Definition of plastic

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plastic (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905.

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Polyplastic :: Polyplastic (a.) Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape..
Bioplastic :: Bioplastic (a.) Bioplasmic.
Pipe Clay :: Pipe clay () A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments..
Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc..
Uranoplasty :: Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.
Xyloplastic :: Xyloplastic (a.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated..
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another..
Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..
Rhinoplasty :: Rhinoplasty (n.) Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person..
Euplastic :: Euplastic (n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Solid :: Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand..
Protoplastic :: Protoplastic (a.) First-formed.
Plasticity :: Plasticity (n.) The quality or state of being plastic.
Monoplast :: Monoplast (n.) A monoplastic element.
Helcoplasty :: Helcoplasty (n.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation..
Archeus :: Archeus (n.) The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.
Plastography :: Plastography (n.) The art of forming figures in any plastic material.
Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator..
Emplastic :: Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.
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