pluto- /ploo-tō-, -tə-, -to-/

Denoting wealth

plutocracy /ploo-tokˈrə-si/ noun

1. Government by the wealthy
2. A society governed by the wealthy
3. A ruling body or class of rich people

plutocrat /plooˈtə-krat/ noun

Someone who is powerful because of his or her wealth

plutocratˈic adjective

pluto-democˈracy noun

A wealth-dominated democracy

plutolˈatry noun

(see -latry) worship of wealth

plutolˈogist noun

plutolˈogy or plutonˈomy noun

Political economy

plutonˈomist noun

Pluto /plooˈtō/

1. The Greek god of the underworld (Gr myth)
2. A minor planet beyond Neptune, discovered in 1930

pluˈtoid noun (astronomy)

Any dwarf planet beyond Neptune

pluˈton noun (geology)

A mass of rock which has solidified below the earth's surface

Plutoˈnian adjective

1. Of Pluto
2. Of the underworld

Plutonic /-tonˈik/ adjective

1. Of Pluto
2. (also without cap) hypogene, deep-seated, relating to or formed under conditions of subterranean heat (geology)
3. Plutonist

Plutonism /plooˈtən-izm/ noun

Pluˈtonist noun and adjective (obs geol)

Vulcanist

plutōˈnium noun

An artificially produced radioactive transuranic element (symbol Pu; atomic no 94), named as next after neptunium (93; Pluto being regarded at the time as the planet beyond Neptune), having many isotopes, the fissile isotope²³⁹Pu being particularly important in the production of nuclear power

• solidifiable
• solidification
• solidifications
• solidified
• solidifies
• solidify
• solidifying
• solidish
• solidism
• solidisms
• solidist
• solidists
• solidities
• solidity
• solidly
• solid matter
• solid matters
• solidness
• solidnesses
• solid of revolution
• solid propellant
• solid propellants
• solids
• solid solution
• solid solutions