plastisol
A liquid dispersion of plastic or resin that may be converted to a solid by heating

plastisols
plural of plastisol

plastisphere
The ecosystem on the surface of a piece of plastic (especially in a marine environment).

plastispheres
plural of plastisphere

plastivore
A biological organism (microbial or otherwise) which consumes and breaks down plastics (synthetic polymers).

plastivores
plural of plastivore

plastizyme
Any of a type of molecularly imprinted polymer engineered to function as an enzyme, being a catalyst to aid breakdown of molecules, for industrial uses and in environmental remediation.
Any of many plastic-degrading enzymes: ones capable of catalyzing the breakdown of bonds in synthetic polymers. Some have evolved in nature (within plastivores) and others have been bioengineered.

plastizymes
plural of plastizyme

plastogene
The equivalent of a simple gene in plastids

plastogenes
plural of plastogene

plastoid
A plastic-like material.

plastoquinol
A compound derived from plastoquinone during photosynthesis.

plastoribosome
A prokaryotic ribosome

plastoribosomes
plural of plastoribosome

plastosemiquinone
Any semiquinone derived from a plastoquinone

plastosemiquinones
plural of plastosemiquinone

platination
Reaction with a platinate ion

platinations
plural of platination

platinide
Any element in the same group as platinum in the periodic table
Any binary compound of platinum and a more electropositive metal

platinides
plural of platinide

platinocyanide
Any of several salts containing the anion Pt(CN)₄²⁻

platinocyanides
plural of platinocyanide

platinosis
An allergylike reaction to exposure to soluble salts of platinum.

platinotype
A method of making photographic prints using platinum salts.
A print made by this method.

platinotypes
plural of platinotype

platybasia
A developmental condition characterized by an upward bulge in the base of the posterior cranial fossa.

platypterygiine
Any thunnosaur of the subfamily Platypterygiinae

platypterygiines
plural of platypterygiine

playframe
A children's climbing frame incorporating other elements, such as roofed sections, a slide and/or swings.

playframes
plural of playframe

pleckstrin
A protein found in platelets

plecstrin
Misspelling of pleckstrin.

plectoneme
A loop of helices (especially of nucleic acid) twisted together such that they cannot be separated without breaking them

plectonemes
plural of plectoneme

plectranthadiol
A triterpenoid present in Isodon rugosus (syn. Plectranthus rugosus)

pleiohomeotic
A protein, with associated gene, that can link polycomb to DNA and mediate transcriptional repression

pleiotrophin
A protein, similar to midkine, that has a number of functions related to heparin

plekstrin
Misspelling of pleckstrin.

plenolin
A sesquiterpenoid lactone found in Helenium autumnale.

plessite
A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.

plessites
plural of plessite

pleurocentra
plural of pleurocentrum

pleurocentrum
One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fish and fossil batrachians.

pleuromutilin
Any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.

pleuromutilins
plural of pleuromutilin

pleurotergite
A sclerite that has both pleural and tergal elements

pleurotergites
plural of pleurotergite

plexiglass
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.

plexiglasses
plural of plexiglass

plexin
Any of a group of transmembrane proteins which act to form receptors for semaphorin

plexins
plural of plexin

plextrin
Misspelling of pleckstrin.

plinthosol
An iron-rich soil type common in the wet tropics.

plinthosols
plural of plinthosol

plombir
A type of ice cream made with vanilla, cream, eggs, and sugar.

ploughbeam
Wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.

ploughshare
The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.

ploughshares
plural of ploughshare

plowshare
Alternative spelling of ploughshare.

plowshares
plural of plowshare

plumbane
lead hydride, PbH₄

plumbism
A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. Symptoms include lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.

plumbite
The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion

plumbites
plural of plumbite

plumbostannite
A lead-bearing variety of stannite used in the 1890s for a dark, metallic, lead-gray ore of tin.

plumbylene
plumbylidene, a divalent lead organometallic compound.

plumbylenes
plural of plumbylene

plushette
An imitation plush material.

plushettes
plural of plushette.

plutonocene
The actinocene cyclooctatetraenide with chemical formula Pu(C₈H₈)₂.

pluviatolide
The butanolide (3r,4r)-4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)dihydrofuran-2(3h)-one

plyboard
A material made from wooden boards glued together.

plyboards
plural of plyboard

pmol
Abbreviation of picomole.

pmols
plural of pmol

pneumatode
A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.

pneumatodes
plural of pneumatode

pneumatolyses
plural of pneumatolysis

pneumatolysis
the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc

pneumatoses
plural of pneumatosis

pneumatosis
The abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in the body.

pneumocyclicin
A particular bacteriocin produced by the pneumococcus bacterium.

pneumolysin
A putative virulence factor of the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. It has a range of biological activity, including the ability to lyse and interfere with the function of cells and soluble molecules of the immune system.

pneumolysins
plural of pneumolysin

pneumolysoid
Any of a group of recombinant mutant proteins related to pneumolysin.

pneumolysoids
plural of pneumolysoid

pneumose
A deoxy- derivative of talose

pneumotherapy
The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied gases.

pneumotoxicant
Any pneumotoxic material

pneumotoxicants
plural of pneumotoxicant

pneumotoxin
Any pneumotoxic substance.

pneumotoxins
plural of pneumotoxin

pnicogen
Alternative form of pnictogen.

pnicogens
plural of pnicogen

pnictogen
Any element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.

pnictogens
plural of pnictogen

pochoxime
Any of a group of inhibitors of heat shock proteins based on radicicol.

pochoximes
plural of pochoxime

pocilloporin
Any of a class of pigments present in pocilloporids

pocilloporins
plural of pocilloporin

pocomania
A form of Jamaican folk religion that combines revivalism with African elements such as spirit possession

podand
Any open-chain equivalent of a crown ether, i.e. a compound having one or more -O-CH₂-CH₂-O- group

podands
plural of podand

podcase
The case of a pod

podcases
plural of podcase

podocalyxin
A sialoglycoprotein, one of the transmembrane sialomucins, thought to be the major constituent of the glycocalyx of podocytes.

podocin
A protein which lines the podocytes and whose mutations can cause nephrotic syndrome

podocins
plural of podocin

podophyllin
A resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome of Podophyllum by means of water acidified with hydrochloric acid.

podophyllins
plural of podophyllin

podsol
Alternative form of podzol.

podsols
plural of podsol

podzol
The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.

podzols
plural of podzol

podzoluvisol
Synonym of albeluvisol.

podzoluvisols
plural of podzoluvisol