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Plumb
- adjective - adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"
- conforming to the direction of a plumb line
- exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
- exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
- measure the depth of something
- the metal bob of a plumb line
- weight with lead
Plume
- noun - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
- anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes"
- be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
- clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
- deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
- dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Plump
- adjective - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
- straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";
- the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Plums
- noun - a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"
- any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
- any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
Plumy
- adjective - adorned with feathers or plumes
- having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets"
- resembling a plume; "the dog's plumy tail"
Plunk
- adverb - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
- a hollow twanging sound
- drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
- Hit someone
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
- with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
Plush
- adjective - a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet
- characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
Pluto
- noun - (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
- a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"
Plyer
- noun - someone who plies a trade