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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

pusher
shover noun someone who pushes

pusher
noun a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes

pushful
pushing adjective marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; `an aggressive young executive`; `a pushful insurance agent`; `a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world`

Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin noun Russian poet (1799-1837)

pushover
noun someone who is easily taken advantage of

pushup
press-up noun an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms

pusillanimity
pusillanimousness noun contemptible fearfulness

pusillanimous
poor-spirited adjective lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

pusillanimously
simperingly adverb with a lack of courage and determination; `simperingly, the accused begged for mercy`

pussy willow
noun small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

pussy-paw
pussy-paws noun pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats` feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America

pussycat
noun a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

pustule
noun a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus

put aside
verb stop using; `the children were told to put away their toys`; `the students put away their notebooks`

put away
verb stop using; `the children were told to put away their toys`; `the students put away their notebooks`

put down
bring down verb cause to come to the ground; `the pilot managed to land the airplane safely`

put forward
verb cause to protrude or as if to protrude; `stick one`s hand out of the window`; `stick one`s nose into other people`s business`

put on
verb carry out (performances); `They turned in a splendid effort`; `They turned in top jobs for the second straight game`

put option
put noun the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

put out
verb cause to be out on a fielding play

put to work
verb cause to work; `he is working his servants hard`

put up
verb mount or put up; `put up a good fight`; `offer resistance`

put-down
squelch noun a crushing remark

put-put
noun a small gasoline engine (as on motor boat)

put-up
adjective planned secretly; `it was a put-up job`

putamen
noun the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus

putative(a)
purported(a) adjective commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; `the foundling`s putative father`; `the reputed (or purported) author of the book`; `the supposed date of birth`

putdownable
adjective (of a book) so poorly written and unentertaining as to be easily put down

putoff
noun a pretext for delay or inaction

putout
noun an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); `the first baseman made 15 putouts`

Putrajaya
capital of Malaysia noun Malaysia`s sparkling new capital

putrefaction
rot noun a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

putrefactive
putrefacient adjective causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

putrescence
rottenness noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid

putrescent
adjective becoming putrid; `a trail lined by putrescent carcasses`

putrid
adjective morally corrupt or evil; `the putrid atmosphere of the court`

putrid-smelling
adjective having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter

putridity
noun the state of being putrid

putt
putting noun 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`

puttee
noun a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

putter
putting iron noun the iron normally used on the putting green

putter
potter 1 tinker verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; `The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house`

putterer
potterer noun a person who putters about

putty
noun a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

putty knife
noun a spatula used to mix or apply putty

puttyroot
adam-and-eve noun North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers

putz
noun (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot

puzzle
puzzler noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; `he loved to solve chessmate puzzles`; `that`s a real puzzler`

pya
noun 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar

Pycnanthemum
genus Pycnanthemum noun American mountain mint

pycnidium
noun flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia

pycnodysostosis
noun a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth

pycnogonid
noun any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

Pycnogonida
order Pycnogonida noun sea spiders

pycnosis
pyknosis noun a degenerative state of the cell nucleus

Pydna
Battle of Pydna noun a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom

pyelitis
noun inflammation of the renal pelvis

pyelogram
noun an X ray of the kidneys and ureters

pyelography
noun roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)

pyelonephritis
noun inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection

pyemia
pyaemia noun septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess

pyemic
pyaemic adjective of or relating to pyemia

Pygmalion
noun (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea

Pygmy
Pigmy noun any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet

pygmy chimpanzee
bonobo noun small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species

pygmy cypress
Cupressus pigmaea noun rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress

pygmy marmoset
Cebuella pygmaea noun the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon

pygmy mouse
Baiomys taylori noun very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico

pygmy sperm whale
Kogia breviceps noun small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America

Pygopodidae
family Pygopodidae noun Australian and Tasmanian lizards

Pygopus
genus Pygopus noun type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs

Pygoscelis
genus Pygoscelis noun a genus of Spheniscidae

pyinma
noun relatively hard durable timber from the Queen`s crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous

pyknotic
pycnotic adjective of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis

Pyle
Howard Pyle noun United States writer and illustrator of children`s books (1853-1911)

Pylodictus
genus Pylodictus noun flathead catfishes

pylon
power pylon noun a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; `power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists`

pyloric
adjective relating to or near the pylorus

pyloric sphincter
pyloric valve noun the sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum

pyloric stenosis
noun narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum

pyloric vein
right gastric vein noun receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein

pylorus
noun a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum

pyocyanase
noun a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus

pyocyanin
noun a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus

pyogenic
adjective producing pus

Pyongyang
capital of North Korea noun capital of North Korea and an industrial center; `Pyongyang is Korea`s oldest city but little of its history has been preserved`

pyorrhea
pyorrhoea noun discharge of pus

pyorrhea
Riggs` disease noun chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

pyorrhea alveolaris
Riggs` disease noun chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

pyorrhoea
Riggs` disease noun chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets

Pyracantha
pyracanth noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

pyralid
pyralid moth noun usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests

Pyralidae
family Pyralidae noun bee moths; corn borers; flour moths

Pyralis
genus Pyralis noun type genus of the Pyralidae

Pyramid
Great Pyramid noun a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

pyramid bugle
Ajuga pyramidalis noun European evergreen carpeting perennial

pyramid scheme
noun a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in

pyramidal
pyramidic adjective resembling a pyramid

pyramidal tent
noun a large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen people

pyramidal tract
pyramidal motor system noun any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral horn of the spinal cord