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Level :: Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere..

Bronzewing :: Bronzewing (n.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage..

Plumb :: Plumb (adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.

Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..

Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t..

Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th

Plumbism :: Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist..

Squabash :: Squab (v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone.

Drupe :: Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut..

Plumularlae :: Plumularlae (pl. ) of Plumulari.

Fat :: Fat (v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy..

Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..

Plump :: Plump (adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks..

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) Hence, any weight..

Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.

Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..

Fubs :: Fubs (n.) A plump young person or child.

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