PLAINS Synonyms

• the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

• land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

• a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

• a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

• an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America)

• a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

• made of fermented honey and water

• United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

• United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)

• open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

• one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

• secure in or as if in a berth or dock

• come into or dock at a wharf

• secure with cables or ropes

• a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

• bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• a treeless grassy plain

• a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

• an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation

• extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

• a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

• elevated open grassland in southern Africa

• land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

• A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

• A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

• A place where competitive matches are carried out.

• Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

• An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.

• A lamentation.

• An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

• A level or flat surface.

• A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).

• A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)

• A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.

• (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

• An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

• A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

• An airplane; an aeroplane.

• Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.

• The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

• A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

• (Northern UK) A sycamore.

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• appearing as such but not necessarily so

• from appearances alone

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a subject of study

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary