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| PLOSIVE | | —adj. Pronounced with a sudden release of breath. —n. Plosive sound. [from *explosive] | |
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| PLOWMAN | | n. (us plowman) person who uses a plough. | |
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| PLUMAGE | | n. Bird's feathers. [french: related to *plume] | |
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| PLUMBER | | n. Person who fits and repairs the apparatus of a water-supply, heating, etc. | |
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| PLUMMET | | —n. - plumb, plumb-line.
- sounding-line.
- weight attached to a fishing-line to keep the float upright. —v. (-t-) fall or plunge rapidly. [french: related to *plumb] | |
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| PLUNDER | | —v. - rob or steal, esp. In wartime; loot.
- exploit (another person's or common property) for one's own profit. —n. - activity of plundering.
- property so acquired. [german plUndern] | |
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| PLUNGER | | n. - part of a mechanism that works with a plunging or thrusting movement.
- rubber cup on a handle for clearing blocked pipes by a plunging and sucking action. | |
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| PLUVIAL | | adj. - of rain; rainy.
- geol. Caused by rain. [latin pluvia rain] | |
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| PLYWOOD | | n. Strong thin board made by gluing layers of wood with the direction of the grain alternating. | |
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| POFACED | | adj. - solemn-faced, humourless.
- smug. [perhaps from *po, influenced by poker-faced] | |
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