| public utility |
an organization operated usu. as a monopoly under government regulation or control, that provides an essential public commodity or service, such as electricity, water, transportation, and the like. |
| public works |
buildings, pipelines, highways, and the like that are built and maintained at public expense for public use or benefit. |
| publish |
to prepare and distribute (printed material) for sale or circulation to the public. [5 definitions] |
| publishable |
combined form of publish. |
| publisher |
a person or company that publishes books or periodicals. [2 definitions] |
| publishing |
the business or profession of a publisher. |
| PUC |
abbreviation of "public utilities commission." |
| puce |
a dark brownish purple color. |
| puck |
in ice hockey, the hard rubber disk that players try to hit into the net for goals. |
| pucker |
to gather or contract into small folds or wrinkles. [2 definitions] |
| puckish |
(sometimes cap.) mischievous or playful; impish. |
| pudding |
a soft creamy or spongy dessert, usu. made by boiling or baking a mixture of milk, flour, eggs, and sugar, and adding fruit or other flavoring. [5 definitions] |
| puddle |
a small, shallow pool of water, esp. rainwater. [6 definitions] |
| puddling |
the act or process of purifying metal, esp. pig iron, by melting it in a furnace to remove the slag. [2 definitions] |
| pudendum |
the external genital organs of a woman. [2 definitions] |
| pudgy |
fat and usu. short or small. |
| pueblo |
a communal house, often several stories high, made of adobe or stone by Indians of the southwestern United States. [3 definitions] |
| puerile |
of or relating to children or childhood. [2 definitions] |
| puerperal |
relating to, connected with, or resulting from childbirth. |
| puerperal fever |
an infection, often fatal, of the endometrium or bloodstream, that occurs during or just after childbirth, usu. caused by unsanitary conditions surrounding delivery. |
| Puerto Ayora |
town located in Galapagos, Ecuador, on Isla Santa Cruz, known for its tourism infrastructure. |