Plinian eruption
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~ a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles
plinth
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~ an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
pliny
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~ Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
Pliny
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~ Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
pliocene
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~ from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
Pliocene epoch
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~ from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
plo
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~ a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
ploce
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~ (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning