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Ploces
- noun - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
Plonks
- noun - a cheap wine of inferior quality
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
- the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
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
Plumbs
- noun - adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
- measure the depth of something
- the metal bob of a plumb line
- weight with lead
Plumes
- noun - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
- anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes"
- be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
- clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
- deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Plumps
- noun - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
- the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Plunks
- noun - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
- a hollow twanging sound
- drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
Plutus
- - The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit.
Plyers
- noun - a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws
- someone who plies a trade
Slacks
- noun - (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; "he took up the slack"
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- a stretch of water without current or movement; "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
- become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- make less active or fas