Index of English words, starting with "pl"

(1) - Pleopod (n.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

(1) - Plesiosaur (n.) One of the Plesiosauria.

(1) - Plethora (n.) State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
(2) - Plethora (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia.

(1) - Plethoric (a.) Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically.