Webster's Dictionary 1913

4834

Placeman

Place″man (?), n.; pl.Placemen (�). One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.

4835

Placement

Place″ment (?), n. [Cf. F. placement.] 1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed.2. Position; place.

4836

Placenta

Pla‐cen″ta (?), n.; pl. L. Placentæ (#), E. Placentas (#). 1. (Anat.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the af...

4837

Placental

Pla‐cen″tal (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.

4838

Placental (2)

Pla‐cen″tal, n.(Zoöl.) One of the Placentalia.

4839

Placentalia

‖Plac′en‐ta″li‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

4840

Placentary

Pla‐cen″ta‐ry (?), a. Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.

4841

Placentation

Plac′en‐ta″tion (?), n. 1. (Anat.) The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.2. (Bot.) The mode in which the placenta is arrang...

4842

Placentiferous

Plac′en‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [Placenta + -ferous.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having or producing a placenta.

4843

Placentiform

Pla‐cen″ti‐form (?), a. [Placenta + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.

4844

Placentious

Pla‐cen″tious (?), a. [See Please.] Pleasing; amiable. “A placentious person.” Fuller.

4845

Placer

Pla″cer (?), n. One who places or sets. Spenser.

4846

Placer (2)

Plac″er (?), n. A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.

4847

Placet

‖Pla″cet (?), n. [L. placet it pleases.] 1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.2. The assent of the civil power to the...

4848

Placid

Plac″id (?), a. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild, from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See Please.] Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tran...

4849

Placidity

Pla‐cid″i‐ty (?), n. [L. placiditas: cf. F. placidité.] The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity. Hawthorne.

4850

Placidly

Plac″id‐ly (?), adv. In a placid manner.

4851

Placidness

Plac″id‐ness, n. The quality or state of being placid.

4852

Placit

Plac″it (?), n. [L. placitum. See Plea.] A decree or determination; a dictum. “The placits and opinions of other philosophers.” Evelyn.

4853

Placitory

Plac″i‐to‐ry (?), a. [See Placit.] Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton.

4854

Placitum

‖Plac″i‐tum (?), n.; pl.Placita (#). [LL. See Placit.] 1. A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon aff...

4855

Plack

Plack (?), n. [F. plaque a plate of metal. Cf. Plaque.] A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent.With not a plack in the pocket of the poet. Prof...

4856

Placket

Plack″et (?), n. [F. plaquer to lay or clap on. See Placard.] 1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. Beau. & Fl.2. The opening or slit left in ...

4857

Placoderm

Plac″o‐derm (?), n. [Gr. πλάξ, πλακόσ, tablet + δέρμα skin.] (Paleon.) One of the Placodermi.

4858

Placodermal

Plac′o‐der″mal (?), a.(Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.

4859

Placodermata

‖Plac′o‐der″ma‐ta (?), n. pl.(Paleon.) Same as Placodermi.

4860

Placodermi

‖Plac′o‐der″mi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. πλάξ, πλακόσ, a tablet + δέρμα skin.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with ...