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plum, plumb, plummar, plummer,
plum [plʌm]
n. A lead sinker. A deep pool in a river or on the sea-bed, a drop. A deep hole.
adv. Straight, in an undeviating manner, wholeheartedly.
v. To drop through water like a stone, to plunge down perpendicularly, to dive.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plummer: A plumber.
plomat, plummet,
plummet [ˈplʌmət]
n. The pommel of a sword.
plum, plump, plumper, plumpit,
plump [plʌmp]
n. A heavy fall, a thud, a plunge into water. A heavy downpour of rain.
v. Of rain: to fall heavily.
pt. pp. plumpit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plumper [ˈplʌmpər]: The plunger of a plunge churn. A bumper. A hearty drink.
plounge, plunge, sploonge, sploongin, splounge, sploungin, splunge,
plunge [plʌn(d)ʒ]
also with prothetic s SEC. splunge [splʌn(d)ʒ] and splounge [splun(d)ʒ]
v. To plunge. To splash about with the hands or feet in water, to flounder. To soak.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sploungin: SEC. Wet through, soaking, sopping. Of ground: boggy.
plank, planked, plankit, pleunkie, pleunkie, plink, plonk, plung, plunk, plunk, plunked, plunker, plunkey, plunkey, plunki, plunki, plunkie, plunkie, plunkit, plunky, plunky,
plunk [plʌŋk]
n. A heavy fall, plump, or plunge, such a sound, a pop. A flick.
adv. With a dull, heavy sound, plump! In a sudden way, quickly, all at once.
v. To fall into water with a dull heavy sound, to plop. To drop an object into water. To play truant, to conceal oneself.
pt. pp. plunkit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plunker: A heavy glass or clay marble. A school truant.
plunkie: MN. A homemade sweetmeat made of treacle or syrup and flour. I. A practical joke, prank, a stratagem, wile, trick. A difficult situation, a predicament, quandary,
plunky: I. Cunning, sly, full of guile, tricky.
plun$er, plunner, plunnered, plunnert,
plunner [ˈplʌnər]
n. Plunder.
v. To plunder
pt. pp. plunnert, plunnered
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plunnerer: A plunderer.
plunnerin: Plundering.
plural, plurality,
plural [ˈpl(j)uːrəl]
adj. Plural.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plurality [ˈpl(j)uːrəlɪtɪ]: Plurality.
plush, plushed, plusht,
plush [plʌʃ]
n. A rich fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or a combination of those.
v. To wear or be clad in such fabric.
pt. pp. plusht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
plusht up: Carefully or elaborately dressed.
Pluto,
Pluto [ˈpluto]
n. The planet Pluto.
monieplied, monieplies, moniplied, moniplies, monyplied, monyplies, pley, ply, plye, three-ply,
ply [plae]
n. Ply, a fold, a layer or thickness of any material. A strand or twist of rope or wool etc. State, condition, fettle.
v. To fold, pleat material etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
monyplies [ˈmonɪpl(a)ez]: The third stomach of a ruminant, the bowels. A complicated, tortuous argument.
three-ply: Triple.

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