| 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. |
| Puerto Rico |
a West Indies island commonwealth associated with the United States, east of the Dominican Republic. |
| puff |
a brief, forceful emission of breath, air, or vapor. [16 definitions] |
| puff adder |
a large, thick-bodied, poisonous African viper that puffs up and hisses when irritated. [2 definitions] |
| puffball |
any of a variety of fungi with spherical bodies that burst when ripe to release clouds of spores. |
| puffer |
see "puffer fish." [2 definitions] |
| puffer fish |
any of various saltwater fishes that are capable, when irritated or alarmed, of swallowing water or air and puffing up their bodies to many times their usual size, causing, in some species, sharp protective spines to become erect. |
| puffery |
excessive praise or flattery, as in advertising. |
| puffin |
any of a number of northern sea birds that typically have black and white feathers, and a large, flat, colorful bill. |