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Plea BargainingnounMWE(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious chargeverified
Plea of InsanitynounMWE(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the timeverified
Pleading in the AlternativenounMWEa pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely onverified
Pleasure BoatnounMWEa large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on boardverified
Pleasure CraftnounMWEa large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on boardverified
Plectognath FishnounMWEtropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spinesverified
Pledge TakernounMWEa volunteer who records, usually by telephone, contributions pledged in a fund driveverified
Pleomorphic RhabdomyosarcomanounMWEform of rhabdomyosarcoma that affects limb muscles of older adultsverified
Pleomorphic RhabdosarcomanounMWEform of rhabdomyosarcoma that affects limb muscles of older adultsverified
Pleural SpacenounMWEthe small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleuraverified
Pleurisy RootnounMWEerect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowersverified
Pleurocarpous MossnounMWEa moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalkverified
Pleuropneumonialike OrganismnounMWEa mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humansverified
Plexus BrachialisnounMWEa network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulderverified
Plexus CeliacusnounMWEa large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomachverified
Plexus ChoroideusnounMWEa vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressureverified
Plexus LumbalisnounMWEa plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nervesverified
Plexus MyentericusnounMWEa plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestinesverified
Plexus SacralisnounMWEa nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nervesverified
Plica VocalisnounMWEeither of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynxverified
Plimsoll LinenounMWEwaterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedverified
Plimsoll MarknounMWEwaterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedverified
Plosive ConsonantnounMWEa consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing itverified
Plosive Speech SoundnounMWEa consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing itverified
Plum DuffnounMWEa stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citronverified
Plum TomatonounMWEa kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten rawverified
Plum TreenounMWEany of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stoneverified
Plumb LinenounMWEa cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravityverified
Plumbing SystemnounMWEutility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewageverified
Plume PoppynounMWEherb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowersverified
Plume ThistlenounMWEany of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower headsverified
Plumed ThistlenounMWEany of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower headsverified
Plutonic RocknounMWElarge mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earthverified
Plutonium 239nounMWEa highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuelverified
Plutonium BombnounMWEa nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)verified
Plutonium PitnounMWEa steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosivesverified
Plutonium TriggernounMWEa steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosivesverified