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Plasmids
- noun - a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Plasmins
- noun - an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
Plasters
- noun - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- apply a heavy coat to
- apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
- coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She l
Plastics
- noun - a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?"
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Plastids
- noun - any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
Plessors
- noun - (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Plosions
- noun - the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
Plosives
- noun - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
Potshots
- noun - a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
- criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"
Presages
- noun - a foreboding about what is about to happen
- a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
- indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"