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Meanings of Plumbiferous:

adjective

Containing or yielding lead.

Meanings of Plumbing:

noun

The system of pipes, tanks, fittings, and other apparatus required for the water supply, heating, and sanitation in a building.

Usage examples:

You may be able to get a grant to install proper plumbing and bathrooms

verb

Measure (the depth of a body of water).

Usage examples:

I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down

Meanings of Plumbite:

noun

A salt containing oxyanions or hydroxy anions of divalent lead, formed e.g. by the action of alkalis on lead(ii) hydroxide; any of these anions.

Meanings of Plumbless:

adjective

(of a body of water) extremely deep.

Usage examples:

It is, as it were, a plumbless ocean of intelligence everywhere.

Meanings of Plumbojarosite:

noun

A mineral of the hexagonal crystal system consisting of a basic sulphate of lead and ferric iron, pbfe₆ (so₄)₄ (oh)₁₂, and occurring as brown crusts or compact masses, especially as a secondary mineral in lead ores in arid regions.

Meanings of Plumbosolvency:

noun

Capacity to dissolve lead.

Meanings of Plumbosolvent:

adjective

Of water or its action: capable of dissolving lead.

Meanings of Plumbous:

adjective

Of lead with a valency of two; of lead(ii).

Usage examples:

The addition of carbon black increases the conductivity of electrode plate, especially when the amo…

Meanings of Plumbs:

verb

Measure (the depth of a body of water).

Usage examples:

I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down

noun

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Usage examples:

He traces a line in white paint along the wall beyond the leaves, then drops a plumb from a cord st…

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

Trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central europe

adjective

Vertical.

Usage examples:

Ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb

Meanings of Plumcot:

noun

A hybrid between the plum, prunus domestica, and the apricot, prunus armeniaca, developed to make it possible to grow an apricot-like fruit at higher latitudes; the fruit of this hybrid.

Meanings of Plume:

noun

A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.

Usage examples:

A hat with a jaunty ostrich plume

verb

Spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

Usage examples:

Smoke plumed from the chimneys

Meanings of Plumed:

adjective

Decorated with or as if with feathers.

Usage examples:

Rain began to beat down on my plumed cap

verb

Spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

Usage examples:

Smoke plumed from the chimneys

Meanings of Plumelets:

noun

A small plume.

Meanings of Plumes:

noun

A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.

Usage examples:

A hat with a jaunty ostrich plume

verb

Spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

Usage examples:

Smoke plumed from the chimneys

Meanings of Plumette:

noun

A type of fabric, usually woven from a mixture of flax and wool or silk, in contrasting shades of grey or light blue, frequently in a figured pattern. frequently in plural.

Meanings of Plumicorn:

noun

A tuft or crest of feathers on top of a bird's head; especially either of the paired ear tufts typical of many owls.

Meanings of Plumiest:

adjective

Resembling or decorated with feathers.

Usage examples:

A squirrel dashed across the road, plumy tail bouncing behind it, and went up a tree.

Meanings of Pluminess:

noun

The quality of being plummy.

Meanings of Pluming:

verb

Spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

Usage examples:

Smoke plumed from the chimneys

noun

A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.

Usage examples:

A hat with a jaunty ostrich plume

Meanings of Plumist:

noun

A person who makes ornamental or ceremonial plumes from feathers.

Meanings of Plumless:

adjective

Without plums.

Meanings of Plummer:

Comparative of plum

Meanings of Plummeted:

verb

Fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Usage examples:

A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun

A steep and rapid fall or drop.

Usage examples:

The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

Meanings of Plummetless:

adjective

Unfathomable.

Meanings of Plummets:

verb

Fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Usage examples:

A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun

A steep and rapid fall or drop.

Usage examples:

The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet