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. |
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] |