Index of English words, starting with "pl"

(1) - Plaice (n.) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.
(2) - Plaice (n.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.

(1) - Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
(2) - Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
(3) - Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

(1) - Plaided (a.) Wearing a plaid.
(2) - Plaided (a.) Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.

(1) - Plain (superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
(2) - Plain (v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
(3) - Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
(4) - Plain (superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
(5) - Plain (superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
(6) - Plain (superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
(7) - Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
(8) - Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.
(9) - Plain (superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
(10) - Plain (v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
(11) - Plain (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
(12) - Plain (superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
(13) - Plain (adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.
(14) - Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.
(15) - Plain (a.) A field of battle.
(16) - Plain (v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
(17) - Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

(1) - Plain-laid (a.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.