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— plenipotentiary adjective

plen·i·tude noun 1 : COMPLETENESS

2 : a great sufficiency : ABUNDANCE

plen·te·ous adjective 1 : FRUITFUL

2 : existing in plenty

plen·ti·ful adjective 1 : containing or yielding plenty

2 : characterized by, constituting, or existing in plenty : ABUNDANT

— plen·ti·ful·ly adverb

Synonyms

abundant, ample, bountiful, comfortable, generous, liberal; also abounding, overflowing, replete, rich, rife, teeming, wealthy; adequate, enough, sufficient; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific; copious, galore, lavish, profuse; luxuriant

Antonyms

bare, minimal, scant

plen·ty noun : a more than adequate number or amount

Synonyms

abundance, superabundance, wealth; also adequacy, competence, competency, enough, sufficiency; amplitude, liberality; excess, overflow, overkill, oversupply, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness, richness; lavishness, luxuriance

Antonyms

deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

ple·num noun, plural -nums or -na : a general assembly of all members esp. of a legislative body

pleth·o·ra noun : an excessive quantity or fullness; also : PROFUSION

pleu·ri·sy noun : inflammation of the membrane that lines the chest and covers the lungs

plex·us noun, plural plex·us·es : an interlacing network esp. of blood vessels or nerves

pli·able adjective 1 : supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking : FLEXIBLE

2 : yielding easily to others

— pli·abil·i·ty noun

Synonyms

flexible, limber, lissome, lithe, supple, willowy—more at WILLOWY

pli·ant adjective 1 : supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking : FLEXIBLE

2 : easily influenced

— pli·an·cy noun

pli·ers noun plural : small pincers for bending or cutting wire or handling small objects

1plight verb : to put or give in pledge : ENGAGE

2plight noun : an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation

plinth noun : the lowest part of the base of an architectural column

Plio·cene adjective : of, relating to, or being the latest epoch of the Tertiary

— Pliocene noun

PLO abbreviation Palestine Liberation Organization

plod verb plod·ded; plod·ding 1 : to walk heavily or slowly

2 : to work laboriously and monotonously : DRUDGE

— plod·der noun

— plod·ding·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] flounder, limp, lumber, stumble—more at FLOUNDER

[2] drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hustle, labor, peg, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work—more at LABOR

plonk variant of PLUNK

plop verb plopped; plop·ping 1 : to fall or move with a sound like that of something dropping into water

2 : to set, drop, or throw heavily

— plop noun

Synonyms

flop, plump, plunk—more at FLOP

1plot noun 1 : a small area of ground

2 : a ground plan (as of an area)

3 : the main story (as of a book or movie)

4 : a secret scheme : INTRIGUE

Synonyms

[1] lot, parcel, plat, property, tract—more at LOT

[4] conspiracy, design, intrigue, machination, scheme; also frame-up; manipulation, subterfuge, trickery; artifice, contrivance, maneuver, stratagem, trick; cabal, confederacy, ring; game, gimmick, racket; ground plan, program, strategy, system; collusion, complicity, connivance, conniving

2plot verb plot·ted; plot·ting 1 : to make a plot or plan of

2 : to mark on or as if on a chart

3 : to plan or contrive esp. secretly

— plot·ter noun

Synonyms

conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate, scheme; also brew, concoct, cook (up), hatch; connive; engineer, jockey, maneuver, manipulate; design, frame, lay out, map, plan, shape

plo·ver noun, plural plover or plovers [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, fr. VL *pluviarius, fr. L pluvia rain]

: any of a family of shorebirds that differ from the sandpipers in having shorter stouter bills

1plow or plough noun 1 : an implement used to cut, lift, turn over, and partly break up soil

2 : a device (as a snowplow) operating like a plow

2plow or plough verb 1 : to open, break up,