Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z placentalian Having or relating to a placenta. placentally In terms of, or by means of, the placenta. placentarium Synonym of placenta. placentary Placental; relating to the placenta. placentate Having a placenta. placentation The local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange to promote the growth and development of the young; involves a placenta in non-egglaying mammals. Placentia A city in Orange County, California, United States. placenticeratid Any ammonite in the family Placenticeratidae. placentiferous Having or producing a placenta. placentiform Having the shape of a placenta, or thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle. placentious pleasing or pleasant placentitis Inflammation of the placenta. placentogenesis The process of development of a placenta. placentography radiological examination of the placenta placentology The study of the placenta. placentomal Relating to a placentome placentome All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle) placentomegaly The presence of an abnormally enlarged placenta. placentone Synonym of progesterone. placentophagic feeding on the placenta placentophagous feeding on the placenta placentophagy Consumption of one's own placenta immediately after childbirth. placentopoiesis The formation and development of the placenta placentoside A particular steroid glycoside. placentotrophic Relating to, or by means of placentotrophy placentotrophy Synonym of matrotrophy. placepot A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from each of the first six races from any British race meeting. placer One who places or arranges something. Placeres A surname from Spanish. Placerville A city, the county seat of El Dorado County, California, United States. placeshift To broadcast (media) from one device to another, by means of placeshifting. placeshifting The act or habit of watching or listening to live or recorded media on a remote device via the Internet or over a network. placet A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. placewoman A female placeman. Plachutta A sacrificial move in chess which is played with the intention of fatally interfering with the opponent's combination attacking or defensive position. placial Relating to places, or to conceptions of place. placiality The quality of being placial; relationship to place. placially In placial terms. placid calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil placidity The state of being placid; peacefulness. placidly In a placid manner. placidness The state or quality of being placid. Placidyl Trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative. placify To create a peaceful and calm environment; to make placid. Placilla A city in Colchagua, Chile. placing The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning. placit A decree or dictum. placitory Of or relating to legal pleas. placitum A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign presided when a consultation was held upon affairs of state. plack A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. Placke A surname from German. placket A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings placki Polish potato pancakes. plackless Penniless; broke. placochromatic Of a diatom: having endochrome in plates or disks. placodal Of or related to a placode placode A platelike thickening of the epithelial layer of an embryo from which an organ, especially a sense organ, develops. placoderm A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (†Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods. placodermian Of, or relating to, prehistoric armoured fishes in the paraphyletic class Placodermi. placodioid Radiating outward, with the ends of the radiating arms peeling up from the substrate, but without a cortex on the underside. placodiomorph Synonym of placodioid lichen. placodiomorphic Relating to placodiomorphs. placodont An extinct marine reptile of the order Placodontia. placodontid Any placodont in the family Placodontidae. placodontoid Any member of the Placodontoidea superfamily of extinct reptiles. placoganoid Relating to the Placoganoidei, apparently a synonym of Placodermi. placoid Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish placoidian A placoid fish. placophobia The fear of tombstones. placozoan Any of a group of balloon-shaped marine organisms, of the phylum Placozoa, considered to be the simplest living animals. placozoon placozoan plactic Based on all words in the alphabet of positive integers modulo Knuth equivalence. placula A little plate or plaque. placunid Any bivalve in the family Placunidae. pladdy an islet or bank in the middle of a channel. Pladget A surname. pladienolide Any of a family of macrocyclic lactones, isolated from Streptomyces platensis, that exhibit antitumor activity plaesiomyid Any extinct lamp shell of the family Plaesiomyidae PLAF The People's Liberation Armed Forces, the army of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam during the 1960s and early 1970s. plafibride A particular antilipidemic and antiplatelet drug. plafond A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated. plag plagioclase feldspar plagal Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form. plagally In a plagal manner. plagate Having irregular elongated spots of colour. plage A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone. plaggic Modified by the long-term use of manure to enrich the soil. plagiaplite A form of gladkaite with less quartz. plagiarhythm The act of taking illegitimately-obtained (typically downloaded) musical content and using it in new works. plagiarism Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing. plagiarist One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief. plagiaristic Characteristic of a plagiarist; of, relating to, or characterized by plagiarism. plagiaristically In a plagiaristic manner. plagiarizable Capable of being plagiarized. plagiarization Synonym of plagiarism. plagiarize To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism. plagiarized produced using plagiarism plagiarizer A person who plagiarizes something. plagiarizing Synonym of plagiarism. plagiary The crime of literary theft; plagiarism. plagiator Synonym of plagiarist. plagiaulacid Any extinct mammal in the family Plagiaulacidae. plagihedral Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levorotatory and dextrorotatory crystals. plagiocephalic Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. plagiocephalism Synonym of plagiocephaly. plagiocephaly A congenital condition where the skull suffers an oblique malformation. plagiochilaceous Of or relating to the Plagiochilaceae. plagioclase Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium. plagioclasic Of or relating to plagioclase. plagioclastic Of or relating to plagioclase. plagioclimactic Relating to plagioclimax. plagioclimax An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity. plagioeciid Any bryozoan in the family Plagioeciidae. plagiogonal Relating to the orthogonal group of a quadratic form plagiogrammacean Any diatom of the family Plagiogrammaceae plagiogrammoid Related to, or characteristic of diatoms of the family Plagiogrammaceae. plagiogranite Trondhjemite that occurs in the oceanic crust or in ophiolites. plagiogranitic Of or relating to plagiogranite. plagiogravitropic Relating to plagiogravitropism. plagiogravitropism The response of branches, etc. to gravity when growth is not vertical. plagioleucitite An altered form of leucitite plagiolophodont Describing teeth characteristic of herbivores of the genus Plagiolophus plagionite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur. plagiopatagium The portion of patagium stretching from the last digit to the hind limbs. plagiophototropic Assuming an oblique position with respect to the rays of light, like the leaflets of Robinia or Tropaeolum. plagiorchiid Any trematode of the order Plagiorchiida plagiosaur Any of the superfamily †Plagiosauroidea of stereospondyl temnospondyls that lived during the Triassic period. plagiosaurid Any temnospondyl of the family Plagiosauridae. plagiosere A series of plant communities that are interrupted or disturbed by an outside agent plagiostome One of the Plagiostomi, a former group of sharks plagiostomous Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates. plagiostomy An adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace. plagiotropic Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle plagiotropically In a plagiotropic manner. plagiotropism The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus plagiotropous Synonym of plagiotropic. plagiotropy The condition of being plagiotropic plagium abduction, especially of a child plagose Fond of flogging. plagosity The quality of being plagose. plague The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis. plagued Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something). plagueful Abounding with plagues plagueless Free from plague. plaguelike Like a plague. plaguer Someone or something that plagues or annoys. plaguesome That is a plague. plaguey Causing annoyance or bother; irritating. plaguily In a plaguey way. plaguiness The quality of being plaguey.