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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.
Plagal
- - Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.
Plages
- noun - the beach at a seaside resort
Plague
- noun - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
- an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
- annoy continually or chronically;
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
Plaguy
- adjective - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
- in a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!"
Plaice
- noun - flesh of large European flatfish
- large European food fish
Plaids
- noun - a cloth having a crisscross design