Index of English words, starting with "pl"

(1) - Plat (n.) A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart.
(2) - Plat (n.) The flat or broad side of a sword.
(3) - Plat (adv.) Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
(4) - Plat (adv.) Plainly; flatly; downright.
(5) - Plat (n.) Plain; flat; level.
(6) - Plat (v. t.) To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
(7) - Plat (n.) A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
(8) - Plat (n.) Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
(9) - Plat (v. t.) To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.

(1) - Platan (n.) The plane tree.

(1) - Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.
(2) - Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
(3) - Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
(4) - Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
(5) - Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
(6) - Plate (n.) A piece of money, usually silver money.
(7) - Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
(8) - Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
(9) - Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
(10) - Plate (v. t.) To calender; as, to plate paper.
(11) - Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
(12) - Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.
(13) - Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
(14) - Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
(15) - Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.
(16) - Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
(17) - Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
(18) - Plate (n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.

(1) - Plateau (n.) An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
(2) - Plateau (n.) A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

(1) - Plateful (n.) Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.