Words Containing PU
Explore a range of words that include the letter PU, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring PU.
3 letter words
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put | 5 | attribute or give | She put too much emphasis on her the last statement |
pub | 7 | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | - |
pup | 7 | an inexperienced young person | - |
pun | 5 | a humorous play on words | I do it for the pun of it |
pus | 5 | a fluid product of inflammation | - |
pug | 6 | small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle | - |
pud | 6 | (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | - |
pur | 5 | - | - |
pul | 5 | 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan | - |
puh | 8 | - | - |
puy | 8 | - | - |
4 letter words
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pull | 6 | strip of feathers | pull a chicken |
push | 9 | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action | He pushed her to finish her doctorate |
pure | 6 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | pure folly |
punk | 10 | rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock | - |
pump | 10 | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | - |
puke | 10 | the matter ejected in vomiting | - |
puff | 12 | suck in or take (air) | - |
pulp | 8 | an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper | - |
puck | 12 | a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey | - |
puss | 6 | informal terms referring to a domestic cat | - |
spun | 6 | - | - |
spur | 6 | give heart or courage to | - |
puri | 6 | - | - |
puma | 8 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
puny | 9 | (used especially of persons) of inferior size | - |
putt | 6 | 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 |
putz | 15 | obscene terms for penis | - |
opus | 6 | a musical work that has been created | - |
purr | 6 | make a soft swishing sound | the car engine purred |
puja | 13 | - | - |
spud | 7 | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | - |
punt | 6 | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | the punt traveled 50 yards |
pula | 6 | the basic unit of money in Botswana | - |
pung | 7 | a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners | - |
pupa | 8 | an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult | - |
puka | 10 | small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers | - |
purl | 6 | flow in a circular current, of liquids | - |
pulu | 6 | - | - |
puce | 8 | a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red | - |
pule | 6 | cry weakly or softly | - |
tapu | 6 | - | - |
pubs | 8 | - | - |
pube | 8 | - | - |
puds | 7 | - | - |
pudu | 7 | - | - |
puir | 6 | - | - |
puha | 9 | - | - |
pugs | 7 | - | - |
pugh | 10 | - | - |
puer | 6 | - | - |
puku | 10 | an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck | - |
puts | 6 | - | - |
purs | 6 | - | - |
puys | 9 | - | - |
pupu | 8 | - | - |
pups | 8 | - | - |
puly | 9 | - | - |
puls | 6 | - | - |
pulk | 10 | - | - |
puli | 6 | - | - |
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5 letter words
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pussy | 10 | containing pus | - |
punch | 12 | a tool for making holes or indentations | - |
purse | 7 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | purse ones's lips |
pulse | 7 | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | - |
puppy | 14 | an inexperienced young person | - |
punks | 11 | a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | - |
pupil | 9 | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | - |
input | 7 | signal going into an electronic system | - |
pubic | 11 | relating or near the pubis | pubic bones |
pushy | 13 | marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | - |
puffy | 16 | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids |
purge | 8 | an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | - |
pubes | 9 | the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs | - |
spunk | 11 | the courage to carry on | he kept fighting on pure spunk |
lupus | 7 | a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus | - |
kaput | 11 | destroyed or killed | - |
putty | 10 | a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass | - |
spurt | 7 | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | - |
purim | 9 | (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman | - |
puree | 7 | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | puree the vegetables for the baby |
pudgy | 12 | short and plump | - |
purer | 7 | - | - |
spurn | 7 | reject with contempt | She spurned his advances |
puggy | 12 | - | - |
pubis | 9 | one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis | - |
punky | 14 | minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | - |
pudge | 9 | a short fat person | - |
pulpy | 12 | like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness | - |
caput | 9 | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | - |
pukka | 15 | absolutely first class and genuine | pukka sahib |
spume | 9 | make froth or foam and become bubbly | - |
kapus | 11 | - | - |
pubco | 11 | - | - |
pully | 10 | - | - |
pukey | 14 | - | - |
pukas | 11 | - | - |
puffa | 13 | - | - |
tapus | 7 | - | - |
spule | 7 | - | - |
spugs | 8 | - | - |
spues | 7 | - | - |
spuer | 7 | - | - |
spued | 8 | - | - |
spuds | 8 | - | - |
spumy | 12 | emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | - |
sputa | 7 | - | - |
spurs | 7 | - | - |
puddy | 12 | - | - |
pucks | 13 | - | - |
pucka | 13 | absolutely first class and genuine | - |
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6 letter words
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public | 12 | people in general considered as a whole | he is a hero in the eyes of the public |
pushed | 12 | - | - |
punish | 11 | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again |
deputy | 12 | an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | - |
purple | 10 | a purple color or pigment | - |
campus | 12 | a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
puppet | 12 | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | - |
puzzle | 26 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
pursue | 8 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | She pursued many activities |
purely | 11 | restricted to something | - |
purity | 11 | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | - |
pumped | 13 | tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | we were really pumped up for the race |
puddle | 10 | eliminate urine | - |
puking | 13 | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
output | 8 | signal that comes out of an electronic system | - |
purify | 14 | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | purify the water |
pusher | 11 | a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | - |
corpus | 10 | capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | - |
