plain sailing clear sailing easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
pigeon hawk merlin Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon ringdove cushat Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon homer | pigeon trained to return home |
carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
plain turkey Choriotis australis | popular Australian game bird |
plain wanderer Pedionomus torquatus | small Australian bird related to the button quail, classified as wading bird but inhabits plains |
pigeon guillemot Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
civilian clothing civilian dress civilian garb plain clothes | ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. |
clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
knit knit stitch plain plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch |
loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
plain weave taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect |
stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
plain flour | flour that does not contain a raising agent |
cajan pea pigeon pea dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
Nullarbor Plain | a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight, has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited, the site of a major rocket research center |
Serengeti Serengeti Plain | a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife |
alluvial flat alluvial plain | a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
coastal plain | a plain adjacent to a coast |
floodplain flood plain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding |
plain field champaign | extensive tract of level open land, they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain, he longed for the fields of his youth |
salt flat salt plain | a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
fink snitch snitcher stoolpigeon stool pigeon stoolie sneak sneaker canary | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
poke pigeon berry garget scoke Phytolacca americana | tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackished berries on long drooping racemes, young fleshy stems are edible, berries and root are poisonous |
pigeon pea pigeon-pea plant cajan pea catjang pea red gram dhal dahl Cajanus cajan | tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods, much cultivated in the tropics |
pigeon breast chicken breast | abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets |
pigeon toes | disability in which the toes are turned inward, often associated with knock-knee |
pigeon droppings | droppings of pigeons |
complain kick plain sound off quetch kvetch | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness, My mother complains all day, She has a lot to kick about |
plain bare spare unembellished unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation, a plain hair style, unembellished white walls, functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete |
homely plain | lacking in physical beauty or proportion, a homely child, several of the buildings were downright homely, a plain girl with a freckled face |
plain unvarnished | free from any effort to soften to disguise, the plain and unvarnished truth, the unvarnished candor of old people and children |
pigeon-toed | having feet that turn inward |
apparent evident manifest patent plain unmistakable | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment, the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields, evident hostility, manifest disapproval, patent advantages, made his meaning plain, it is plain that he is no reactionary, in plain view |
plain unpatterned | lacking patterns especially in color |
plain | not elaborate or elaborated, simple, plain food, stuck to the plain facts, a plain blue suit, a plain rectangular brick building |
plain sheer unmingled unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements, plain water, sheer wine, not an unmixed blessing |
pigeon-breasted chicken-breasted | having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets |
plain-woven | (of cloth) made in plain weave |
obviously evidently manifestly patently apparently plainly plain | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'), the answer is obviously wrong, she was in bed and evidently in great pain, he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list, it is all patently nonsense, she has apparently been living here for some time, I thought he owned the property, but apparently not, You are plainly wrong, he is plain stubborn |