Vocabulary : Platel to Platina

Platel : A small dish.
Platen : The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. ;; Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. ;; The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
Plater : A horse that runs chiefly in plate, esp. selling-plate, races; hence, an inferior race horse. ;; One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater. ;; A machine for calendering paper.
Plateresque : Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
Platetrope : One of a pair of a paired organs.

Platform : A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. ;; A place laid out after a model. ;; Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place. ;; A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. ;; A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. ;; To place on a platform. ;; To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
Plathelminth : One of the Platyelminthes.
Plathelminthes : Same as Platyelminthes.
Platin : See Platen.
Platina : Platinum.

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