All English words - page 4272

Meanings of Plebiscitarism:

noun

The principle or practice of appealing to a plebiscite.

Meanings of Plebiscite:

noun

The direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.

Usage examples:

The administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms

Meanings of Plebiscites:

noun

The direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.

Usage examples:

The administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms

Meanings of Plebiscitic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or established by a plebiscite.

Meanings of Plebiscitum:

noun

A law enacted by the plebeians' assembly.

Meanings of Plebs:

noun

An ordinary person, especially one from the lower social classes.

Usage examples:

It was with a certain degree of self-confessed smugness that i looked out as the blustery wind swep…

Meanings of Pleck:

noun

A small piece or spot of ground; a plot; a small enclosure.

Meanings of Plecoptera:

plural noun

An order of insects that comprises the stoneflies.

Usage examples:

Hedriumichnus may therefore have been produced by a nymph of a primitive ephemeroptera (mayflies; t…

Meanings of Plecotine:

adjective

Of or relating to the genus plecotus of bats of the family vespertilionidae, characterized by very large ears and glandular masses on the muzzle.

noun

A plecotine bat.

Meanings of Plectognath:

noun

A fish of the order tetraodontiformes (or plectognathi), which comprises tropical marine teleosts having beaklike mouths in which the upper jaw is firmly attached to the cranium and skin that is either thick and leathery or consists of spines or plates.

adjective

Of or relating to this order.

Meanings of Plectognathi:

noun

A fish of the order tetraodontiformes (or plectognathi), which comprises tropical marine teleosts having beaklike mouths in which the upper jaw is firmly attached to the cranium and skin that is either thick and leathery or consists of spines or plates.

adjective

Of or relating to this order.

Meanings of Plectognathic:

noun

A fish of the order tetraodontiformes (or plectognathi), which comprises tropical marine teleosts having beaklike mouths in which the upper jaw is firmly attached to the cranium and skin that is either thick and leathery or consists of spines or plates.

adjective

Of or relating to this order.

Meanings of Plectra:

noun

A thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.

Usage examples:

If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock gro…

Plural of plectrum mainly uk

Meanings of Plectrum:

noun

A thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.

Usage examples:

If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock gro…

Meanings of Plectrums:

noun

A thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.

Usage examples:

If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock gro…

Meanings of Pled:

verb

North american, scottish, or dialect past and past participle of plead.

Meanings of Pledge:

noun

A solemn promise or undertaking.

Usage examples:

The conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution

verb

Commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise.

Usage examples:

The government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems

Meanings of Pledge-to:

noun

A formal promise, or something that is given as a sign that you will keep a promise

Usage examples:

A pledge of friendship, the telethon raised $150,000 in pledges for leukemia research.

verb

To make a formal promise to do something

Usage examples:

Pledge to do sth the uk chief executive has pledged to slash costs by £150m a year by 2014., pledge…

Meanings of Pledgeable:

adjective

Able to be pledged or pawned.

Meanings of Pledged:

verb

Commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise.

Usage examples:

The government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems

noun

A solemn promise or undertaking.

Usage examples:

The conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution

Meanings of Pledgee:

noun

A person to whom a pledge is given.

Usage examples:

It is worthwhile recalling, however, that where the amount of the credit involved exceeds £25,000, …

Meanings of Pledgees:

noun

A person to whom a pledge is given.

Usage examples:

It is worthwhile recalling, however, that where the amount of the credit involved exceeds £25,000, …

Meanings of Pledgeless:

adjective

Without a pledge or pledges.

Meanings of Pledger:

noun

A person who borrows money and offers a pledge for the loan

Usage examples:

A pawnbroker can sell the pledgor's goods when the loan is not repaid.

Meanings of Pledgers:

noun

A person who borrows money and offers a pledge for the loan

Usage examples:

A pawnbroker can sell the pledgor's goods when the loan is not repaid.