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PLU'RISY, n. [L. plus, pluris.] Superabundance. [Not used.]
PLUS, [L. more,] in algebra, a character marked thus,+, used as the sign of addi...
PLUSH, n. Shag; a species of shaggy cloth or stuff with a velvet nap on one side...
PLUSH'ER, n. A marine fish.
PLUTO'NIAN, a. Plutonic, which see. PLUTO'NIAN , n. One who maintains the origin...
PLUTON'IC, a. [from Pluto, in mythology, the king of the infernal regions.] Pert...
PLU'TONIST, n. One who adopts the theory of the formation of the world in its pr...
PLU'VIAL PLUVIAM'ETER, n. [L. pluvia, rain, and Gr.measure.] A rain gage, an ins...
PLUVIAMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a pluviameter; made or ascertained by a pluvia...
PLU'VIOUS, a. [L. pluvialis, from pluvia, rain.] Rainy; humid. PLU'VIAL , n. A p...
PLY, v.t. [Gr. to fold; L. plico.] 1. To lay on, to put to or on with force and ...
PLY'ER, n. He or that which plies. In fortification, plyers denotes a kind of ba...
PLY'ING, ppr. Laying on with steadiness or repetition; applying closely; employi...
PNEUMATIC PNEUMATICAL, a. numat'ic. [Gr. breath, spirit; to breathe or blow.] 1....
PNEUMAT'ICS, n. In natural philosophy, that branch which treats of air. In chimi...
PNEUMAT'OCELE, n. [Gr. air, and a tumor.] In surgery, a distension of the scrotu...