purest | 8 | - | - |
impure | 10 | having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws | - |
pundit | 9 | someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | - |
puffed | 15 | gathered for protruding fullness | - |
putter | 8 | work lightly | - |
pulpit | 10 | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | - |
pulley | 11 | 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 | - |
putrid | 9 | in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor | horrible like raw and putrid flesh |
spunky | 15 | showing courage | - |
pucker | 14 | to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | She puckered her lips |
pummel | 12 | strike, usually with the fist | The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators |
punter | 8 | someone who bets | - |
punchy | 16 | - | - |
rumpus | 10 | the act of making a noisy disturbance | - |
puller | 8 | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | - |
puffer | 14 | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | - |
pueblo | 10 | a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs | - |
repute | 8 | look on as or consider | He is reputed to be intelligent |
purser | 8 | an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare | - |
purist | 8 | someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) | - |
putsch | 13 | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | - |
puffin | 14 | any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | - |
pulsar | 8 | a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation | - |
pulque | 17 | fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | - |
purana | 8 | a body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances | - |
wampum | 15 | informal terms for money | - |
pumice | 12 | a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive | - |
impugn | 11 | attack as false or wrong | - |
sputum | 10 | expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness | - |
purdah | 12 | a state of social isolation | - |
impute | 10 | attribute or credit to | People impute great cleverness to cats |
unpure | 8 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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putting | 10 | 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 |
purpose | 11 | reach a decision | - |
popular | 11 | representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | a democratic or popular movement |
pulling | 10 | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | his strenuous pulling strained his back |
pushing | 13 | the act of applying force in order to move something away | the pushing is good exercise |
publish | 14 | put into print | The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce |
pumpkin | 17 | a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes | - |
pudding | 12 | (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | - |
pursuit | 9 | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
octopus | 11 | bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles | - |
pumping | 14 | - | - |
dispute | 10 | coming into conflict with | - |
impulse | 11 | the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus |
pussies | 9 | - | - |
pursued | 10 | a person who is being chased | the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued |
puberty | 14 | the time of life when sex glands become functional | - |
puzzled | 28 | filled with bewilderment | puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
pulsing | 10 | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | - |
reputed | 10 | - | - |
puffing | 16 | an act of forcible exhalation | - |
tempura | 11 | vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried | - |
pungent | 10 | capable of wounding | pungent satire |
spurned | 10 | rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | - |
puncher | 14 | a tool for making holes or indentations | - |
spurred | 10 | - | - |
compute | 13 | make a mathematical calculation or computation | - |
repulse | 9 | force or drive back | - |
opulent | 9 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | - |
purging | 11 | an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | - |
puritan | 9 | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | - |
sputnik | 13 | a Russian artificial satellite | - |
puerile | 9 | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | puerile jokes |
pullman | 11 | luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel | - |
amputee | 11 | someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
purview | 15 | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | - |
spumoni | 11 | - | - |
scapula | 11 | either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings | - |
pursuer | 9 | a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers |
seppuku | 15 | ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | - |
expunge | 17 | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | - |
pullout | 9 | to break off a military action with an enemy | - |
purport | 11 | the pervading meaning or tenor | - |
jodhpur | 20 | a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side | - |
punting | 10 | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | punting is an important part of the game |
pulsate | 9 | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | - |
pustule | 9 | a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus | - |
sputter | 9 | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | - |
puzzler | 27 | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | that's a real puzzler |
prepuce | 13 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | - |
pushier | 12 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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computer | 14 | a machine for performing calculations automatically | - |
punished | 14 | subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) | - |
republic | 14 | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | - |
purchase | 15 | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | - |
pursuing | 11 | following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | the fox fled from the pursuing hounds |
publicly | 17 | in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | she admitted publicly to being a communist |
pussycat | 15 | informal terms referring to a domestic cat | - |
punctual | 12 | acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed | she expected guests to be punctual at meals |
puncture | 12 | reduce or lessen the size or importance of | - |
purified | 14 | - | - |
platypus | 15 | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | - |
impudent | 13 | improperly forward or bold | an impudent boy given to insulting strangers |
pushover | 16 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
catapult | 12 | hurl as if with a sling | - |
amputate | 12 | remove surgically | amputate limbs |
impunity | 15 | exemption from punishment or loss | - |
