Word origins

• plicatureA doubling; a fold; a plication.
• plicidentineA form of dentin containig sinuous tubules.
• ploceA figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
• plumbicOf, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead.
• plumbismSynonym of lead poisoning.
• plumbo-lead
• plumbotsumiteAn orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
• plumbousOf, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead.
• plumicornAn ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
• plumigerousFeathered; having feathers.
• plumiliformHaving the shape of a plume or feather.
• plumipedHaving feet covered with feathers.
• plumuleThe first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
• plurifariousOf many kinds or types; multifarious.
• pluriparousProducing several young at a single birth
• plus-An intensifying prefix, roughly equivalent to more or very.
• plusquam-more than; beyond (in degree)
• plusquamperfectpluperfect
• plutonianOf or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
• pluvio-rain; rainfall
• pluviometerA scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
• pluviometryThe scientific measurement of rainfall.
• pocilliformIn the shape of a small cup.
• poculationDrinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.
• poculentFit for drink.
• poculiformHaving the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
• podagricOf or relating to gout.
• podicalanal (applied to certain body parts)
• poena culleiA form of execution in Ancient Rome consisting of being sewn up in a sack, sometimes with live animals, and then being thrown into water.
• poesiologyThe study of poesy or poetry.
• politocracyGovernment that is in some manner chosen by the governed citizens.
• politocraticPertaining to the role of citizens in the organization and choice of government.
• pollencyPower.
• pollicateTo gesture with the thumb.
• pollinicOf or relating to pollen.
• pollinigerousBearing or producing pollen.
• pollinivoreAny animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.
• pollinoseHaving the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
• pollinosisAn allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.
• PolydorusA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
• polygonyAny plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass.
• polyhistorSomeone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
• polyparousProducing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
• polyremeA very large galley with more than five rows of oars on each side.
• pomeridianOf or pertaining to the afternoon.
• pomiculturethe cultivation of fruit; fruit-growing
• pomiferousProducing or bearing fruit, especially apples
• pompaticpompous
• ponderanceWeight; gravity.
• ponderateTo have weight or influence.
• ponibilityThe capability of being placed or located.
• pontalOf or relating to the pons or bridges.
• ponticularOf or pertaining to the ponticulus
• pontificeBridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
• pontificialpapal; pontifical
• pontileOf or relating to the pons.
• pontinalDescribing a bone of the skull of certain fishes
• ponto-Pons; pontine; bridge, connecting tissue.
• poplitThe shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint.
• populinA glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus).
• PorcellianOf or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University.
• porcicideThe killing of a pig or pigs.
• porcophiliaLove or admiration for pigs.
• porcophobiaA fear or dislike of pigs.
• poriformResembling a pore
• porraceousResembling the leek in colour; greenish.
• porrectionThe act of stretching forth, or holding forward, as if offering or handing over.
• portateBorne diagonally athwart an escutcheon with the central column going from dexter chief to sinister base (a cross tilted the opposite way is portate reversed), especially as a T-shaped or Saint Anthony's cross.
• portgreveSynonym of portreeve.
• post-after; later.
• postamentpedestal, particularly of a pillar or pilaster
• post festumAfter the fact; too late.
• post hocAfter the fact.
• posticalOriented towards the base.
• posticipateTo refer back to (an earlier event, moment etc.), to come later in time than (something); to succeed. Opposed to anticipate.
• posticousposterior
• postillationThe act of postillating; writing of postils in a text, or (Christianity) preaching by exposition of Scripture.
• postnatesubsequent
• postpositTo postpone; to defer.
• postremogenitureInheritance by the last-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office; ultimogeniture.
• postscribeTo make or add a postscript.
• postulatoryOf the nature of a postulate.
• potatoryOf or pertaining to drinking.
• potestativeauthoritative
• potomaniaAn excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.
• potulentFit to drink; potable.
• praecognitaThings previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.
• praedialOf or pertaining to land or its products.
• praenominalRelating to a praenomen.
• praeputium clitoridisThe clitoral hood
• praeputium penisThe penile foreskin
• PraesepeThe Beehive Cluster, an open cluster in the constellation Cancer.
• praetextaA white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
• PramnianOf or pertaining to a type of Ancient Greek wine.
• praseA variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.
• prebendalOf or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary.
• precativeResembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
• precessorA predecessor; one who came before.
• precibalBefore a meal.
• precipientCommanding; directing; willing.