| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| publican | noun | A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation., The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine. |
| publicly | adverb | With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made., In the name of the community. |
| pucelage | noun | Virginity. |
| puckball | noun | A puffball. |
| puckered | imp. & past participle | of Pucker |
| puckerer | noun | One who, or that which, puckers. |
| puckfist | noun | A puffball. |
| puddered | imp. & past participle | of Pudder |
| puddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Puddle, The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material., Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2., The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities. |
| pudendal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum. |
| pudendum | noun | The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva. |
| pudicity | noun | Modesty; chastity. |
| puffball | noun | A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; — called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin. |
| puff-leg | noun | Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs. |
| puggered | adjective | Puckered. |
| pugilism | noun | The practice of boxing, or fighting with the fist. |
| pugilist | noun | One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer. |
| pug nose | A short, thick nose; a snubnose. | |
| puissant | adjective | Powerful; strong; mighty; forcible; as, a puissant prince or empire. |
| pulicene | adjective | Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose. |
| pulicose | adjective | Alt. of Pulicous |
| pulicous | adjective | Abounding with fleas. |
| pulingly | adverb | With whining or complaint. |
| pullback | noun | That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance., The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point. |
| pulmonic | adjective | Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary., A pulmonic medicine. |
| pulpited | adjective | Placed in a pulpit. |
| pulpiter | noun | A preacher. |
| pulpitry | noun | The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. |
| pulsated | imp. & past participle | of Pulsate |
| pulsator | noun | A beater; a striker., That which beats or throbs in working. |
| pulsific | adjective | Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation. |
| pultesse | noun | Alt. of Pultise |
| pulvillo | noun | A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, — often in little bags. |
| pulvilli | plural | of Pulvillus |
| pulvinar | noun | A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. |
| pulvinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance. |
| pumicate | verb t. | To make smooth with pumice. |
| punching | present participle & vb. noun | of Punch |
| puncheon | noun | A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc., A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud., A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons., A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons. |
| punction | noun | A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture. |
| punctist | noun | A punctator. |
| punctual | adjective | Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended., Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise., Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. |
| puncture | noun | The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed., A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin., To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin. |
| pungence | noun | Pungency. |
| pungency | noun | The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. |
| punicial | adjective | Of a bright red or purple color. |
| puniness | noun | The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness. |
| punished | imp. & past participle | of Punish |
| punisher | noun | One who inflicts punishment. |
| punition | noun | Punishment. |
| punitive | adjective | Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice. |
| punitory | adjective | Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. |
| punkling | noun | A young strumpet. |
| pupation | noun | the act of becoming a pupa. |
| pupilage | noun | The state of being a pupil. |
| pupipara | noun pl. | A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera. |
| pupivora | noun pl. | A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects. |
| puplican | noun | Publican. |
| puppetry | noun | Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation. |
| puppying | present participle & vb. noun | of Puppy |
| puppyish | adjective | Like a puppy. |
| puppyism | noun | Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence. |
| purblind | adjective | Wholly blind., Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. |
| purchase | verb t. | To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire., To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house., To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery., To expiate by a fine or forfeit., To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance., To buy for a price., To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon., To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one’s self., To acquire wealth or property., The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything., The act of seeking and acquiring property., The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent., That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition., That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent., Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained., Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one’s own act or agreement. |
| pureness | noun | The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective). |
| purfling | noun | Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin. |
| purifier | noun | One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. |
| puriform | adjective | In the form of pus. |
| purified | imp. & past participle | of Purify |
| puristic | adjective | Alt. of Puristical |
| purparty | noun | A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener. |
| purpling | present participle & vb. noun | of Purple |
| purplish | adjective | Somewhat purple. |
| purposed | imp. & past participle | of Purpose |
| purposer | noun | One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer., One who forms a purpose; one who intends. |
| purprise | noun | A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor. |
| purpuric | adjective | Of or pertaining to purpura., Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name. |
| purpurin | noun | A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance. |
| purseful | noun | All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse. |
| purslain | noun | Same as Purslane. |
| purslane | noun | An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. |
| pursuant | adjective | Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; — with to or of., Alt. of Pursuantly |
| pursuing | present participle & vb. noun | of Pursue |
| purulent | adjective | Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation. |
| purveyed | imp. & past participle | of Purvey |
| purveyor | noun | One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer., An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king’s household., a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. |
| puseyism | noun | The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated ” Tracts for the Times;” tractarianism. See Tractarianism. |
| puseyite | adjective | Of or pertaining to Puseyism., One who holds the principles of Puseyism; — often used opprobriously. |
| pustular | adjective | Of or pertaining to pustules; as, pustular prominences; pustular eruptions., Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustulate. |
| putanism | noun | Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry. |
| putative | adjective | Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. |
| putchuck | noun | Same as Pachak. |
| putidity | noun | Alt. of Putidness |
| puttered | imp. & past participle | of Putter |
| puttying | present participle & vb. noun | of Putty |
| puzzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Puzzle |
| puzzolan | noun | Alt. of Puzzolana |
| purocoll | noun | A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained by the distillation of gelatin. |