Definition of plain

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Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Popelote :: Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as a little puppet, a little doll, or a young butterfly. Cf. Popet..
Complain :: Complain (v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel..
Meros :: Meros (n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.
Antibillous :: Antibillous (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Hope :: Hope (n.) A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Photology :: Photology (n.) The doctrine or science of light, explaining its nature and phenomena; optics..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Explanation :: Explanation (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
Chaplain :: Chaplain (n.) A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service..
Homespun :: Homespun (a.) Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
Soluble :: Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble..
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..
Whine :: Whine (v. i.) To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely..
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.
Intelligibly :: Intelligibly (adv.) In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder..
Wedgebill :: Wedgebill (n.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives..
Absurd :: Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream..
Chaplain :: Chaplain (n.) An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel..
Explate :: Explate (v. t.) To explain; to unfold.
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