Webster's Dictionary 1913

5293

Pleonast

Ple″o‐nast (?), n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. C. Reade.

5294

Pleonaste

Ple″o‐naste, n. [Gr.� abundant, rich; cf. F. pléonaste.] (Min.) A black variety of spinel.

5295

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.

5296

Pleonastically

Ple′o‐nas″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In a pleonastic manner.

5297

Pleopod

Ple″o‐pod (?), n.; pl. E. Pleopods (#), L. Pleopoda (#). [Gr. � to swim + -pod.] (Zoöl.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

5298

Plerome

Ple″rome (?), n.(Bot.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.

5299

Plerophory

Ple‐roph″o‐ry (?), n. [Gr. �; � full + φέρειν to bear.] Fullness; full persuasion. “A plerophory of assurance.” Bp. Hall.

5300

Plesance

Ples″ance (?), n. Pleasance. Chaucer.

5301

Plesh

Plesh (?), n. A pool; a plash. Spenser.

5302

Plesimorphism

Ple′si‐mor″phism (?), n. [Gr. � near + μορφή form.] (Crystallog.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical co...

5303

Plesiomorphous

Ple′si‐o‐mor″phous (?), a. Nearly alike in form.

5304

Plesiosaur

Ple″si‐o‐saur (?), n.(Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria.

5305

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 ...

5306

Plesiosaurian

Ple′si‐o‐sau″ri‐an (?), n.(Paleon.) A plesiosaur.

5307

Plesiosaurus

‖Ple′si‐o‐sau″rus (?), n.; pl.Plesiosauri (#). (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in t...

5308

Plessimeter

Ples‐sim″e‐ter (?), n. See Pleximeter.

5309

Plete

Plete (?), v. t. & i. To plead. P. Plowman.

5310

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...

5311

Plethoretic

Pleth′o‐ret″ic (?), a. Plethoric. Johnson.

5312

Plethoric

Ple‐thor″ic (?), a. [Gr. �; cf. F. pléthorique.] Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; — used also metaphoric...

5313

Plethorical

Ple‐thor″ic‐al (?), a. Plethoric. — Ple‐thor″ic‐al‐ly, adv.Burke.

5314

Plethory

Pleth″o‐ry (?), n. Plethora. Jer. Taylor.

5315

Plethron

{ ‖Pleth″ron (?), ‖Pleth″rum (?), } n.; pl.Plethra (#). (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.

5316

Plethysmograph

‖Pleth″ys‐mo‐graph (?), n. [Gr. � an enlargement + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm o...

5317

Plethysmography

Pleth′ys‐mog″ra‐phy (?), n.(Physiol.) The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.

5318

Pleura

‖Pleu″ra (?), n., pl. of Pleuron.

5319

Pleura (2)

Pleu″ra, n.; pl. L. Pleuræ (#), E. Pleuras (#). [NL., n. fem., fr. Gr. � a rib, the side.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjac...