Index of English words, starting with "pl"

(1) - Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.

(1) - Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.

(1) - Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
(2) - Plight (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
(3) - Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
(4) - Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
(5) - Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
(6) - Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
(7) - Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
(8) - Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.