playsheet
A sheet of paper outlining a team's game plan.

playsheets
plural of playsheet

playsong
A children's song involving play activities such as clapping or dancing.

playsongs
plural of playsong

playstyle
The manner in which somebody plays a game.

playstyles
plural of playstyle

playtext
The text of a play (dramatic work).

playtexts
plural of playtext

playwork
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
A role.
A branch of childcare involving the supervision and development of play.

plena
A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics.
A song in this style.

plenas
plural of plena

plethysmogram
A recording made by the plethysmograph.

plethysmograms
plural of plethysmogram

plinth
A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
The bottom course of a wall.
A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

plinths
plural of plinth

plotline
The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
A group of stories sharing a plot.

plotlines
plural of plotline

plugg
A laid-back subgenre of trap music.

plunderphonics
A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.

pluriliteracies
plural of pluriliteracy

pluriliteracy
literacy in more than one language or script

plygain
A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning.

plynth
Archaic spelling of plinth.

plynths
plural of plynth

pneumatique
The pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.

pneumatiques
plural of pneumatique

pneume
Alternative form of neume.

pneumes
plural of pneume

pneumoencephalogram
An image produced by means of pneumoencephalography.

pneumoencephalograms
plural of pneumoencephalogram

pneumonometer
A spirometer

pneumonometers
plural of pneumonometer

podati
plural of podatus

podatus
A neume representing two notes ascending.

podfic
Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files available for streaming or download.
An individual work of recorded fanfic.

podfics
plural of podfic

podomancy
Divination by examining the soles of the feet.

podonut
A collection of very many podosomes in migrating microglia

podonuts
plural of podonut

poem
A literary piece written in verse.
A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

poeme
Obsolete spelling of poem.

poemes
plural of poeme

poemet
A short poem.

poemets
plural of poemet

poemette
A short poem.

poemettes
plural of poemette

poemlet
A short poem.

poemlets
plural of poemlet

poems
plural of poem

poetese
The language used by poets.

poetries
plural of poetry

poetry
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
A poet's literary production.
An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

pointcuts
plural of pointcut

pointe
The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.

pointes
plural of pointe

pokerclack
A tutting sound (with the tongue touching the front teeth) made by a poker player when seeing the hole cards. It is a deliberate exaggerated expression of sadness, considered a tell of having very good cards.

pokerclacks
plural of pokerclack

polemoir
A literary work fusing polemics with memoirism.
The genre of such works.

polemoscope
opera glasses or field glasses with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly in front.

polemoscopes
plural of polemoscope

policespeak
The jargon or formal language used by the police.

policier
A film telling the fictional story of a police investigation, particularly such a film based on a novel.

policiers
plural of policier

politicalese
Synonym of politicianese.

politicalspeak
Synonym of politicianese.

politicese
Political jargon, language used by politicians.

politicianese
Political jargon; the obfuscatory or euphemistic language used by politicians.

politicianspeak
Synonym of politicianese.

politickese
Alternative spelling of politicese.

politicore
A subgenre of punk with overtly political themes.

politicospeak
Synonym of politicianese.

politicspeak
Synonym of politicianese.

politispeak
Synonym of politicianese.

polkabilly
A music genre that combines polka with punk, rockabilly and other genres of rock music.

pollbook
A book in which the results of a poll are written down.

pollbooks
plural of pollbook

polska
A kind of Nordic dance, usually danced with a partner in 3/4 meter.

polskas
plural of polska

poltina
A half ruble in Lithuanian long currency.

poltinas
plural of poltina

polushka
A Russian coin worth one quarter of a kopek.

polushkas
plural of polushka

polushki
plural of polushka

polyanthea
An anthology of extracts (mostly quotations) from literature.

polyantheas
plural of polyanthea

polychromies
plural of polychromy

polychromy
polychrome painting
the painting of statues etc.

polyglossaries
plural of polyglossary

polyglossary
A glossary in multiple languages.

polygonoscope
An arrangement of hinged mirrors for the production of multiple images of an object.

polygonoscopes
plural of polygonoscope

polylogies
plural of polylogy

polylogue
A speech delivered by several persons.

polylogues
plural of polylogue

polylogy
A set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
Talkativeness.

polynomiograph
A two-dimensional coloured image, prepared using polynomiography, that is the representation of a polynomial

polynomiographs
plural of polynomiograph

polyphone
A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

polyphones
plural of polyphone

polyphonies
plural of polyphony

polyphony
Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.

polyptych
A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges.

polyptychs
plural of polyptych

polysemies
plural of polysemy

polysemy
The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.

polytomogram
A tomogram produced by polytomography.

polytomograms
plural of polytomogram

polytree
a graph with at most one undirected path between any two vertices. In other words, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) for which there are no undirected cycles either.

polytrees
plural of polytree

pomona
A treatise on fruits.

poolscape
A landscape dominated by a pool.

poolscapes
plural of poolscape

poolshark
A hustler who deliberately disrupts a game for his own advantage

poolsharks
plural of poolshark

poperetta
A light popera with a frivolous story.

poperettas
plural of poperetta

popmobility
A form of aerobics performed to pop music.

popstream
The musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.

porcelainware
Items made from porcelain.

porcelainwares
plural of porcelainware

pornfest
A film, event, etc. that is full of pornography.

pornfests
plural of pornfest

poroelastogram
An image produced by poroelastography

poroelastograms
plural of poroelastogram

poroelastography
The graphical representation of poroelastic properties

porporino
A composition of mercury, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists as a cheaper alternative to gold.

porrecti
plural of porrectus

porrectus
A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.

portace
Obsolete form of portass.

portaces
plural of portace

portague
An old Portuguese gold coin from the 16th century; the português