Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 152
Putery (n.) Putage. [Obs.]
Putid (a.) Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor. "Thy putid muse." -- Dr. H. More.
Putidity (n.) Alt. of Putidness.
Putidness (n.) The quality or state of being putrid.
Putlog (n.) (Arch.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose. -- Oxf. Gloss.
Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. -- L'Estrange.
Putour (n.) A keeper of a brothel; a procurer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Putredinous (a.) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
Putrefaction (n.) 化膿；腐敗；腐敗物 The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
Note: Putrefaction is a complex phenomenon involving a multiplicity of chemical reactions, always accompanied by, and without doubt caused by, bacteria and vibriones; hence, putrefaction is a form of fermentation, and is sometimes called putrefaction fermentative. Putrefaction is not possible under conditions that preclude the development of living organisms. Many of the products of putrefaction are powerful poisons, and are called cadaveric poisons, or ptoma["i]nes.
Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied. "Putrefaction's breath." -- Shelley.
Putrefaction (n.) A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: {putrefaction}, {rot}].
Putrefaction (n.) (Biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: {decomposition}, {rot}, {rotting}, {putrefaction}].
Putrefaction (n.) Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: {corruption}, {degeneracy}, {depravation}, {depravity}, {putrefaction}].
Putrefactive (a.) 致腐敗的；使腐敗的；易腐敗的 Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. -- Wiseman.
Putrefactive (a.) Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. -- {Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness}, n.
Putrefactive (a.) Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: {putrefactive}, {putrefacient}].
Putrefied (imp. & p. p.) of Putrefy.
Putrefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putrefy.
Putrefy (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) （使）化膿；（使）腐敗；（使）墮落 To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
Putrefy (v. t.) To corrupt; to make foul.
Private suits do putrefy the public good. -- Bacon.
They would but stink, and putrefy the air. -- Shak.
Putrefy (v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. -- Isa. 1. 6.
Putrefy (v.) Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies".
Putrescence (n.) The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
Putrescence (n.) In a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption].
Putrescence (n.) The quality of rotting and becoming putrid [syn: putrescence, rottenness].
Putrescent (a.) Becoming putrid or rotten.
Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. -- Motley.
Putrescent (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
Putrescent (a.) Becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses".
Putrescible (a.) Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
Putrescible (n.) A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
Putrescible (a.) Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid [syn: decayable, putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable].
Putrescin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
Putrid (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
Putrid fever (Med.), Typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
Putrid sore throat (Med.), A gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Putrid (a.) Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition".
Putrid (a.) In an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; "horrible like raw and putrid flesh" -- Somerset Maugham.
Putrid (a.) Morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court".
Putridity (n.) The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
Putridity (n.) The state of being putrid.
Putridness (n.) Putridity. -- Floyer.
Putridness (n.) In a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption].
Putrifacted (a.) Putrefied. [Obs.]
What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. -- Marston.
Putrification (n.) Putrefaction.
Putrify (v. t. & i.) To putrefy.
Putrilage (n.) That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
Putry (a.) Putrid. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Putry (n.) Putage. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Putter (n.) One who puts or plates.
Putter (n.) Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
Putter (n.) (Golf) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.
Putter (n.) (Golf) One who putts.
Puttered (imp. & p. p.) of Putter.
Puttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putter.
Putter (v. i.) To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden.
Putter (n.) A golfer who is putting.
Putter (n.) The iron normally used on the putting green [syn: putter, putting iron].
Putter (v.) Work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" [syn: potter, putter].
Putter (v.) Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around].
Putter (v.) Move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter, potter around, putter around].
Putter-on (n.) An instigator. -- Shak.
Puttier (n.) One who putties; a glazier.
Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game.
Putting stone, A heavy stone used in the game of putting.
Putting (n.) Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet" [syn: putt, putting].
Puttock (n.) The European kite.
Puttock (n.) The buzzard.
Puttock (n.) The marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
Puttock (n.) (Naut.) See Futtock. [Obs.]
Putty (n.; pl. Putties.) [Written also puttee, puttie.] A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.
