Phrase Hound found 75 phrases and 33 compound words that contain plains. The most common are listed below. Open plains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 75
- Great PlainsThe relatively flat region of United States and Canada consisting of grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south.
- Depsang PlainsA gravelly plain in eastern Ladakh and the disputed Aksai Chin.
- Central PlainsSynonym of Central Plain: a region of China
- Dairy PlainsA locality in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- Golden PlainsA local government area in western Victoria, Australia; in full, Golden Plains Shire.
- High PlainsA region of southeastern Australia in and adjacent to the Australian Alps.
- Interior PlainsA large region of North America formed by the collision of cratons in the Paleoproterozoic.
- Liverpool PlainsA local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Liverpool Plains Shire.
- Major PlainsA locality in the Rural City of Benalla and the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
- North PlainsA place in the United States:
- Plains ApacheThe Apache peoples living primarily in Oklahoma.
- Richmond PlainsA locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia.
- West PlainsA city, the county seat of Howell County, Missouri, United States.
- White PlainsA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.
- York PlainsA locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.
- Plains of AbrahamA plain in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada; a riverside plain atop the escarpment at the edge of the Saint-Lawrence River
- Plains CreeA dialect of the Cree Language spoken primarily in Central Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- plains zebraThe most common species of zebra, Equus quagga (formerly Equus burchellii)
- Morton PlainsA locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
- Salisbury PlainsA locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- Georges PlainsA locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- Browns PlainsA locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
- plains-wandererPedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.
- Scotch PlainsA township in Union County, New Jersey.
- Emu PlainsA suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Compound words 33
- PlainsboroA township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
- plainscraftThe skills needed to survive on the open plains.
- complainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of complain: To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
- chaplainsplural of chaplain: A member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- floodplainsplural of floodplain: A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
- plainsmanA native, inhabitant or settler of a plains region, but especially of the United States prairies
- riverplainsplural of riverplain: The alluvial plain of a river.
- ablesplainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of ablesplain: To explain something related to disability in a manner that is condescending or shows a lack of understanding, compassion, or respect for the disabled.
- blacksplainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of blacksplain: Of a black person in a group with non-black people: to explain some concept which is very common in black culture while assuming the non-black members of the group do not …
- boomersplainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of boomersplain: To condescendingly explain (something) to a younger person as a baby boomer.