Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
publication |
noun |
The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts., The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution., That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication., An act done in public. |
publishable |
adjective |
Capable of being published; suitable for publication. |
publishment |
noun |
The act or process of making publicly known; publication., A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States. |
puddle-ball |
noun |
The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. |
puerileness |
noun |
The quality of being puerile; puerility. |
puerilities |
plural |
of Puerility |
puff-legged |
adjective |
Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs. |
pulchritude |
noun |
That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness., Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty. |
pullman car |
|
A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; — often shortened to Pullman. |
pullulation |
noun |
A germinating, or budding. |
pulmonarian |
noun |
Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. |
pulmonifera |
noun pl. |
Same as Pulmonata. |
pulverizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Pulverize |
pulverulent |
adjective |
Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty. |
punchinello |
noun |
A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. |
puncticular |
adjective |
Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. |
punctilious |
adjective |
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. |
punctualist |
noun |
One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies. |
punctuality |
noun |
The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness. |
punctuating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Punctuate |
punctuation |
noun |
The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author’s meaning. |
punctuative |
adjective |
Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation. |
punctulated |
adjective |
Marked with small spots. |
pupillarity |
noun |
The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females. |
purchasable |
adjective |
Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt. |
purgatively |
adverb |
In a purgative manner. |
purgatorial |
adjective |
Alt. of Purgatorian |
purgatorian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory., One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory. |
purificator |
noun |
One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. |
puritanical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice., Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt. |
puritanized |
imp. & past participle |
of Puritanize |
purpleheart |
noun |
A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba. |
purportless |
adjective |
Without purport or meaning. |
purposeless |
adjective |
Having no purpose or result; objectless. |
purpresture |
noun |
Wrongful encroachment upon another’s property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc. |
purse-proud |
adjective |
Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches. |
pursiveness |
noun |
Pursiness. |
purveiaunce |
noun |
Purveyance. |
pustulation |
noun |
The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated. |
putredinous |
adjective |
Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten. |
putrescence |
noun |
The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter. |
putrescible |
adjective |
Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances., A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures. |
putrifacted |
adjective |
Putrefied. |
putty-faced |
adjective |
White-faced; — used contemptuously. |