A test done before a course, to determine the students' level of ability or knowledge.

(idiomatic) To manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.

plural of plant room

(baseball) A player who can hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well and field well.

plural of planetary system

(computing) A feature allowing new hardware added to a computer to be automatically detected and configured.

Alternative form of play both sides against the middle

(idiomatic, chiefly US and Canada, of a person, chiefly in the negative) To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.

(nautical) a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.

a type of allegorical drama towards the end of the Middle Ages that demonstrates a moral theme such as a character's inner struggle to attain moral enlightenment or salvation