pleurodonty
The condition of being pleurodont

pleuroscopy
Synonym of thoracoscopy.

pleurostyle
A form of urostyle composed of uroneurals rather than centra

pleurostyles
plural of pleurostyle

pleurothetism
A pattern of orientation among most bivalves whereby they come to rest on their left or right sides.

pleurotolysin
A particular cytolysin

pleurotomies
plural of pleurotomy

pleurotomy
the surgical incision of the pleura.

plewd
A stylized sweat drop drawn on the air around a character's head, as if it were coming out of the character, as used in cartoons, especially comic strips.

plewds
plural of plewd

plexciton
A polaritonic mode that results from the strong coupling between excitons and plasmons

plexcitons
plural of plexciton

pleximetry
The use of the pleximeter.

plexities
plural of plexity

plexity
The condition of being composed of a particular number of things - being uniplex, duplex etc.

plexure
The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.

plexures
plural of plexure

pliabilities
plural of pliability

pliability
The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.

pliableness
The state of being pliable; pliability.

pliancies
plural of pliancy

pliancy
The quality of being pliant.

pliantness
The state or quality of being pliant.

plicaballin
A particular plication in the molars of some Neogene mammals.

plicaballinid
Alternative form of plicaballin.

plicaballinids
plural of plicaballinid

plicaballins
plural of plicaballin

plication
An act of folding.
A fold or pleat.
A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place.

plications
plural of plication

plicature
A doubling; a fold; a plication.

plicatures
plural of plicature

plie
Alternative spelling of plié.

plig
Alternative spelling of plyg.

pligs
plural of plig

plinthaquult
A plinthic aquult

plinthaquults
plural of plinthaquult

plinther
Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.

plinthers
plural of plinther

plinthite
A form of clay that is rich in iron and poor in humus

plinthites
plural of plinthite

pliotron
A hard vacuum triode.

pliotrons
plural of pliotron

plish
A light splashing sound.

plishes
plural of plish

plisky
A practical joke.

ploce
A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.

ploddingness
The state or quality of being plodding.

ploonet
A theoretical planetary body that formed as a moon orbiting a planet, but which has become tidally detached, so that it enters orbit about its star, separated from its parent planet.

ploonets
plural of ploonet

ploot
Obsolete spelling of plout .
Alternative spelling of plout

ploots
plural of ploot

plosion
Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.

plosions
plural of plosion

plosiveness
The state or condition of being plosive.

plosivisation
Alternative spelling of plosivization.

plosivity
The quality of being plosive.

plosivization
The process of making or becoming plosive.

plotlessness
The state of lacking a substantial plot or scheme.

plotlet
A little plot.

plotlets
plural of plotlet

plottage
The increase in value of land achieved by parcelling smaller plots into a developable unit.

plottages
plural of plottage

plottery
The development of plots or schemes.

plotwork
The workings of the plot of a literary work.

ploughability
Alternative spelling of plowability.

ploughback
Alternative form of plowback.

ploughgirl
Alternative spelling of plowgirl.

ploughmanship
Skill in ploughing.

ploughmark
A groove made in the seafloor by a passing iceberg.

ploughmarks
plural of ploughmark

plousiocracy
plutocracy

ploussard
Synonym of poulsard.

ploussards
plural of ploussard

ploutocracy
Archaic form of plutocracy.

plowback
The reinvestment of profits into a business.

plowmark
Alternative form of ploughmark.

plowmarks
plural of plowmark

ploye
A kind of Brayon flatbread made with buckwheat flour.

ployes
plural of ploye

ployment
The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision

ployments
plural of ployment

plt
Abbreviation of platoon.

pluckage
The act of plucking.

pluckedness
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).

pluckiness
The characteristic of being plucky.

plucklessness
Absence of pluck or courage; timidity.

pluff
A puff of smoke or dust.
A hairdresser's powder puff.
The act of using a powder puff.

pluffiness
The state or condition of being pluffy.

pluffs
plural of pluff

pluggability
The quality of being pluggable.

pluggery
Electrical plugs collectively.
Informal promotion or advertising.

pluginization
The act or process of designing a system so that it can be extended with plug-ins.

pluglessness
Absence of a plug or plugs.

plugola
Undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.

plugugly
Alternative form of plug-ugly.

plumberies
plural of plumbery

plumbership
The role or status of a plumber.

plumbery
The business of a plumber; plumbing
A place where plumbing is carried out

plumbisolvency
Alternative form of plumbosolvency.

plumbness
The state or condition of being plumb (truly vertical).

plumbophilia
The property of attracting lead.

plumbosolvency
The ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead.

plumbotectonics
The formation of lead isotopes (and also those of uranium and thorium) by the recycling of rock between the crust and mantle

plumelet
A small plume.

plumelets
plural of plumelet

pluminess
Quality of being plumy.

plumlet
Obsolete form of plumelet.

plumlets
plural of plumlet.

plumminess
The state or quality of being plummy.

plumology
The branch of biology that deals with feathers and plumage

plumosity
The quality or state of being plumose.

plumpiness
The state or quality of being plumpy.

plumpishness
The property of being plumpish.

plumpitude
Alternative form of plumptitude.
Alternative form of plumptitude.

plumpitudes
plural of plumpitude

plumpness
The quality or state of being plump.

plumpnesses
plural of plumpness

plumptitude
The quality or state of being plump.
Something that is plump.

plumptitudes
plural of plumptitude

plunderbund
An exploitative cartel.

pluperfection
The quality or state of being more than perfect or complete.
Property of a certain category of graphs.

pluperfections
plural of pluperfection

pluperfectness
The quality of being pluperfect.

pluralisability
Alternative spelling of pluralizability.

pluralisation
Alternative spelling of pluralization.

pluralisations
plural of pluralisation

pluraliser
Alternative spelling of pluralizer

pluralism
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.

pluralisms
plural of pluralism

pluralities
plural of plurality