| PLOATS | • ploats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ploat. • PLOAT v. (Scots) to dip in very hot water, to scald. |
| PLODGE | • plodge v. (Geordie) and (Wearside) To wade or splash around especially in the sea, or in puddles or mud. • plodge n. (Oxbridge slang) Contraction of porter’s lodge. • PLODGE v. (dialect) to wade in water. |
| PLOIDY | • ploidy n. (Genetics) The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell. • PLOIDY n. the number of chromosomes in a cell. |
| PLONGD | • PLONGD v. (Spenser) plunged. |
| PLONGE | • plonge v. (Transitive) To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. • PLONGE v. (Spenser) to plunge, also PLONG. |
| PLONGS | • PLONG v. (Spenser) to plunge, also PLONGE. |
| PLONKO | • plonko n. (Australia, informal) someone addicted to cheap wine. • PLONKO n. (Australian slang) an alcoholic esp. one who drinks wine. |
| PLONKS | • plonks n. Plural of plonk. • plonks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plonk. • PLONK v. to fall or drop heavily, also PLUNK, PLOP. |
| PLONKY | • plonky adj. (Slang, of wine) cheap and inferior. • plonky adj. (Informal) Having an unappealing thudding sound. • PLONKY adj. pompously self-important about mundane matters. |
| PLOOKS | • PLOOK n. (Scots) a pimple, also PLOUK. |
| PLOOKY | • plooky adj. (Scotland) Covered in blotches or pimples. • plooky adj. Like a youth; inchoate, inexperienced. • PLOOKY adj. pimply, also PLOOKIE, PLOUKY, PLOUKIE. |
| PLOTTY | • plotty adj. (Informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot. • PLOTTY adj. full of intrigue, as a novel. • PLOTTY n. a spiced hot drink, such as mulled wine, also PLOTTIE. |
| PLOUGH | • plough n. A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. • plough n. The use of a plough; tillage. • plough n. Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major). |
| PLOUKS | • PLOUK n. (Scots) a pimple, also PLOOK. |
| PLOUKY | • PLOUKY adj. pimply, also PLOOKIE, PLOOKY, PLOUKIE. |
| PLOVER | • plover n. Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae. • plover n. (Australia) The masked lapwing, Vanellus miles. • plover v. To dote over, or, crowd or nestle with. |
| PLOWED | • plowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of plow. • plowed adj. Alternative form of ploughed (“turned over with the blade of a plow”). • plowed adj. Alternative form of ploughed (“well-trodden or well-researched”). |
| PLOWER | • plower n. One who plows; one who works land with a plow. • PLOWER n. one who ploughs, also PLOUGHER. |
| PLOYED | • ployed v. Simple past tense and past participle of ploy. • PLOY v. to move from a line into column. |
| PLOYES | • PLOYE n. a buckwheat pancake. |