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   Pall Mall
         n 1: a fashionable street in London noted for its many private
               clubs

English Dictionary: planless by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pall-mall
n
  1. a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palm oil
n
  1. oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Palmales
n
  1. coextensive with the family Palmae: palms [syn: Palmales, order Palmales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palmlike
adj
  1. resembling a palm tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pell-mell
adv
  1. in a wild or reckless manner; "dashing harum-scarum all over the place"; "running pell-mell up the stairs"
    Synonym(s): harum-scarum, pell-mell
adj
  1. with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"; "a pell-mell dash for the train"
    Synonym(s): helter-skelter, pell-mell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phylum Mollusca
n
  1. gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons [syn: Mollusca, phylum Mollusca]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plainly
adv
  1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
    Synonym(s): obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
  2. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
    Synonym(s): plainly, simply
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
planless
adj
  1. aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
planula
n
  1. the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plumelike
adj
  1. resembling a plume; "the dog's plumy tail" [syn: plumelike, plumy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plumlike
adj
  1. resembling a plum fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plumule
n
  1. down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poliomyelitis
n
  1. an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
    Synonym(s): poliomyelitis, polio, infantile paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polo mallet
n
  1. a mallet used to strike the ball in polo [syn: {polo mallet}, polo stick]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
      a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
      fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
      A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
      driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
      iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
      place where the game was played, and to the street, in
      London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
      {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pailmall \Pail`mall"\, n. & a.
      See {Pall-mall}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
      a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
      fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
      A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
      driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
      iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
      place where the game was played, and to the street, in
      London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
      {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
      resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or
            {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree.
  
      Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
               size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
               and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
               bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
               terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
               often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
               size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
               There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
               of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
               The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
               species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
               economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
               cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
               the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
               and palmetto.
  
      2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
            symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  
                     A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
                     before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
                     in their hands.                                 --Rev. vii. 9.
  
      3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
            triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm
            of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     So get the start of the majestic world And bear the
                     palm alone.                                       --Shak.
  
      {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella
            l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.
  
      {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
            food.
  
      {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure.
  
      {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab.
  
      {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
            several species of palms, as the African oil palm
            ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of
            soap and candles. See {El[91]is}.
  
      {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus
            Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut
            palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf
            of the palmyra palm.
  
      {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}.
  
      {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very
            large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91]
            bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and
            {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food.
  
      {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
            in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}),
            the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it
            yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
            Called also {palm toddy}.
  
      {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of a palm weevil.
            (b) A centipede.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
      a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
      fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
      A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
      driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
      iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
      place where the game was played, and to the street, in
      London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
      {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
      See {Pall-mall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle
      a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
      are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel,
      {Medley}.]
      In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses,
      chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
      a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
      fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
      A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
      driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
      iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
      place where the game was played, and to the street, in
      London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
      {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
      See {Pall-mall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle
      a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
      are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel,
      {Medley}.]
      In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses,
      chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pall-mall \Pall`-mall"\, n. [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla
      a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer,
      fr. L. malleus. See lst {Ball}, and {Mall} a beetle.]
      A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was
      driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of
      iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the
      place where the game was played, and to the street, in
      London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also {pail-mail} and
      {pell-mell}.] --Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pell-mell \Pell`-mell"\, n.
      See {Pall-mall}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pellmell \Pell`mell"\, adv. [F. p[88]le-m[88]le, prob. fr. pelle
      a shovel + m[88]ler to mix, as when different kinds of grain
      are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See {Pell} shovel,
      {Medley}.]
      In utter confusion; with confused violence. [bd]Men, horses,
      chariots, crowded pellmell.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philomel \Phil"o*mel\, n.
      Same as {Philomela}, the nightingale. [Poetic] --Milton.
      Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philomela \Phil`o*me"la\, n. [L. philomela, Gr. [?], according
      to the legend, from [?] Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king
      of Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.]
      1. The nightingale; philomel. --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F.,
      level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf.
      {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.]
      1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth;
            even. See {Plane}.
  
                     The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
                     places plain.                                    --Isa. xl. 4.
  
      2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
  
                     Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton.
  
      3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious;
            clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4.
            (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without
                  conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.
            (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show
                  or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
                  [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The
                  plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln.
            (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere;
                  artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and
                  plain.[b8] --Shak.
            (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain
                  food.
            (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain
                  woman.
            (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.
            (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
  
      {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below.
  
