9-letter words starting with pu
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- pulvillus — a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- pulvinule — (at the base of a leafstalk) a small swelling
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pummelled — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- pump iron — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- pump room — a room at a spa for drinking mineral waters.
- pumped up — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- punctatim — point for point.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punishing — causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds.
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- punningly — in a punning manner
- pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
- pupillary — pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
- pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
- pupilship — the state of being a pupil
- puppeteer — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- puppy dog — puppy (def 1).
- puppy fat — Puppy fat is fat that some children have on their bodies when they are young but that disappears when they grow older and taller.
- puppyfoot — the ace of clubs.
- puppylike — resembling a puppy or the manner of a puppy
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- pure land — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- pure-bred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.