PLANETARY
PLAN'ETARY, adjective Pertaining to the planets; as planetary inhabitants; planetary motions.1. Consisting of planets; as a planetary system.2. Under the dominion or influence o...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PLANETED
PLAN'ETED, adjective Belonging to planets.
PLANETICAL
PLANET'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to planets. [Not used.]
PLANIFOLIOUS
PLANIFO'LIOUS, adjective [Latin planus, plain, and folium, leaf.]In botany, a planifolious flower is one made up of plain leaves, set together in circular rows round the center....
PLANIMETRIC
PLANIMET'RICPLANIMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to the mensuration of plain surfaces.
PLANIMETRICAL
PLANIMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to the mensuration of plain surfaces.
PLANIMETRY
PLANIM'ETRY, noun [Latin planus, plain, and Gr. to measure.]The mensuration of plain surfaces, or that part of geometry which regards lines and plain figures, without considerin...
PLANIPETALOUS
PLANIPET'ALOUS, adjective [Latin planus, plain, and Gr. a petal.]In botany, flat-leafed, as when the small flowers are hollow only at the bottom, but flat upwards, as in dandeli...
PLANISH
PLAN'ISH, verb transitive [from plane.] To make smooth or plain; to polish; used by manufacturers.
PLANISHED
PLAN'ISHED, participle passive Made smooth.
PLANISHING
PLAN'ISHING, participle present tense Making smooth; polishing.
PLANISPHERE
PLAN'ISPHERE, noun [Latin planus, plain, and sphere.] A sphere projected on a plane, in which sense, maps in which are exhibited the meridians and other circles, are planispheres.
PLANK
PLANK, noun A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. In America, broad pieces of sawed timber which are not more than an inch or an inch and ...
PLANNED
PLAN'NED, participle passive Devised; schemed.
PLANNER
PLAN'NER, noun One who plans or forms a plan; a projector.
PLANNING
PLAN'NING, participle present tense Scheming; devising; making a plan.
PLANO-CONICAL
PLANO-CON'ICAL, adjective [plain and conical.]Plain or level on one side and conical on the other.
PLANO-CONVEX
PLANO-CON'VEX, adjective [plain and convex.] Plain or flat on one side and convex on the other; as a plano-convex lens.
PLANO-SUBULATE
PLANO-SUB'ULATE, adjective [See Subulate.] Smooth and awl-shaped.
PLANOHORIZONTAL
PLANO'HORIZON'TAL, adjective Having a level horizontal surface or position.
PLANT
PLANT, noun [Latin planta; splendeo, splendor.]1. A vegetable; an organic body, destitute of sense and spontaneous motion, adhering to another body in such a manner as to draw f...
PLANT-LOUSE
PLANT'-LOUSE, noun An insect that infests plants; a vine fretter; the puceron.
PLANTABLE
PLANT'ABLE, adjective Capable of being planted.
PLANTAGE
PLANT'AGE, noun [Latin plantago.] An herb, or herbs in general. [Not in use.]
PLANTAIN
PLANT'AIN, noun [Latin plantago.] A plant of the genus Plantago, of several species. The water plantain is of the genus Alisma.PLANT'AIN
PLANTAIN-TREE
PLANT'AIN-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Musa, the most remarkable species of which are, the paradisiaca or plantain, and the sapietum or banana tree. The plantain rises with a ...
PLANTAL
PLANT'AL, adjective Belonging to plants. [Not used.]