plugbacks
plural of plugback

plugfest
An event during which hardware devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them together.

plugfests
plural of plugfest

plugger
One who, or that which, plugs.
A dental instrument used to insert fillings.
A thong or flip-flop.

pluggers
plural of plugger

plumbline
Alternative spelling of plumb line.

plumblines
plural of plumbline

plunderbunds
plural of plunderbund

plunger
A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
Certain equipment for brewing coffee.
Certain equipment for brewing coffee.
One who plunges; a diver.
A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
A cavalryman.
A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
The moving portion of a solenoid.
The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
A reckless gambler or gamble.
A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
The firing pin of a breechloader.

plungers
plural of plunger

pluractionality
A grammatical device indicating that a verb's action or participants is/are plural.

pluviameter
Alternative form of pluviometer.

pluviameters
plural of pluviameter

pluviograph
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.

pluviographs
plural of pluviograph

pluviometer
A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.

pluviometers
plural of pluviometer

plyers
plural of plyer

plyscraper
A skyscraper made (at least partly) of wood; a mass timber building.

plyscrapers
plural of plyscraper

pneometer
A pneumatometer.

pneometers
plural of pneometer

pneumatocyst
A sac or other structure containing air and used for flotation by a marine organism, chiefly used in reference to those of kelps and siphonophores.

pneumatocysts
plural of pneumatocyst

pneumatograph
An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration.

pneumatographs
plural of pneumatograph

pneumatometer
A device used to measure the force of inspiration or expiration of a person's lungs.

pneumatometers
plural of pneumatometer

pneumatonograph
A device used to measure the intraocular pressure of the eye

pneumatonographs
plural of pneumatonograph

pneumatophore
A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange.
An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The bag contains oxygen to be breathed by the wearer in rescue work in mines, etc.

pneumatophores
plural of pneumatophore

pneumatopore
Misspelling of pneumatophore.

pneumogastric
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
vagus (attributive)

pneumogastrics
plural of pneumogastric

pneumograph
Alternative form of pneumatograph.

pneumographs
plural of pneumograph

pneumolysis
Synonym of pneumonolysis.

pneumometer
A spirometer.

pneumometers
plural of pneumometer

pneumonolysis
The separation of an adherent lung from the pleura, to permit collapse of the lung. It was formerly used to treat tuberculosis.

pocker
Misspelling of poker.

pocketphone
A telephone that fits in one's pocket; a mobile phone.

pocketphones
plural of pocketphone

pocketpussies
plural of pocketpussy

pocketpussy
An artificial vagina used for masturbation.

podcatcher
A podcast client; a device, or software, that can receive a podcast.

podcatchers
plural of podcatcher

podger
A tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally used to align holes in two items, so that a bolt, rod or other item can be inserted through them; sometimes incorporating a spanner at the larger end, to tighten nuts onto bolts.
A hard blow.

podgers
plural of podger

podoscaph
Each of a pair of ski-shaped canoe-like floats attached to the feet, used for walking on water.

podoscaphs
plural of podoscaph

podoscope
A device used to visualise pressure areas on the soles of the feet.

podoscopes
plural of podoscope

podule
An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.

podules
plural of podule

pointball
Synonym of ballpoint pen.

pointballs
plural of pointball

pointel
A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.

pointrel
An engraving tool.

pointrels
plural of pointrel

poker
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
One who pokes.
A kind of duck, the pochard.
A knife.

pokered
simple past and past participle of poker

pokering
present participle and gerund of poker

pokers
plural of poker

polarimeter
An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through a sample of an optically active compound.

polarimeters
plural of polarimeter

polaritonics
The design and construction of devices employing polaritons.

polaroid
A sheet of plastic embedded with microscopic crystals of herapathite or similarly acting material, so that light passing through it is polarized.
Spectacles made with lenses of this material, once used to view certain 3-D movies, now used as sunglasses.
A camera that develops its own film.
A print from such a camera.

polaroids
plural of polaroid

polaski
A fire fighting hand tool consisting of ax or adz head on a wooden handle, used to dig a fireline.

polaskis
plural of polaski

polescreen
A screen mounted on a pole.
A style of firescreen consisting of sliding panels mounted on upright poles.

polescreens
plural of polescreen

poliglecaprone
A copolymer of glycolide and a caprolactone that is used for suturing

polish
A substance used to polish.
Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

polishes
plural of polish

politainer
A politician who is or used to be an entertainer.

politainers
plural of politainer

polostick
Alternative spelling of polo-stick.

polosticks
plural of polostick

polyacrilamide
Misspelling of polyacrylamide.

polyacrylamide
Any of a range of cross-linked polymers of acrylamide; used to form soft gels for making contact lenses etc.

polyacrylamides
plural of polyacrylamide

polyacrylimide
Misspelling of polyacrylamide.

polyacrylonitrile
Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics

polyacrylonitriles
plural of polyacrylonitrile

polyacylamide
Any polyamide formed by the polymerisation of an acylamide
Misspelling of polyacrylamide.

polyacylamides
plural of polyacylamide

polybrane
Misspelling of polybrene.

polybrene
A cationic polymer, hexadimethrine bromide, used to increase the efficiency of infection of certain cells with a retrovirus in cell culture.

polybutadiene
A polymer of butadiene, used to make synthetic rubber.

polybutadienes
plural of polybutadiene

polychromator
An optical device used to generate multiple beams of light of different frequency

polychromators
plural of polychromator

polychrometer
Misspelling of polychromator.

polyconjugate
A fluorescent marker or enzyme used to detect multiple antibodies.

polyconjugates
plural of polyconjugate

polydioxane
A synthetic polymer used to make surgical sutures

polyenylphosphatidylcholine
A preparation of essential phospholipids, used to treat various liver disorders.

polyethene
Synonym of polyethylene.