Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 145
Puker (n.) One who pukes, vomits.
Puker (n.) That which causes vomiting. -- Garth.
Pukka (a.) Authentic; genuine.
Pucka (a.) [Written also Pukka.] Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [India]
It's pukka famine, by the looks of it. -- Kipling.
Pukka (a.) Same as Pucka. [India]
Pukka (a.) Absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants" [syn: pukka, pucka].
Pulas (n.) (Bot.) The East Indian leguminous tree Butea frondosa. See Gum Butea, under Gum. [Written also pales and palasa.]
Pulchritude (n.) 美（尤指女性） That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. -- Court of Love.
Pulchritude (n.) Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.
By the pulchritude of their souls make up what is wanting in the beauty of their bodies. -- Ray.
Pulchritude (n.) Physical beauty (especially of a woman).
Pulchritudinous (a.) 美貌的 Used of persons only; having great physical beauty; "pulchritudinous movie stars."
Puled (imp. & p. p.) of Pule.
Puling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pule.
Pule (v. i.) 發輕叫聲；低聲啜泣 To cry like a chicken. -- Bacon.
Pule (v. i.) To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule. -- Barrow.
Pule (v.) Cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail, whimper, mewl, pule].
Puler (n.) One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.
Pulex (n.) (Zool.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea.
Pulex (n.) Type genus of the Pulicidae [syn: Pulex, genus Pulex].
Pulicene (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding in, fleas; pulicose. Pulicose
Pulicose (a.) Alt. of Pulicous.
Pulicous (a.) Abounding with fleas.
Puling (n.) A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.
Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. -- Shak.
Puling (a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.
Puling (a.) Whimpering; whining; childish.
Pulingly (adv.) With whining or complaint.
Pulkha (n.) A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.
Pulled (imp. & p. p.) of Pull.
Pulling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pull.
Pull (v. t.) To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. -- Shak.
He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in. -- Gen. viii. 9.
Pull (v. t.) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. -- Lam. iii. 11.
Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
Pull (v. t.) (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
Pull (v. t.) (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
Pull (v. t.) (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.
Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. -- R. H. Lyttelton.
To pull and haul, To draw hither and thither. " Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. " -- South.
To pull down, To demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. " In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up." -- Howell. " To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud." -- Roscommon.
To pull a finch. See under Finch.
To pull off, Take or draw off.
Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
To pull apart, To become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart.
To pull up, To draw the reins; to stop; to halt.
To pull through, To come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box. -- Swift.
Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. -- Carew.
Pull (n.) A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]
Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb lopped off. -- Shak.
Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
Pull (n.) The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]
Pull (n.) The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. [Slang] -- Dickens.
Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull. [Slang]
Pull (n.) (Cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket. -- R. A. Proctor.
Pull (n.) The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" [syn: pull, pulling].
Pull (n.) The force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current."
Pull (n.) Special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" [syn: pull, clout].
Pull (n.) A device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer."
Pull (n.) A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull].
Pull (n.) A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull].
Pull (n.) A sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it."
Pull (v.) Cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" [syn: pull, draw, force] [ant: force, push].
Pull (v.) Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" [syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in] [ant: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse].
Pull (v.) Move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right."
Pull (v.) Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin."
Pull (v.) Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn: perpetrate, commit, pull].
Pull (v.) Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" [syn: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out].
Pull (v.) Steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over."
Pull (v.) Strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" [syn: pull, overstretch].
Pull (v.) Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" [syn: pull, draw].
Pull (v.) Operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars."
Pull (v.) Rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse."
Pull (v.) Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend, rip, rive, pull].
Pull (v.) Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball."
Pull (v.) Strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn: pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume].
Pull (v.) Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out].
Pull (v.) Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" [syn: pull, root for].
Pull (v.) Take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf."
Pull media
Pull, () A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "{push media". (1997-04-10)
Pullail (n.) Poultry.
Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
Pulled (a.) Plucked; pilled; moulting.
Pullen (n.) Poultry.
Puller (n.) One who, or that which, pulls.
Pullet (n.) A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
Pulleys (n. pl. ) of Pulley.
Pulley (n.) (Mach.) [C] 滑輪；滑車； 滑輪組；皮帶輪 A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See Block. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion.
Band pulley, or Belt pulley, A pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
Cone pulley. See Cone pulley.
Conical pulley, One of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
Fast pulley, A pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
Loose pulley, A pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast.
Parting pulley, A belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft.
Pulley block. Same as Block, n. 6.
Pulley stile (Arch.), The upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
Split pulley, A parting pulley.
Pulley (v. t.) 用滑輪升起（或操作） To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.] -- Howell.
Pulley (n.) A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope [syn: pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block].
Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Pullman car () A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman.
Pullulate (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Pullulation (n.) A germinating, or budding.
Pulli (n. pl. ) of Pullus.
Pullus (n.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
Pulmobranchiata (a. & n.) Alt. of Pulmobranchiate.
Pulmobranchiate (a. & n.) (Zool.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate.
Pulmocutaneous (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.
Pulmogasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae.
Pulmometer (n.) A spirometer.
Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
Pulmonary (a.) Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
Pulmonary (a.) Lungwort.
Pulmonata (n. pl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.
Pulmonate (a.) Having breathing organs that act as lungs.
Pulmonate (a.) Pertaining to the Pulmonata.
Pulmonate (n.) One of the Pulmonata.
Pulmonated (a.) same as Pulmonate (a).
Pulmonibranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
Pulmonibranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Pulmonate.
Pulmonic (a.) Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
Pulmonic (n.) A pulmonic medicine.
Pulmonifera (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
Pulmoniferous (a.) Having lungs; pulmonate.
Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
Pulp (n.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth.
Pulp (n.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape.
Pulp (n.) The exterior part of a coffee berry.
Pulp (n.) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.
Pulped (imp. & p. p.) of Pulp.
Pulping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pulp.
Pulp (v. t.) To reduce to pulp.
Pulp (v. t.) To deprive of the pulp, or integument.
Pulpatoon (n.) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit.
Pulpiness (n.) the quality or state of being pulpy.
Pulpit (n.) An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
Pulpit (n.) The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
Pulpit (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
Pulpit (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
Pulpited (a.) Placed in a pulpit.
Pulpiteer (n.) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.
Pulpiter (n.) A preacher.
Pulpitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit.
Pulpitish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. -- Chalmers.
Pulpitry (n.) The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere pulpitry." -- Milton.
Pulpous (a.) Containing pulp; pulpy. " Pulpous fruit." -- J. Philips. -- Pulp"ous*ness, n.
Pulpy (n.) Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry.
Pulpy (a.) Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness [syn: pulpy, squashy].
Pulque (n.) [Sp.] An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.
Pulque (n.) Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey.
Pulsated (imp. & p. p.) of Pulsate.
Pulsating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pulsate.
Pulsate (v.) To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
Pulsate (v.) [ I ] To beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm.
// The whole room was pulsating with music.
Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.