Putrescence Pu·tres"cence noun The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
Putrescent Pu·tres"cent adjective [ Latin
putrescens , present participleof
putrescere to grow rotten, v. incho. from
putrere to be rotten. See
Putrid .]
1. Becoming putrid or rotten. Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core.
Motley. 2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
Putrescible Pu·tres"ci·ble adjective Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
Putrescible Pu·tres"ci·ble noun A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
Putrescin Pu·tres"cin noun (Physiol. Chem.) A nontoxic diamine, C 4 H 12 N 2 , formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
Putrid Pu"trid adjective [ Latin
putridus ,
fr .
putrere to be rotten, from
puter , or
putris , rotten,
fr .
putere to stink, to be rotten: confer French
putride . See
Pus ,
Foul ,
adjective ]
1. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction . 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. Putrid fever (Medicine) ,
typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body. --
Putrid sore throat (Medicine) ,
a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Putridity Pu·trid"i·ty noun [ Confer French
putridité .]
The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
Putridness Pu"trid·ness noun Putridity. Floyer.
Putrifacted Pu"tri·fac`ted adjective [ See
Putrefy .]
Putrefied. [ Obsolete]
What vermin bred of putrifacted slime.
Marston.
Putrification Pu`tri·fi·ca"tion noun Putrefaction.
Putrify Pu"tri·fy transitive verb & i. To putrefy.
Putrilage Pu"tri·lage noun [ French
putrilage , Latin
putrilago putrefaction.]
That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
Putry Pu"try adjective Putrid. [ Obsolete]
Marston.
Putry Pu"try noun Putage. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Putt Putt noun [ Confer
Put ,
transitive verb ]
(Golf) A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into a hole.
Putt Putt intransitive verb (Golf) To make a putt.
Puttee Put"tee noun Same as Putty , a kind of gaiter.
Putter Put"ter noun 1. One who puts or plates. 2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [ Prov. Eng.]
Putter Put"ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puttered ;
present participle & verbal noun Puttering .] [ See
Potter .]
To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
Putter Putt"er noun (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts.
Putter-on Put"ter-on` noun An instigator. Shak.
Puttier Put"ti·er noun One who putties; a glazier.
Putting Put"ting noun 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 green Putt"ing green (Golf) The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." Golf Rules.
Puttock Put"tock noun [ Confer
Pout a young bird,
Poult .]
(Zoology) (a) The European kite. (b) The buzzard. (c) The marsh harrier. [ Prov. Eng.]
Puttock Put"tock noun (Nautical) See Futtock . [ Obsolete]
Putty Put"ty noun [ French
potée , from
pot pot; what was formerly called
putty being a substance resembling what is now called
putty powder , and in part made of the metal of old pots. See
Pot .]
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 powder ,
an oxide of tin, or of tin and lead in various proportions, much used in polishing glass, metal, precious stones, etc.
Putty Put"ty transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puttied ;
present participle & verbal noun Puttying .]
To cement, or stop, with putty.
Putty Put"ty noun (Golf) A ball made of composition and not gutta percha. [ Colloq.]
Putty Put"ty noun ;
plural Putties . [ Written also
puttee ,
puttie .] [ Hind.
patti ribbon, brace, tie.]
A kind of gaiter of waterproof cloth wrapped around the leg, used by soldiers, etc.
Putty-faced Put"ty-faced` adjective White-faced; -- used contemptuously. Clarke.
Puttyroot Put"ty·root` noun (Botany) 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 .
Puzzel Puz"zel noun [ Confer French
pucelle a virgin.]
A harlot; a drab; a hussy. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Puzzle Puz"zle noun [ For
opposal , in the sense of problem. See
Oppose ,
Pose ,
v. ]
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle .
Puzzle Puz"zle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Puzzled ;
present participle & verbal noun Puzzling .]
1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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 Puz"zle intransitive verb 1. To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing.
L'Estrange. 2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Puzzle-headed Puz"zle-head`ed adjective Having the head full of confused notions. Johnson.
Puzzle-headed Puz"zle-head`ed adjective Having the head full of confused notions; given to getting perplexed over simple matters; also, characteristic of persons that are so. Johnson.
Puzzledom Puz"zle·dom noun The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
Puzzlement Puz"zle·ment noun The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
Puzzler Puz"zler noun One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes. Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads.
Brome.
Puzzlingly Puz"zling·ly adverb In a puzzling manner.
Puzzolan, Puzzolana Puz"zo·lan, Puz`zo·la"na noun See Pozzuolana .
Pycnaspidean Pyc`nas·pid"e·an adjective [ Greek ... thick, crowded + ..., ..., a shield.]
(Zoology) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
Pycnidium Pyc·nid"i·um noun ;
plural Pycnidia . [ New Latin , from Greek ... crowded.]
(Botany) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
Pycnite Pyc"nite noun [ Greek ... thick.]
(Min.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.
Pycnodont Pyc"no·dont noun [ Greek ... thick, crowded + ..., ..., a tooth.]
(Paleon.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.
Pycnodontini Pyc`no·don"ti·ni noun plural [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs ( pleurolepida ) and with enameled rhomboidal scales.
Pycnogonid Pyc·nog"o·nid noun (Zoology) One of the Pycnogonida.
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