plain sailing
clear sailing
easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
white-throated sparrow
whitethroat
Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
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 |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
civilian clothing
civilian dress
civilian garb
plain clothes | ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. |
knit knit stitch
plain
plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch |
plain weave
taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect |
| plain flour | flour that does not contain a raising agent |
| 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 |
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 |
| throated | having a throat as specified, deep-throated, white-throated |
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 |
| 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 |