition.
Pliable
v.
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Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant.
Pliable
v.
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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.
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The quality or state of being pliant in sense; as, the pliancy of a rod.
Pliant
v.
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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.
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Favorable to pliancy.
Plica
v.
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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.
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A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
Plica
v.
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The bend of the wing of a bird.
Plicate
a.
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Alt. of Plicated
Plicated
a.
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Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.
Plication
n.
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A folding or fold; a plait.
Plicature
n.
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A fold; a doubling; a plication.
Plicidentine
n.
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A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
Plied
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imp. & p. p. of Ply.
Pliers
n. pl.
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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.