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 plentily In a plentiful manner; with plenty. plentiness plentifulness; abundance plentitude Abundance, fullness, completeness; an instance of this. plenty A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal. Plentywood A city, the county seat of Sheridan County, Montana, United States. plenum A space that is completely filled with matter. Plenykiv A village in Chemeryntsi starostynskyi okruh, Peremyshliany urban hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, extant since at least 1876. pleoanamorphic Relating to pleoanamorphy. pleoanamorphism Synonym of pleoanamorphy. pleoanamorphy The occurrence of multiple distinct types of asexual structures or forms during the life cycle of an organism. pleocellular Having many more than the usual number of cells pleochroic Of, pertaining to, or having the property of pleochroism. pleochroism The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions. pleochroistic Synonym of pleochroic. pleochromatic pleochroic; exhibiting pleochroism pleochromatism pleochroism pleocytosis A condition where an unusually high quantity of white blood cells (normally lymphocytes) are present in the cerebrospinal fluid. pleomassariaceous Of or relating to the Pleomassariaceae. pleomere The abdominal somite of a crustacean pleometrosis The establishment of an ant colony by multiple queens. pleometrotic Relating to pleometrosis. pleometrotically By pleometrosis. pleomorph Any pleomorphic organism pleomorphic Having a lifecycle whose stages involve embodiment in diverse forms. pleomorphism The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism. pleomorphist A believer in pleomorphism. pleomorphous having or passing through many different forms pleon The abdomen of a crustacean. pleonal Relating to a pleon pleonasm Redundancy in wording. pleonasmic Of, or related to pleonasms. pleonast One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing. pleonaste A black variety of spinel. pleonastic Of, or relating to pleonasm. pleonastical pleonastic pleonastically In a pleonastic manner. pleonectic Greedy; covetous. pleonexia Excessive or insatiable greed, avarice, covetousness, the desire to have more, a greedy desire for certain goods. pleonite An abdominal somite of a crustacean pleophagous Eating various different foods. pleophonic Related to pleophony. pleophony The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages. pleophyletic Synonym of polyphyletic. pleopod One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. pleopodal Relating to pleopods. pleosomite pleonite pleosporaceous Of or relating to the Pleosporaceae, a family of sac fungi. pleosporalean Any fungus of the order Pleosporales pleotelson A fusion of the last abdominal segment of an arthropod and its telson plerematic Pertaining to meaning, as opposed to structure or syntax. plereme A unit of content that is the minimal meaningful unit pleremic Of a basic unit of a writing system: having a specific meaning associated with it. plerergate honey-pot ant plerion A nebula powered by the pulsar wind of a pulsar. plerixafor An immunostimulant used to mobilize hematopoietic stem cells in cancer patients. plerocercoid An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid. pleroma A plant of the genus Pleroma. pleromatic Pertaining to pleroma. plerome The central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele. plerophory Fullness, especially of conviction or persuasion; the state of being fully persuaded plerotic that occupies the entire oogonium Plesac A surname. Plescia A surname from Italian. Pleshey A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6614). plesiadapid Any extinct mammal in the family Plesiadapidae. plesiadapiform Any extinct mammal of the order Plesiadapiformes plesiadapoid Any extinct mammal of the superfamily Plesiadapoidea plesimorphic plesiomorphic plesiobiont A social insect or species that lives in a plesiobiotic manner. plesiobiosis A close nesting association between two or more colonies of social insects with little actual interaction. plesiobiotic Pertaining to plesiobiosis. plesiochelyid Any extinct turtle of the family Plesiochelyidae plesiochronous Almost, but not quite, synchronous. plesiohedron A special kind of space-filling polyhedron, defined as the Voronoi cell of a symmetric Delone set. Three-dimensional Euclidean space can be completely filled by copies of any one of these shapes, with no overlaps. plesiometacarpal Being part of the subfamily Cervinae, having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot). plesiomorph An organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism. plesiomorphic Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive. plesiomorphically In a plesiomorphic manner; in the manner of a plesiomorph. plesiomorphism plesiomorphy plesiomorphous Nearly alike in form. plesiomorphy A character state that is present in both outgroups and in the ancestors plesionym Synonym of parasynonym. plesionymic plesionymous plesionymous Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym. plesionymy The state of being close but not identical in meaning, as with the words "overcast" and "cloudy". plesiopedal (of a mosasaur) Having limbs adapted for terrestrial motion. plesiopelvic Having a pelvis adapted for terrestrial use plesiopid Any longfin in the family Plesiopidae. plesiopithecid Any extinct primate of the family Plesiopithecidae plesiosaur Any of the order †Plesiosauria of extinct marine reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. plesiosaurian A plesiosaur. plesiosaurid Any plesiosaur in the family †Plesiosauridae of extinct marine reptiles. plesiosaurlike Resembling or characteristic of plesiosaurs. plesiosauroid Any marine plesiosaur of the superfamily Plesiosauroidea plesiosauromorph A plesiosaur with a long neck and a small head. plesiosaurus Any of the genus †Plesiosaurus of extinct long-necked marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic. plesiotype A specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species. Pleskot A surname from Czech. Plessey The site of a former railway station in Northumberland, England, near Plessey Woods Country Park (OS grid ref NZ2378). plessigraph An instrument for the percussion, delineation and measurement of organs of the body, producing a visible record indicating changes in the nature of the sound. plessimetry pleximetry Plessinger A surname from German. Plessis A surname from French plessite A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites. plessitic Of or relating to plessite. Plessner A surname from German. Plessy A surname. plestor An open space in a village where fairs or markets were held; became village greens. Pleszew A town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. plet Pleated; plated; folded. Pletcher A surname. Pleternica A town in Croatia. Pleterski A surname from Slovene. plethodontid Any of the Plethodontidae, a family of lungless salamanders. Plethon Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher. Plethonian Synonym of Plethonic (“pertaining to Gemistos Plethon”). Plethonic Pertaining to or characteristic of the Byzantine philosopher Gemistos Plethon (1355–1453). plethora An excessive amount or number; an abundance. plethoral having the characteristics of a plethora plethoric Suffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood. plethorically In a plethoric manner: excessively, overabundantly. plethorous Being or relating to a plethora; very large or abundant. plethory A plethora. plethron A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes). plethysm A particular group-theoretic operation on a set of functions of a given symmetry type. plethysmogram A recording made by the plethysmograph. plethysmograph An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains). plethysmographic Relating to plethysmography. plethysmographical Of or pertaining to plethysmography. plethysmographically By means of plethysmography. plethysmography The diagnostic use of a plethysmograph. plethysmometer Any instrument designed to measure small changes in volume, usually via the displacement of water plethysmometric Relating to plethysmometry plethysmometrically In a plethysmometric manner plethysmometry The design, construction and use of plethysmometers plethystic Related to a plethysm Plett A surname from German. Pletz A surname from German. pletzel A flat bread roll, either crisp or chewy, somewhat similar to a bagel Pleubian A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, on the coast of Brittany, France. pleugh plow. pleuntic Of, or pertaining to, the pleural cavity pleura Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals. pleuracentesis Synonym of thoracentesis. pleural Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax. pleuralgia Pain in the side or region of the ribs. pleuralgic Relating to pleuralgia. pleuralin A cell wall protein present in diatoms of the genus Cylindrotheca pleurally In a pleural manner pleurant A weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.