6-letter words starting with pl
- plenum — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleven — a city in N Bulgaria: siege of 143 days 1877.
- plexal — of or relating to a plexus.
- plexor — Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- plexus — a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- pleyel — Ignaz Josef [ig-nahts yoh-zef] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1757–1831, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer.
- pliant — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicae — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plight — Archaic. pledge.
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plinth — a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- plisky — a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- plisse — a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- plodge — to wade in water, esp the sea
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- plokta — /plok't*/ Press Lots Of Keys To Abort. To press random keys in an attempt to get some response from the system. One might plokta when the abort procedure for a program is not known, or when trying to figure out if the system is just sluggish or really hung. Plokta can also be used while trying to figure out any unknown key sequence for a particular operation. Someone going into "plokta mode" usually places both hands flat on the keyboard and mashes them down, hoping for some useful response. A slightly more directed form of plokta can often be seen in mail messages or Usenet articles from new users - the text might end with ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help as the user vainly tries to find the right exit sequence, with the incorrect tries piling up at the end of the message.
- plomer — William (Charles Franklyn). 1903–73, British poet, novelist, and short-story writer, born in South Africa. His novels include Turbott Wolfe (1926) and The Case is Altered (1932)
- plonge — to clean (drains) by action of the tide
- plonko — an alcoholic, esp one who drinks wine
- plotty — characterized by the intricacies or complications of a plot or intrigue: a plotty novel whose narrative is hard to follow.
- plough — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plover — any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- plowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ployed — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- plucky — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pluffy — puffy or fluffy
- plugin — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plumed — having or appearing to have a plume or plumes.
- plummy — containing or resembling plums.
- plumpy — plump
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- plunky — twanging
- plural — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- pluri- — denoting several
- pluses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- plushy — of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- pluton — any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- plutus — the Greek god of wealth
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.