Puttied (imp. & p. p.) of Putty.
Puttying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Putty.
Putty (v. t.) To cement, or stop, with putty.
Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes.
Putty (n.) (Golf) A ball made of composition and not gutta percha. [Colloq.]
Putty powder, An oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.
Putty (n.) A dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass.
Putty (v.) Apply putty in order to fix or fill; "putty the window sash".
Putty-faced (a.) White-faced; -- used contemptuously. -- Clarke.
Puttyroot (n.) (Bot.) An American orchidaceous plant ({Aplectrum hyemale) which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
Puttyroot (n.) North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers [syn: puttyroot, adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale].
Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job. [Colloq.]
Put-up (a.) Planned secretly; "it was a put-up job".
Puy (n.) See Poy.
Puzzel (n.) A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Puzzle (n.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
Puzzle (n.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
Puzzled (imp. & p. p.) of Puzzle.
Puzzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puzzle.
Puzzle (v. t.) To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.
A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others. -- Dr. H. More.
He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. -- Addison.
Puzzle (v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.
They disentangle from the puzzled skein. -- Cowper.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. -- Addison.
Puzzle (v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See Embarrass.
Puzzle (v. i.) To be bewildered, or perplexed.
A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. -- L'Estrange.
Puzzle (v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Puzzle (n.) A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" [syn: puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser].
Puzzle (n.) A game that tests your ingenuity.
Puzzle (v.) Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound].
Puzzle (v.) Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure".
Puzzledom (n.) The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. -- C. Kingsley.
Puzzle-headed (a.) Having the head full of confused notions ; given to getting perplexed over simple matters; also, characteristic of persons that are so. -- Johnson.
Puzzlement (n.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity. -- Miss Mitford.
Puzzlement (n.) Confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement].
Puzzler (n.) One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.
Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. -- Brome.
Puzzlingly (adv.) In a puzzling manner.
Puzzolan (n.) Alt. of Puzzolana.
Puzzolana (n.) See Pozzuolana.
Pyaemia (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
Pyaemic (a.) Of or pertaining to pyaemia; of the nature of pyaemia.
Pycnaspidean (a.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
Pycnidia (n. pl. ) of Pycnidium.
Pycnidium (n.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
Pycnite (n.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.
Pycnodont (n.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.
Pycnodontini (n. pl.) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales.
Pycnogonid (n.) One of the Pycnogonida.
Pycnogonida (n. pl.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda.
Pycnometer (n.) A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
Pycnostyle (a.) See under Intercolumniation.
Pycnostyle (n.) A pycnostyle colonnade.
Pye (n.) See 2d Pie (b).
Pyebald (a.) See Piebald.
Pyelitis (n.) Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.
Pyaemia, Pyemia (n.) (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- Py*[ae]"mic, Py*e"mic, a. Pyemic
Pyemia (n.) (Med.) See PyAemia.
Pyemia (n.) Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess [syn: pyemia, pyaemia].
Pyet (n.) A magpie; a piet. [Prov. Eng.]
Here cometh the worthy prelate as pert as a pyet. -- Sir W. Scott.
Pygal (a.) (Anat.) Situated in the region of the rump, or posterior end of the backbone; -- applied especially to the posterior median plates in the carapace of chelonians. Pygarg
Pygarg () Alt. of Pygargus.
Pygargus () (Zool.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump. -- Deut. xiv. 5.
Pygargus () (Zool.) The female of the hen harrier.
Pygargus () (Zool.) The sea eagle.
Pygarg, () Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.
Pygidia (n. pl. ) of Pygidium.
Pygidium (n.) (Zool.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.
Pygmy (a.) Alt. of Pygmean.
Pygmean (a.) Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race." -- Milton.
Pygmy antelope (Zool.), The kleeneboc.
Pygmy goose (Zool.), Any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia.
Pygmy owl (Zool.), The gnome.
Pygmy parrot (Zool.), Any one of several species of very small green parrots ({Nasitern[ae]), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.
Pygmies (n. pl. ) of Pygmy.
Pygmy (n.) (Class. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.