plebey-o: plebian — DEFIRS
plebecit-o: referendum: (hist.) plebescite, plebescitum. Def.: Voto pri ula lego o rezolvo da omna civitani di un stato (ex. en Suisa); III-142 — DEFIRS
pled-ar: (intr., legal and gen.) to plead, argue (at the bar); to allege; -o: plea; -anto, -ero: pleader, litigant, suitor; -ach-anto, -ero: petifogger. — DEFS
plekt-ar, inter- -ar, en- -ar: (tr.) to (inter-) lace, plait, twine, wreath, weave (straw, etc.; cf. tres-igar); -ajo: that which is intertwined. — eL
plektr-o: (antiq. mus.) plectrum. — DEFIS
plen-a: full, filled (de); -eso: fullness, plenitude; -e: fully, entirely; -igar: to fill; (fig.) to fulfil, accomplish; -a luno: full moon; -a de aquo: filled with water. Ant.: vakua. — eFIS
plend-ar: (intr.) to complain; (jur.) lodge a complaint (che); -o: complaining, (law) accusation, charge; -anto: complainer; (law) plaintiff, complainant; -anta: complaining; -ema, -atra: plaintive, querulous. Ex.: Plendar pri kap-doloro. Il plendis, ke il esas frapita. V. exp.: vid. lamentar. — EFS
plenipotenc-o: plenipotence, fullness or completeness of power; -iero, -iera: plenipotenciary. — DEFIS
pleonasm-o: pleonasm, redundancy of words. — DEFIRS
plesiosaur-o: (paleon.) plesiosaur(us). — DEFIS
plet-o: tray, shallow receptacle for tea, pins, diamonds, etc. — F
pletor-o: (med. and fig.) plethora; -ala, -ika: plethoric. Ex.: Pletoro de sango, de pekunio. — DEFIS
pleuronekt-o: (ich.) brill, flounder: a flat fish of several species (Pleuronectes). — L
pleuronektoid-o*: (ich.) plaice (Pleuronectidæ).? L
plevr-o: (anat.) pleura. — eFIRS
plevrit-o: (med.) pleurisy. — DeFIRS
plex-o: (anat.) plexus. — DEFIS
pleyad-o, -i: (astron.) Pleiades; (fig.) a distinguished of authors, etc. Def.: Propra senco: ula stelaro (en signo di «Tauro»); metafora senco: grupo o skolo de autori, partikulare poeti (ex. la Franca pleyado en la 16a yarcento; III-142. — DEFIS
plez-ar: (intr.) to be pleasing, be agreeable; (tr.) to please (ulu); -ar (ad) ulu: to please anyone; ta libro ne plezas (a) me: that book does not please me, is not to my taste, my fancy; facez to, qou plezas vu: do as you like (please); on ne povas plezas omni: one cannot please everybody. — EFI
plezur-o: pleasure: delight, joy. Ex.: Facar ulo kun plezuro. Dansar esas plezuro. — DEFIS
plik-o: (med.) plica, a disease of the hair. — EFI
pliocen-o*: (geol.) Pliocene.? DEFIRS
plint-o: (arch.) plinth. — DEFIS
plis-ar: (tr.) to plait; (fig.) to pucker, crease. Def.: Facar reguloza falduri en ulo; (kp. frunsar). ? DF
plomb-o: lead; -a: (made) of lead; -ea: lead-colo(u)red; -izar: to cover with lead; -siglar: (tr.) to seal or stamp with lead; -isto, -labor-isto: plumber; lead-worker. — DEFIRS
plor-ar: (intr.) to cry, weep, shed tears (pri); -etar, -achar: to whimper, whine, snivel (cf. kri-achar); -igar: to cause (ulu) to cry; -anto, -ero: weeper; -isto: (fig.) hired mourner; -anta, -ema: weeping. V.exp.: vid. lakrim-ifar. — F
plovier-o: (orni.) plover (genus: Charadrius). — EFI
plu: (adv. of comparison) more, further; -e: moreover, besides; plu afabla: more amiable; plu bone, plu juste: better, preferable; plu multi: most (people); the generality, the majority; plu-mult-eso: (condition) plurality; plu multo: (the) more (used substantively); plu mal-e, -a: worse; tante plu ke: all the more that; dum plu kam: during more than; sempre plu: more and more; plu kam ul-tempe: more than ever; nek plu nek min: neither more nor less; quante plu granda la homo: the bigger the person; quante plu me manjas, tante plu me drinkas: the more I eat, the more I drink; demandar plu multo por obtenar min multo: to ask for more to obtain less; plu multa vino kam aquo: more wine than water; diferar per plu o min multo: to differ more or less; il esas plu kompat-inda kam blam-inda: he is more to be pitied than blamed; remedi-ilo plu mala kam la morbo: a remedy worse than the disease; Note: Plu can be used by itself before adjectives and adverbs, but with substantives and verbs mult-a, -e, grand-a, etc. should be added: lu plu multe, ofte ocias kam laboras; plu multa aquo. V exp.: Plu expresas augmento di ula quanto (qua restas o konsideresas identa a su ipsa); plus (quale la matematikal signo, quan ol tradukas) signifikas adiciono, do generale adjunto di ulo ad altro; II-666. Ant.: min.
plu-alt-igar: to make higher, taller; -alt-eskar: to become higher. Note: Plu to such verbalized adjectives as above adds the idea of comparison: -alt-igar: to make higher, taller (i.e. it was high before, or relatively, to make something higher than something else).
plu-bel-igar: to embellish, beautify.
plu-bon-igar: to better, improve.
plu-cher-igar: to make dearer (in price), raise the price of; -eskar: to become, grow dearer.
plu-dens-igar: to condense (a liquid): make more dense, more compact.
plu-dolc-igar: to soften, to render milder. Ex.: La pluvo pludolcigas la vetero. La vetero pludolceskas. Pludolcigar la voco.
plu-ferm-igar: to make firm, stout, resolute. Ex.: Astriktivo plufermigas la pelo. Ruptita gambo plufermeskas diope. Lua autoritato plufermeskas.
plu-fort-igar: to strengthen.
plu-fresh-igar: to freshen; (fig.) to enliven, give a filip to. Ex.: La pluvo plufreshigas la aero. Plufreshigar la korpo, la trupi.
plug-ar: (tr.) to plough; (fig.) to till; -ebla: arable: fit for tillage; -ilo: a plow. Def.: Sulkizar la sulo per plugilo. (fig.) Spadagar la tero por plantacar. — DR