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 platinic Containing tetravalent platinum. platinide Any element in the same group as platinum in the periodic table platiniferous yielding, or containing platinum platiniridium A natural alloy, iridium enngrained with platinum. platinization the process of coating (something) with platinum. platinize To coat with platinum. platinoan Containing divalent platinum platinochloride A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid. platinocyanate Any salt or ester of platinocyanic acid. platinocyanide Any of several salts containing the anion Pt(CN)₄²⁻ platinode A cathode. platinoid Of or resembling platinum. platinosis An allergylike reaction to exposure to soluble salts of platinum. platinotomy incision of the footplate of the stapes. platinotype A method of making photographic prints using platinum salts. platinous Containing divalent platinum platinum The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value. platinumed Platinum blonde; bleached (of hair). platinumlike Resembling or characteristic of platinum. platinumsmith a worker in platinum, who makes platinum jewelry platinumware Articles made from platinum. platitude An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse. platitudeness The quality of being platitudinous; platitudinousness. platitudinal Characterized by banality or triteness. platitudinally In a platitudinal manner. platitudinarian One who uses many platitudes in speaking or writing. platitudinarianism The tendency to use many platitudes in speaking or writing. platitudinism The habitual usage of platitudes. platitudinist One who utters platitudes. platitudinization The act of platitudinizing. platitudinize To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic. platitudinizer One who platitudinizes. platitudinous Characterised by clichés or platitudes. platitudinously In the manner of a platitude. platitudinousness The quality of being platitudinous. Platner A surname platness Flatness. Plato A male given name from Ancient Greek. platometer A planimeter. Platon A surname. Platonesque Reminiscent of the ancient philosopher Plato. Platonian Platonic. platonic Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies. platonical Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic. platonically In a platonic manner. Platonician Synonym of Platonist (“Platonic philosopher”). Platonicism Synonym of Platonism (“philosophy of Plato”). Platonics The study of Platonic crystals. platonism The philosophy of Plato. platonist A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism. Platonistic Of or relating to Platonism. Platonization The act or process of platonizing. platonize To explain by, or accommodate to, the Platonic philosophy. platonizer One who platonizes. platonychia A condition characterized by an abnormally flat and broad nail. platoon A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company. platooner A player who platoons. platoonmate A member of the same platoon. platskart A type of open-plan sleeper/couchette passenger train carriage found in countries of the former Eastern Bloc. platt A marketplace. Plattdeutsch Low German platte A surname from German. platteland The country, the countryside. platten To flatten and make into sheets or plates. plattenkalk a very finely-grained sedimentary limestone platter A tray for serving foods. platterful As much as a platter will hold. platterless Without a platter. platterlike Having the form of a platter (flat and round) Platteville A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. platting Any plaited material, specifically strips of bark, cane, straw, or similar material used for making hats or the like. plattnerite A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing lead and oxygen. platts A surname. Plattsburg A city, the county seat of Clinton County, Missouri, United States. Plattsburgh A town (township) in Clinton County, northern upper New York state, United States, named after Zephaniah Platt. Plattsmouth A city, the county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States. platy Resembling plates. platybasia A developmental condition characterized by an upward bulge in the base of the posterior cranial fossa. platybasic Of or pertaining to platybasia platycarpous Having large or broad fruit. platycephalic Having a broad head platycephalid Any fish in the family Platycephalidae. platycephalism The condition of being platycephalic. platycephalous platycephalic platycephaly Synonym of platycephalism. platyceratid Any extinct gastropod in the family Platyceratidae. platycercine Any of the parrots of the subfamily Platycercinae. platycerid Synonym of platyceratid. platycerine A particular pavinane alkaloid. platyclade A cladode platycnemia Lateral flattening of the shinbone platycnemic Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism. platycnemidid Any damselfly of the family Platycnemididae. platycnemism platycnemia (Lateral flattening of the tibia.) platycodonoid Any member of the genus Platycodon of balloon flowers. platycoelian Synonym of platycoelous. platycoelous Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; said of the centra of the vertebrae of some dinosaurs. platycoely The condition of being platycoelous platycone An organism or fossil with a platyconic shell, or the shell itself. platyconic Having a flattened cross-section from its side. platycopid Any ostracod of the order Platycopida platyctenid Any member of the Platyctenida order of comb jellies. platydesmidan Any millipede in the order Platydesmida. platyfish Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin. platyform Synonym of onisciform. platygaeanism The belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk. platygastrid Any wasp in the family Platygastridae. platygastroid Any parasitoid wasp of the superfamily Platygastroidea platyhelminth Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes. platyhelminthic Of or relating to the platyhelminths. platyischnopid Any amphipod in the family Platyischnopidae. platykurtic Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis. platykurticity Synonym of platykurtosis. platykurtosis The property of having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis. platykurtotic Platykurtic. platymeric Having a broad femur platymery The quality of being platymeric. platymeter An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics. platynite A discredited mineral species that is a mixture of galena and laitakarite. platynotan Any anguimorph lizard of the clade Platynota platynotid A member of the clade Platynota of anguimorph lizards. platyopuntia Any prickly pear of the former genus Platyopuntia, most of which are now considered to be in the Opuntia genus platypelloid Of the pelvis, assuming a shape with a flat inlet and a shortened anteroposterior diameter. platypelvic Having a flat, broad pelvis. platypezid Any fly of the family Platypezidae. platyphylline A Senecio alkaloid, sometimes used as a mydriatic. platyphyllous Having broad leaves. platypnea Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat. platypodid Any ambrosia beetle in the family Platypodidae, now considered to be the curculionid subfamily Platypodinae. platypodine Relating to ambrosia beetles of the subfamily Platypodinae platypterygiine Any thunnosaur of the subfamily Platypterygiinae platypus A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). platypusary A place where platypuses are nurtured. platypuslike Resembling or characteristic of a platypus. platyrhacid Synonym of platyrhacidan. platyrhacidan Any millipede of the family Platyrhacidae platyrhinid Any fish in the family Platyrhinidae. platyrhynchous Having a flat nose. platyrostral Having a flat, wide beak platyrrhine Having a broad, flat nose. platyrrhinic Synonym of platyrrhine. platyrrhinism The trait of having a broad, flat nose. platyrrhiny The state of having a platyrrhine nose. platysma A superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid. platysmal Relating to the platysma. platyspondylic short, wide vertebrae. platyspondyly flattening of the vertebrae platysternid Any turtles in the family Platysternidae; including big-headed turtles, of the sole extant species. platystictid Any damselfly in the family Platystictidae. platystomatid Any fly of the family Platystomatidae.