Index of English words, starting with "pl"

(1) - Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.

(1) - Plumbiferous (a.) Producing or containing lead.

(1) - Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
(2) - Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
(3) - Plumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plumb

(1) - Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.