Vocabulary : Plunger to Plurality

Plunger : One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. ;; A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. ;; One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. ;; A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. ;; The firing pin of a breechloader.
Plunging : of Plunge
Plunk : To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang. ;; To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike. ;; To be a truant from (school). ;; To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak. ;; To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump. ;; To play truant, or "hooky". ;; Act or sound of plunking. ;; A large sum of money. ;; A dollar.
Plunket : A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.
Pluperfect : More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. ;; The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.

Plural : Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word. ;; The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.
Pluralism : The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number. ;; The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
Pluralist : A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.
pluralities : of Plurality
Plurality : The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb. ;; The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority. ;; See Plurality of benefices, below.

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