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Abyssal Plain: The flat, gently sloping or nearly level region of the sea floor.

Plain Old Telephone Lines (POTL): Unless you are reading this at a high-tech company or large corporation -- which has ISDN or T1 lines -- chances are you accessed over POTS, copper wires that transmit at about 28.8 Kbps. Wh . . . View Full Definition

Plain Text: Text in an email message that includes no formatting code.

Plain Vanilla: A term that refers to a relatively simple derivative financial instrument, usually a swap or other derivative that is issued with standard features.

Plaintiff: A person who brings an action, the party who complains or sues in a personal action and is so named on the record.

Plain Cutter: A milling cutter with cutting teeth on the periphery (circumference) only.

Peneplain: A hypothetical extensive area of low elevation and relief reduced to near sea level by a long period of erosion and representing the end product of the ideal geomorphic cycle.

Coastal Plain: An area of low relief along a continental margin that is underlain by thick, gently dipping sediments.

Complaint: A lament or satiric attack on social evils, such as chaucer's 'complaint to his purse,' the opening of the wakefield master's 'second shepherd's play,' or shakespeare's 'a lover's complaint. . . . View Full Definition

Flood Plain: Level land that may be submerged by flood waters.