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Pleuro-
- - A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.
Pleuron
- - One of the sides of an animal. (b) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect. (c) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
Plexors
- noun - (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Plexure
- - The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
Pliable
- adjective - able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree"
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy"
- Easy to control
- susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
Pliancy
- noun - adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"
- the property of being pliant and flexible
Plicate
- verb - fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
Pliform
- - In the form of a ply, fold, or doubling.
Plights
- noun - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
- a solemn pledge of fidelity
- Difficulty
- give to in marriage
- promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
Plinths
- noun - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)