| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| pubble | adjective | Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat. |
| public | adjective | Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; — opposed to private; as, the public treasury., Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal., Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house., The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author’s public., A public house; an inn. |
| pucker | verb t. & i. | To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; — often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth., A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds., A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. |
| pucras | noun | See Koklass. |
| pudder | verb i. | To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle., To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man., A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. |
| puddle | noun | A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool., Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water., To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water)., To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water., To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to., To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron., To make a dirty stir. |
| puddly | adjective | Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul. |
| pueblo | noun | A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. |
| puerco | noun | A hog. |
| puffed | imp. & past participle | of Puff |
| puffer | noun | One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation., One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder., Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; — called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish., The common, or harbor, porpoise., A kier. |
| puffin | noun | An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; — called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot., The puffball., A sort of apple. |
| pugged | imp. & past participle | of Pug |
| pugger | verb t. | To pucker. |
| puisne | adjective | Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent., Puny; petty; unskilled., Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer., One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank. |
| puisny | adjective | Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. |
| puking | present participle & vb. noun | of Puke |
| puling | present participle & vb. noun | of Pule, A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering., Whimpering; whining; childish. |
| pulkha | noun | A Laplander’s traveling sledge. See Sledge. |
| pulled | imp. & past participle | of Pull, Plucked; pilled; moulting. |
| pullen | noun | Poultry. |
| puller | noun | One who, or that which, pulls. |
| pullet | noun | A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl. |
| pulley | verb t. | A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain., To raise or lift by means of a pulley. |
| pullus | noun | A chick; a young bird in the downy stage. |
| pulped | imp. & past participle | of Pulp |
| pulpit | noun | An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching., The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching., A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker., Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence. |
| pulque | noun | An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave. |
| pulvil | noun | A sweet-scented powder; pulvillio., To apply pulvil to. |
| pumice | noun | A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone. |
| pummel | noun & verb t. | Same as Pommel. |
| pumped | imp. & past participle | of Pump |
| pumper | noun | One who pumps; the instrument or machine used in pumping. |
| pumpet | noun | A pompet. |
| punned | imp. & past participle | of Pun |
| punchy | adjective | Short and thick, or fat. |
| puncto | noun | A nice point of form or ceremony., A term applied to the point in fencing. |
| pundit | noun | A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. |
| pundle | noun | A short and fat woman; a squab. |
| punese | noun | A bedbug. |
| punice | noun | See Punese., To punish. |
| punish | verb t. | To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender’s amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience., To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death., To injure, as by beating; to pommel. |
| punkin | noun | A pumpkin. |
| punner | noun | A punster. |
| punnet | noun | A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers. |
| punter | verb t. | One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro., One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt. |
| puntil | noun | Alt. of Puntel |
| puntel | noun | See Pontee. |
| pupped | imp. & past participle | of Pup |
| pupate | verb i. | To become a pupa. |
| pupelo | noun | Cider brandy. |
| puppet | noun | A small image in the human form; a doll., A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play., One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; — so used in contempt., The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe. |
| purred | imp. & past participle | of Pur |
| purana | noun | One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas. |
| purdah | noun | A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains. |
| purely | adverb | In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective)., Nicely; prettily. |
| purfle | verb t. | To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white., To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings., Alt. of Purflew |
| purged | imp. & past participle | of Purge |
| purger | noun | One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine. |
| purify | verb t. | To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air., Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart., To free from ceremonial or legal defilement., To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language., To grow or become pure or clear. |
| purism | noun | Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. |
| purist | noun | One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language., One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. |
| purity | noun | The condition of being pure., freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals., Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt., Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life., Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views., Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style. |
| purled | imp. & past participle | of Purl |
| purlin | noun | Alt. of Purline |
| purple | noun | A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue., Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple., Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth., A cardinalate. See Cardinal., Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula., Any shell of the genus Purpura., See Purpura., A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle., Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe., Imperial; regal; — so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority., Blood-red; bloody., To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood. |
| purpre | noun & adjective | Purple. |
| purree | noun | A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin. |
| pursed | imp. & past participle | of Purse |
| purser | noun | A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; — now called paymaster., A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc., Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. |
| purset | noun | A purse or purse net. |
| pursue | verb t. | To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare., To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law., To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course., To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue., To follow as an example; to imitate., To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account., To go in pursuit; to follow., To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue., To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. |
| purvey | verb t. | To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like., To procure; to get., To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision., To pander; — with to. |
| pusane | noun | A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; — called also pesane. |
| pushed | imp. & past participle | of Push |
| pusher | noun | One who, or that which, pushes. |
| pusley | noun | Purslane. |
| putage | noun | Prostitution or fornication on the part of a woman. |
| puteal | noun | An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb. |
| puteli | noun | Same as Patela. |
| putery | noun | Putage. |
| putlog | noun | One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, — one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose. |
| putour | noun | A keeper of a brothel; a procurer. |
| putrid | adjective | Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; — said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction., Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. |
| putter | noun | One who puts or plates., Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like., To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter. |
| put-up | adjective | Arranged; plotted; — in a bad sense; as, a put-up job. |
| puzzel | noun | A harlot; a drab; a hussy. |
| puzzle | verb | Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making., The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle., To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus., To make intricate; to entangle., To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; — followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery., To be bewildered, or perplexed., To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem. |