d, simple, artless, outspoken, undesigning,
ingenuous, unreserved, direct; frugal, homely; unvaried, unfigured; mere,
absolute, unmistakable. Antonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct,
indecipherable, elaborate, luxurious, cryptic, abstruse, ornate,
enigmatic, vague, inexplicable, obscure, complex, intricate, embellished.

plain, adv. plainly, distinctly, bluntly, candidly, explicitly.

plain-dealing, n. honesty.

plain song. Gregorian chant, _canto fermo_.

plain-spoken, a. frank, candid, unreserved, outspoken.

plaint, n. complaint, lamentation.

plaintiff, n. complainant.

plaintive, a. piteous, melancholy, sad, sorrowful, doleful.

plait, n. braid, plat, gather, ruffle, gauffering, plication,
fluting, kilting.

plait, v. braid, plat, flute.

plaited, a. pleated, kilted.

plan, n. diagram, draught.

plan, v. scheme, project, intend, devise, contrive, design, purpose.

planetarium, n. orrery.

plant, n. vegetable, herb; pl. flora (plants of a region).

plant, v. sow; settle, establish.

plant-eaters, n. pl. Herbivora.

plant-eating, a. herbivorous, phytivorous, plantivorous,
phytophagous.

plant-eating, n. phytophagy.

plant green. chlorophyll, fecula.

plant louse. aphis, aphid, aphidian; pl. aphides, aphidae.

plastic, a. formative, creative; impressible, fictile.

plat, v. braid, plait.

plateau, n. table-land, mesa.

platform, n. rostrum, stage, dais.

platitude, n. banality.

platitudinous, a. banal, trite, commonplace.

platter, n. trencher.

plaudit, n. applause, acclaim, acclamation.

plausibility, n. speciousness.

plausible, a. specious; glib, fluent, oily, smooth-tongued.
Antonym: implausible.

play, v. frolic, sport, gambol, disport, frisk, skip, caper, romp,
revel; wanton, dally, toy, twiddle; impersonate, personate, act; perform,
execute; strum, thrum; gamble; simulate, pretend, feign, dissemble.

play, n. game, pastime, amusement, recreation, diversion, sport,
disport, gambols, frolic, jest, merriment; action, use, employment,
practice, exercise; comedy, drama, melodrama, farce, burlesque; dalliance,
toying, twiddling; liberty, scope, swing. Associated Words: dramaturgy,
dramaturgist, dramatic, dramatize, dramatization, theater, role,
repertoire.

playday, n. holiday.

player, n. idler, drone; actor, thespian, tragedian, comedian,
imitator, impersonator, mime, mimic; performer, instrumentalist.

playful, a. sportive, frolicsome, prankish, jocular, spright