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- English Word Plummet Definition Hence, any weight.
- English Word Plummet Definition A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
- English Word Plumming Definition The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
- English Word Plummy Definition Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.
- English Word Plumose Definition Alt. of Plumous
- English Word Plumosite Definition Same as Jamesonite.
- English Word Plumosity Definition The quality or state of being plumose.
- English Word Plumous Definition Having feathers or plumes.
- English Word Plumous Definition Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
- English Word Plump Definition Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
- English Word Plump Definition A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
- English Word Plump Definition To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
- English Word Plump Definition To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- English Word Plump Definition To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
- English Word Plump Definition To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
- English Word Plump Definition To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
- English Word Plump Definition To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
- English Word Plump Definition Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
- English Word Plumped Definition of Plump
- English Word Plumper Definition One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
- English Word Plumper Definition A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
- English Word Plumper Definition A voter who plumps his vote.
- English Word Plumper Definition A downright, unqualified lie.
- English Word Plumping Definition of Plump
- English Word Plumply Definition Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve.
- English Word Plumpness Definition The quality or state of being plump.
- English Word Plumpy Definition Plump; fat; sleek.
- English Word Plumula Definition A plumule.
- English Word Plumula Definition A down feather.
- English Word Plumulaceous Definition Downy; bearing down.