Word origins

• plenismThe belief that all space is full of matter; horror vacui
• plenistA believer in plenism; someone who believes that all space is full of matter.
• plenitudinaryHaving plenitude; full; complete; thorough.
• plenitudineabundance
• plenitudinousCharacterised by plenitude; abundant
• plenopticOf or relating to all the light, travelling in every direction, in a given space.
• plethoryA plethora.
• pleuritisPleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
• pleuro-Of or pertaining to the pleura; pleural.
• -plexComprising a number of parts, as in duplex.
• plicaA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
• plica polonicaA condition characterised by matted and unhygienic hair.
• plicateFolded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
• 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.
• plumbataA lead-weighted dart, used by soldiers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
• 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.
• plumbumSynonym of lead, chiefly in scientific contexts.
• plumbum argentariumSynonym of argentarium.
• 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.
• plumoseHaving feathers or plumes.
• plumulaA plumule.
• plumuleThe first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.
• plurale tantumA noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.
• pluri-several
• pluriesA writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.
• 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
• pluteusA low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
• 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.
• pluviousInvolving or relating to rain; rainy.
• 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.
• poculumA drinking-cup used in Ancient Rome.
• podagricOf or relating to gout.
• PodaliriusA healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.
• podexThe anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
• podicalanal (applied to certain body parts)
• -poeiaUsed to form nouns that denote the making or creating of something.
• 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.
• polemarchThe military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
• PolemonA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, notably borne by various ancient philosophers.
• pole starThe star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
• -polisForms names of cities or kinds of cities.
• 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.
• pollentPowerful, strong.
• pollexThe thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.
• pollicalof the thumb
• pollicateTo gesture with the thumb.
• pollicitationA voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise.
• pollinctorundertaker
• 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.
• PolyclitusA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
• PolydeucesA male given name of historical usage
• 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.
• PolyhymniaThe Muse of sacred music.
• polyparousProducing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
• PolypoetesName of several male characters in Greek mythology
• polypusA polyp.
• polyremeA very large galley with more than five rows of oars on each side.
• polyspastA machine consisting of many pulleys
• pomeridianOf or pertaining to the afternoon.
• pomeriumThe ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.
• pomiculturethe cultivation of fruit; fruit-growing
• pomiferousProducing or bearing fruit, especially apples
• pompaticpompous
• pompholyxdyshidrosis eczema
• ponderalPertaining to weight.
• ponderanceWeight; gravity.
• ponderateTo have weight or influence.
• pondusAn old English measure of weight, usually of wool, perhaps equal to 3 cloves.
• ponibilityThe capability of being placed or located.
• pontalOf or relating to the pons or bridges.
• ponticularOf or pertaining to the ponticulus
• ponticulusa ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear