class Placodermi
— Noun
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~ extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
cattle plague
— Noun
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~ an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
coastal plain
— Noun
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~ a plain adjacent to a coast
commission plan
— Noun
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~ a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission
continental plan
— Noun
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~ a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
combination plane
— Noun
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~ a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes
carpenter's plane
— Noun
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~ a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
Cartesian plane
— Noun
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~ a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
chamfer plane
— Noun
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~ a plane that makes a beveled edge
circular plane
— Noun
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~ a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
compass plane
— Noun
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~ a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
complex plane
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~ a geometric representation of the complex numbers established by the real axis and the orthogonal imaginary axis; it can be thought of as a modified Cartesian plane, with the real part of a complex number represented by a displacement along the x-axis, and the imaginary part by a displacement along the y-axis
city planning
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~ determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
chard plant
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~ beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
castor bean plant
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~ large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
cast-iron plant
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~ evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
castor-oil plant
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~ large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
common bean plant
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~ the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
common pitcher plant
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~ perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland