12-letter words starting with pu
- 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
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- punctulation — the state of being punctulate
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- pupilability — confidentiality
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- pure culture — the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
- pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- purple beech — copper beech.
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