Pleomorphous to Plim
Pleomorphous
(Ple`o*mor"phous) a. Having the property of pleomorphism.
Pleonasm
(Ple"o*nasm), n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. fr. to be more than enough, to abound, fr. neut. of
more, compar. of much. See Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking
or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
Pleonast
(Ple"o*nast) n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] C. Reade.
Pleonaste
(Ple"o*naste), n. [Gr. abundant, rich; cf. F. pléonaste.] (Min.) A black variety of spinel.
Pleonastic
(Ple`o*nas"tic Ple`o*nas"tic*al) a. [Cf. F. pléonastique.] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the
nature of pleonasm; redundant.
Pleonastically
(Ple`o*nas"tic*al*ly), adv. In a pleonastic manner.
Pleopod
(Ple"o*pod) n.; pl. E. Pleopods L. Pleopoda -pod.]—> (Zoöl.) One of the abdominal legs of a
crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.
Plerome
(Ple"rome) n. [Gr. that which fills up, fr. to fill.] (Bot.) The central column of parenchyma in a
growing stem or root.
Plerophory
(Ple*roph"o*ry) n. [Gr. full + to bear.] Fullness; full persuasion. "A plerophory of assurance."
Bp. Hall.
Plesance
(Ples"ance) n. Pleasance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Plesh
(Plesh) n. A pool; a plash. [Obs.] Spenser.
Plesimorphism
(Ple`si*mor"phism) n. [Gr. near + form.] (Crystallog.) The property possessed by
some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
Plesiomorphous
(Ple`si*o*mor"phous) a. Nearly alike in form.
Plesiosaur
(Ple"si*o*saur) n. (Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria.
Plesiosauria
(||Ple`si*o*sau"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Plesiosaurus.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mesozoic
marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; — called also Sauropterygia.
Plesiosaurian
(Ple`si*o*sau"ri*an) n. (Paleon.) A plesiosaur.
Plesiosaurus
(||Ple`si*o*sau"rus) n.; pl. Plesiosauri [NL., fr. Gr near + a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus
of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It
lived in the Mesozoic age.
Plessimeter
(Ples*sim"e*ter) n. See Pleximeter.
Plete
(Plete) v. t. & i. To plead. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Plethora
(Pleth"o*ra) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. to be or become full. Cf. Pleonasm.]
1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels
or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperæmia; — opposed to anæmia.
2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination.
Jeffrey.
