placer
— Noun
– English
～ an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
placeseeker
— Noun
– English
～ a disparaging term for an appointee
placid
— Adjective
– English
～ not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"
placid
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
placidity
— Noun
– English
～ a disposition free from stress or emotion
placidity
— Noun
– English
～ a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
placidly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a quiet and tranquil manner; "the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes"
placidly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a placid and good-natured manner; "I put the questions, and she answered them placidly"
placidness
— Noun
– English
～ a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
Placido Domingo
— Noun
– English
～ Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941)
Placidyl
— Noun
– English
～ a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl)
placket
— Noun
– English
～ a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
placoderm
— Noun
– English
～ fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws
Placodermi
— Noun
– English
～ extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
placoid
— Adjective
– English
～ as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
Placuna placenta
— Noun
– English
～ marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
plagal cadence
— Noun
– English
～ a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
plage
— Noun
– English
～ the beach at a seaside resort
Plagianthus betulinus
— Noun
– English
～ deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton