12-letter words containing pu
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pack a punch — be powerful
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- pen computer — a computer, as a personal digital assistant, having pattern-recognition software enabling it to read handwritten text or drawings input on the screen by means of a stylus.
- plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
- populational — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- propugnation — defence
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- public works — government-funded construction
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- puff sleeves — the sleeves of a women's garment that are gathered at the shoulders and caught in at the cuff to create an inflated, puffy effect
- puffa jacket — a warm quilted and padded jacket
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pull a stunt — If someone pulls a stunt, they do something silly or risky.
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulley stile — (in a window frame) a stile against which a window sash slides.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating