Webster's Dictionary 1913

5536

Pluriliteral

Plu′ri‐lit″er‐al (?), a. [Pluri- + literal.] Consisting of more letters than three. — n. A pluriliteral word.

5537

Plurilocular

Plu′ri‐loc″u‐lar (?), a. [Pluri- + locular.] Having several cells or loculi; specifically (Bot.), having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plu...

5538

Pluriparous

Plu‐rip″a‐rous (?), a. [Pluri- + L. parere to bring forth.] Producing several young at a birth; as, a pluriparous animal.

5539

Pluripartite

Plu′ri‐par″tite (?), a. [Pluri- + partite.] (Bot.) Deeply divided into several portions.

5540

Pluripresence

Plu′ri‐pres″ence (?), n. [Pluri- + presence.] Presence in more places than one. Johnson.

5541

Plurisy

Plu″ri‐sy (?), n. [L. plus, pluris, more.] Superabundance; excess; plethora. Shak.

5542

Plus

Plus (?), a. [L., more; akin to Gr. �, �, and E. full. See Full, a., and cf. Più, Pleonasm.]1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; — op...

5543

Plush

Plush (?), n. [F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke.] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than t...

5544

Plushy

Plush″y (?), a. Like plush; soft and shaggy. H. Kingsley.

5545

Plutarchy

Plu″tar‐chy (?), n. [Gr. � wealth + -archy.] Plutocracy; the rule of wealth.

5546

Pluteal

Plu″te‐al (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a pluteus.

5547

Pluteus

‖Plu″te‐us (?), n.; pl. L. Plutei (#), E. Pluteuses (#). (Zoöl.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous r...

5548

Pluto

Plu″to (plū″tō̍), n. [L., fr. Gr. Πλοúτων.] (Class. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.Pluto monkey(Zo...

5549

Plutocracy

Plu‐toc″ra‐cy (plū̍‐tŏk″rȧ‐sy̆), n. [Gr. πλοuτοκρατία; πλοȗτοσ wealth + κρατει̑ν to be strong, to rule, fr. κρατόσ strength: cf. F. plutocratie.] A form of government in which t...

5550

Plutocrat

Plu″to‐crat (?), n. One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.

5551

Plutocratic

Plu′to‐crat″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to plutocracy; as, plutocratic ideas. Bagehot.

5552

Plutology

Plu‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � wealth + -logy.] The science which treats of wealth.

5553

Plutonian

Plu‐to″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Plutonius, Gr. �: cf. F. plutonien.] Plutonic. Poe.

5554

Plutonian (2)

Plu‐to″ni‐an (?), n.(Geol.) A Plutonist.

5555

Plutonic

Plu‐ton″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.] 1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.2. Of, pertaining to, or...

5556

Plutonism

Plu″to‐nism (?), n. [Cf. F. plutonisme.] The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth″s crust were formed by igneous fusion; — opposed to the Ne...

5557

Plutonist

Plu″to‐nist (?), n. [Cf. F. plutoniste.] One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.

5558

Plutus

Plu″tus (?), n.(Class. Myth.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed withou...

5559

Pluvial

Plu″vi‐al, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover.] 1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.

5560

Pluvial (2)

Plu″vi‐al, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial.] A priest's cope.

5561

Pluviameter

Plu′vi‐am″e‐ter (?), n. See Pluviometer.

5562

Pluviametrical

Plu′vi‐a‐met″ric‐al (?), a. See Pluviometrical.