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- English Word Plumbery Definition A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.
- English Word Plumbic Definition Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
- English Word Plumbiferous Definition Producing or containing lead.
- English Word Plumbing Definition of Plumb
- English Word Plumbing Definition The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
- English Word Plumbing Definition The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
- English Word Plumbism Definition A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.
- English Word Plumbous Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.
- English Word Plumbum Definition The technical name of lead. See Lead.
- English Word Plume Definition A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
- English Word Plume Definition An ornamental tuft of feathers.
- English Word Plume Definition A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
- English Word Plume Definition A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
- English Word Plume Definition A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- English Word Plume Definition To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
- English Word Plume Definition To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
- English Word Plume Definition To adorn with feathers or plumes.
- English Word Plume Definition To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
- English Word Plumed Definition of Plume
- English Word Plumeless Definition Without plumes.
- English Word Plumelet Definition A small plume.
- English Word Plumery Definition Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.
- English Word Plumicorn Definition An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
- English Word Plumigerous Definition Feathered; having feathers.
- English Word Plumiliform Definition Having the of a plume or feather.
- English Word Pluming Definition of Plume
- English Word Plumiped Definition Having feet covered with feathers.
- English Word Plumiped Definition A plumiped bird.
- English Word Plummet Definition A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
- English Word Plummet Definition A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.