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Plainnesses
- noun - an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
- clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
- the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
- the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
Plainspoken
- adjective - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
- using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor"
Plaintively
- adverb - in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"
Planchettes
- noun - a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
Plane Angle
- noun - an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane)
Plane Table
- noun - surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board and a ruler that are mounted on a tripod; used to sight and map topographical details
Planenesses
- noun - the property of having two dimensions
Planer Tree
- - A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
Planet Gear
- noun - an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
Planetarium
- noun - a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
- an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems
- an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome