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Placer
- noun - an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
Places
- noun - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
- a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
- a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
- a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
- a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
- an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
- an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
- any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns
Placet
- - A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
Placid
- adjective - (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves;
- not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"
Placit
- - A decree or determination; a dictum.
Plicae
- noun - a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Ploces
- noun - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Plucks
- noun - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
Plucky
- adjective - marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"
- showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
Poachy
- - Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land