6-letter words starting with PLA

6-letter words 37

• planet(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
• played(of games) engaged in
• placesa point located with respect to surface features of some region
• playera person who participates in or is skilled at some game
• placedsituated in a particular spot or position
• plantsbuildings for carrying on industrial labor
• plates(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
• planesan aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
• plaguea serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
• plasmathe colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
• plainsextensive tract of level open land
• plaque(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body
• planksa stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
• placid(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
• platedcoat with a layer of metal
• planedcut or remove with or as if with a plane
• plaitsa hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• placeran alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
• plaiceflesh of large European flatfish
• plazasa public square with room for pedestrians
• placet
• playas
• planera power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
• plaidsa cloth having a crisscross design
• platenwork table of a machine tool
• plaint(United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed
• planarinvolving two dimensions
• platera skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
• planch
• platanany of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
• plashy
• plagesthe beach at a seaside resort
• plaguycausing irritation or annoyance
• placks
• plagal
• plasmsthe protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
• platyssmall stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish