(organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance resembling the quinones and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, or by the oxidation of xylidine.
plancher
plancher
noun
(architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.
A floor made of wood.
A plank.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
plethron
plethron
noun
(historical units of measure) A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes).
plinther
plinther
noun
Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
plunther
prelunch
prelunch
adj
before lunch
ralphing
ralphing
verb
present participle of ralph
randolph
randolph
Proper noun
A city in Iowa
A city in Kansas
A town in Maine
A hamlet in Manitoba
A city in Massachusetts
A city in Minnesota
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A township in New Jersey.
A town in New York
A town in Utah
A town in Vermont
A town and a village in Wisconsin
shrapnel
shrapnel
noun
(military) A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
(military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
(military, historical) The bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.