      {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's
            projection.
  
      {Plain dealer}.
            (a) One who practices plain dealing.
            (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}.
  
      {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are
            plain figures.
  
      {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common
            stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.;
            -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments.
           
  
      {Plain song}.
            (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed
                  melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison,
                  in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond
                  the compass of an octave.
            (b) A simple melody.
  
      {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech.
  
      Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected;
               undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous;
               unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple;
               distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plain-laid \Plain"-laid`\, a. (Naut.)
      Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way;
      as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of {Cordage}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plainly \Plain"ly\, adv.
      In a plain manner; clearly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf.
      {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.]
      1. A place; a locality.
  
      2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its
            position according to some determinate law; the surface
            described by a point or line that moves according to a
            given law.
  
      {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle.
           
  
      {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Planless \Plan"less\, a.
      Having no plan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Planula \[d8]Plan"u*la\, n.; pl. {Planul[91]}. [L., a little
      plane.]
      1. (Biol.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with
            fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its
            cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space,
            around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope;
            an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and
            gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with {gastrula}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plein \Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.]
      Full; complete. [Obs.] [bd]Plein remission.[b8] --Chaucer. --
      {Plein"ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plenal \Ple"nal\, a. [L. plenus full. Cf. {Plenary}.]
      Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plenilunary \Plen`i*lu"na*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the full moon. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plenilune \Plen"i*lune\, n. [L. plenilunium; plenus full + luna
      the moon.]
      The full moon. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumeless \Plume"less\, a.
      Without plumes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumelet \Plume"let\, n. [Plume + -let.]
      A small plume.
  
               When rosy plumelets tuft the larch.         --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumiliform \Plu*mil"i*form\, a. [L. plumula, or plumella a
      little feather (dim. of pluma feather) + -form.]
      Having the of a plume or feather. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumulaceous \Plu`mu*la"ceous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Downy; bearing down.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumular \Plu"mu*lar\, a. (Bot.)
      Relating to a plumule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumularian \Plu`mu*la"ri*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Plumularia \[d8]Plu`mu*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. L. {Plumularl[91]},
      E. {Plumularias}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any hydroid belonging to {Plumularia} and other genera of the
      family {Plumularid[91]}. They generally grow in plumelike
      forms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Plumularia \[d8]Plu`mu*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. L. {Plumularl[91]},
      E. {Plumularias}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any hydroid belonging to {Plumularia} and other genera of the
      family {Plumularid[91]}. They generally grow in plumelike
      forms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumule \Plu"mule\, n. [L. plumula, dim. of pluma a feather; cf.
      F. plumule.]
      1. (Bot.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the
            bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the
            cotyledons. See Illust. of {Radicle}. --Gray.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A down feather.
            (b) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under
                  {Feather}.
            (c) One of the featherlike scales of certain male
                  butterflies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Plumula \[d8]Plu"mu*la\, n.; pl. L. {Plumule}, E.{-las}. [L.
      See {Plumule}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plumule.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A down feather.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plumulose \Plu"mu*lose"\, a.
      Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a
      feather.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Pall Mall, TN
      Zip code(s): 38577

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Plainwell, MI (city, FIPS 64740)
      Location: 42.44514 N, 85.64408 W
      Population (1990): 4057 (1541 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49080

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Plain Old Documentation
  
      (pod, occasionally "POD") A simple {markup language}
      used to embed {documentation}, {literate programming}-style,
      in {Perl} programs.   Pod readers and converters are part of
      the standard Perl distribution and the documentation provided
      with Perl is all in pod format.
  
      {The Pod Specification
      (http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlpod.html)}.
  
      (1998-12-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Plain Old Telephone Service
  
      (POTS) The traditional voice service provided
      by phone companies, especially when opposed to data services.
  
      Note that the acronym POTS is sometimes expanded as "Plain Old
      Telephone System" in which sense it is synonymous to {Public
      Switched Telephone Network} but used somewhat derogatively.
  
      (1998-05-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Plain Old Telephone System
  
      {Public Switched Telephone Network}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Poly/ML
  
      {SML} implemented in D.C.J. Matthews's {Poly}, for
      {Motorola 68020} and {SPARC} by Abstract Hardware Ltd.
  
      (1999-11-23)
  
  
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