6-letter words containing pu
- papuan — of or relating to New Guinea or to Papua New Guinea.
- papula — one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.
- papule — a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
- peepul — pipal.
- peipus — a lake in the N Europe, on the border between Estonia and the W Russian Federation. 93 miles (150 km) long; 356 sq. mi. (920 sq. km).
- pengpu — Bengbu.
- pilpul — a method of disputation among rabbinical scholars regarding the interpretation of Talmudic rules and principles or Scripture that involves the development of careful and often excessively subtle distinctions.
- populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- pucker — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- puckle — a mischievous or evil spirit
- pudder — a small pool or something resembling a pool
- puddle — a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
- puddly — having puddles
- pudent — lacking in ostentation or humble
- pudeur — a holding back or concealing from others, as of one's intimate feelings; reserve; restraint
- pudsey — a town in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 32 391 (2001)
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- pueblo — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- puffed — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
- puffer — a person or thing that puffs.
- puffin — any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin) of the North Atlantic.
- pugdog — pug1 (def 1).
- pugged — to track (especially game) by following footprints or another spoor.
- puggle — to stir up by poking
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- pugree — a light turban worn in India.
- puisne — Law. younger; inferior in rank; junior, as in appointment.
- pujari — a Hindu priest
- pukeko — a wading bird, Porphyrio melanotus, of New Zealand, with a brightly coloured plumage
- puling — whining; whimpering: a puling child.
- pulled — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- puller — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pullet — a young hen, less than one year old.
- pulley — a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
- pullus — a young bird; a chick.
- pulpal — (of a tooth) relating to the pulp
- pulper — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulpit — a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
- pulque — a fermented milky drink made from the juice of certain species of agave in Mexico.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- pulver — powder
- pulvil — a type of perfumed powder for the hair or skin
- pulwar — a light Indian river boat used for carrying cargo
- pumelo — pomelo.
- pumice — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pumped — full of confidence, enthusiasm, etc.; pumped up