Words Starting With PLA
Here's the list of all the 755 Words Starting With PLA in the English Language.
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place | 1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region 2. any area set aside for a particular purpose More Definitions → |
plan | 1. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished 2. an arrangement scheme More Definitions → |
play | 1. participate in games or sport 2. act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome More Definitions → |
planning | 1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action 2. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise More Definitions → |
player | 1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game 2. someone who plays a music as a profession More Definitions → |
plant | 1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor 2. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion More Definitions → |
playing | 1. the act of playing a musical instrument 2. the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation More Definitions → |
platform | 1. a raised horizontal surface 2. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party More Definitions → |
plastic | 1. generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives 2. a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered More Definitions → |
placed | 1. situated in a particular spot or position 2. put in position in relation to other things More Definitions → |
played | 1. (of games) engaged in More Definitions → |
planet | 1. (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction 2. a person who follows or serves another More Definitions → |
plate | 1. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score 2. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic More Definitions → |
plain | 1. extensive tract of level open land 2. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side More Definitions → |
planned | 1. designed or carried out according to a plan 2. with planning and intention More Definitions → |
plasma | 1. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended 2. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone More Definitions → |
plane | 1. cut or remove with or as if with a plane 2. travel on the surface of water More Definitions → |
platinum | 1. a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits More Definitions → |
placement | 1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed 2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees More Definitions → |
plaza | 1. a public square with room for pedestrians 2. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace More Definitions → |
planner | 1. a person who makes plans 2. a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc. More Definitions → |
playlist | 1. a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio More Definitions → |
plaintiff | 1. a person who brings an action in a court of law More Definitions → |
playback | 1. the act of reproducing recorded sound 2. electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material More Definitions → |
playground | 1. an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes 2. yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play More Definitions → |
planting | 1. the act of fixing firmly in place 2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area More Definitions → |
planted | 1. set in the soil for growth 2. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held More Definitions → |
plaque | 1. (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2. a memorial made of brass More Definitions → |
plantation | 1. an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) 2. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth More Definitions → |
planetary | 1. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets 2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants More Definitions → |
placebo | 1. an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug 2. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead More Definitions → |
playoff | 1. any final competition to determine a championship More Definitions → |
plateau | 1. a relatively flat highland More Definitions → |
plague | 1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal 2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate More Definitions → |
planar | 1. involving or having two dimensions More Definitions → |
plat | 1. make a plot of 2. a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) More Definitions → |
plaster | 1. apply a heavy coat to 2. cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on More Definitions → |
playful | 1. full of fun and high spirits More Definitions → |
plausible | 1. given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments 2. apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing More Definitions → |
plaid | 1. a cloth having a crisscross design More Definitions → |
playhouse | 1. plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of More Definitions → |
plagiarism | 1. a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own More Definitions → |
platter | 1. a large shallow dish used for serving food 2. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove More Definitions → |
plasmid | 1. a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication More Definitions → |
plating | 1. a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface 2. the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis) More Definitions → |
platelet | 1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting More Definitions → |
plainly | 1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') 2. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment More Definitions → |
plank | 1. cover with planks 2. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise More Definitions → |
planter | 1. the owner or manager of a plantation 2. a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground More Definitions → |
platoon | 1. a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant 2. a team of policemen working under the military platoon system More Definitions → |
playable | 1. capable of or suitable for being played or played on More Definitions → |
playwright | 1. someone who writes plays More Definitions → |
placid | 1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves 2. not easily irritated More Definitions → |
playmate | 1. a companion at play More Definitions → |
placer | 1. an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral More Definitions → |
placenta | 1. that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form 2. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus More Definitions → |
planetarium | 1. a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling 2. an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome More Definitions → |
playtime | 1. time for play or diversion More Definitions → |
plasticity | 1. the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking More Definitions → |
placeholder | 1. a person authorized to act for another 2. a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set More Definitions → |
platypus | 1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae More Definitions → |
plankton | 1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water More Definitions → |
plasmodium | 1. multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds 2. parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans More Definitions → |
platonic | 1. free from physical desire More Definitions → |
playroom | 1. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) More Definitions → |
plastering | 1. the application of plaster More Definitions → |
plage | 1. the beach at a seaside resort More Definitions → |
placental | 1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials 2. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta More Definitions → |
plasminogen | 1. an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents More Definitions → |
planer | 1. a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood More Definitions → |
playbook | 1. a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) 2. a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays More Definitions → |
plantar | 1. relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot More Definitions → |
plastered | 1. (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance 2. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster More Definitions → |
playbill | 1. a theatrical program More Definitions → |
placard | 1. post in a public place 2. publicize or announce by placards More Definitions → |
planktonic | 1. of or relating to plankton More Definitions → |
plausibility | 1. apparent validity More Definitions → |
playfully | 1. in a playful manner More Definitions → |
plantain | 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally 2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics More Definitions → |
platen | 1. work table of a machine tool 2. the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type More Definitions → |
placket | 1. a piece of cloth sewn under an opening More Definitions → |
playpen | 1. a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play More Definitions → |
plagioclase | 1. any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks More Definitions → |
plausibly | 1. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence More Definitions → |
plaintive | 1. expressing sorrow More Definitions → |
playfulness | 1. a festive merry feeling 2. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement More Definitions → |
plaything | 1. an artifact designed to be played with More Definitions → |
placate | 1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of More Definitions → |
playmaker | 1. a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score More Definitions → |
plastid | 1. any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein More Definitions → |
platted | 1. make a plot of More Definitions → |
plasterboard | 1. wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls More Definitions → |
plagiarized | 1. copied and passed off as your own More Definitions → |
plagiarize | 1. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property More Definitions → |
plait | 1. make by braiding or interlacing 2. weave into plaits More Definitions → |
plater | 1. a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) More Definitions → |
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