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plica (PLY-kuh) noun, plural plicae (PLI-see, -kee)
1. A fold, especially of skin. 2. Hair in dirty, matted form. [From Medieval Latin, fold, from Latin plicare, to fold.] "He underwent knee surgery during the summer to remove a plica ... from his left knee." Tom Kensler, Sights Are Set on Sydney, The Denver Post, May 13, 1997. This week's theme: Words with letters in reverse alphabetical order. ............................................................................ Every man in the world is better than someone else. And not as good as someone else. -William Saroyan, writer (1908-1981) Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all archived at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme list, see http://wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/plica.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/plica.ram
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