puzzling | 29 | not clear to the understanding | - |
punitive | 13 | inflicting punishment | punitive justice |
populace | 14 | people in general considered as a whole | - |
repulsed | 11 | - | - |
pullover | 13 | a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | - |
punisher | 13 | - | - |
purifier | 13 | an apparatus for removing impurities | - |
populate | 12 | be an inhabitant of or reside in | - |
disputed | 12 | subject to disagreement and debate | - |
pursuant | 10 | (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with | pursuant to our agreement |
copulate | 12 | engage in sexual intercourse | - |
purebred | 13 | a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses | - |
populist | 12 | someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
sourpuss | 10 | someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | - |
campuses | 14 | - | - |
expunged | 19 | - | - |
pummeled | 15 | - | - |
spurious | 10 | plausible but false | spurious inferences |
computed | 15 | - | - |
impurity | 15 | worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | - |
homespun | 15 | characteristic of country life | the air of homespun country boys |
puppetry | 17 | a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) | - |
spurting | 11 | propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | - |
opulence | 12 | wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | - |
puffball | 18 | any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | - |
capuchin | 17 | monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | - |
purveyor | 16 | someone who supplies provisions (especially food) | - |
publican | 14 | the keeper of a public house | - |
pureness | 10 | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | - |
purulent | 10 | containing pus | a purulent wound |
populous | 12 | densely populated | - |
purplish | 15 | of a color intermediate between red and blue | - |
purposed | 13 | - | - |
pugilist | 11 | someone who fights with his fists for sport | - |
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9 letter words
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published | 17 | formally made public | published accounts |
publicity | 18 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
publisher | 16 | a firm in the publishing business | - |
punishing | 15 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | set a punishing pace |
impulsive | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | - |
purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
repulsive | 14 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a repulsive mask |
purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
populated | 14 | furnished with inhabitants | the area is well populated |
punctured | 14 | having a hole cut through | a punctured balloon |
unpopular | 13 | regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval | unpopular ideas |
expulsion | 18 | the act of forcing out someone or something | the child's expulsion from school |
publicist | 15 | someone who publicizes | - |
pulmonary | 16 | relating to or affecting the lungs | pulmonary disease |
computing | 16 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | - |
repugnant | 12 | offensive to the mind | morally repugnant customs |
amputated | 14 | - | - |
puppeteer | 15 | one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
impudence | 16 | an impudent statement | - |
reputable | 13 | having a good reputation | a reputable business |
purifying | 18 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
pulsating | 12 | - | - |
repulsion | 11 | intense aversion | - |
publicize | 24 | call attention to | - |
pulverize | 23 | destroy completely | - |
stipulate | 11 | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life |
disputing | 13 | - | - |
pubescent | 15 | covered with fine soft hairs or down | - |
disrepute | 12 | the state of being held in low esteem | because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute |
sepulchre | 16 | a chamber that is used as a grave | - |
inputting | 12 | - | - |
octopuses | 13 | - | - |
reputedly | 15 | - | - |
pushchair | 19 | a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | - |
purchaser | 16 | a person who buys | - |
popularly | 16 | among the people | this topic was popularly discussed |
repudiate | 12 | cast off | The parents repudiated their son |
publicise | 15 | call attention to | - |
corpulent | 13 | excessively fat | - |
putrefied | 15 | - | - |
punctuate | 13 | to stress, single out as important | - |
purgative | 15 | strongly laxative | - |
sepulcher | 16 | a chamber that is used as a grave | - |
cyberpunk | 22 | a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism | - |
copulated | 14 | - | - |
pussyfoot | 17 | to go stealthily or furtively | - |
puffiness | 17 | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | - |
deputized | 22 | - | - |
pupillary | 16 | of or relating to the pupil of the eye | - |
impulsion | 13 | the act of applying force suddenly | - |
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10 letter words
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punishment | 17 | the act of punishing | - |
reputation | 12 | the state of being held in high esteem and honor | - |
population | 14 | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | it is an estimate of the mean of the population |
publishing | 18 | the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | - |
republican | 16 | a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas | - |
manipulate | 14 | tamper, with the purpose of deception | - |
cappuccino | 20 | equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | - |
popularity | 17 | the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | his charm soon won him affection and popularity |
compulsive | 19 | strongly motivated to succeed | - |
compulsory | 19 | required by rule | in most schools physical education is compulsory |
propulsion | 14 | the act of propelling | - |
unpunished | 16 | not punished | would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished? |
sputtering | 13 | the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | - |
purchasing | 18 | the act of buying | shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
punishable | 17 | (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | - |
undisputed | 14 | generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute | the undisputed fact |
compulsion | 16 | an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid | he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident |
amputation | 14 | a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs | - |
pulverized | 25 | consisting of fine particles | pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding |
stipulated | 13 | - | - |
copulation | 14 | sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | - |
scrupulous | 14 | characterized by extreme care and great effort | scrupulous attention to details |
repopulate | 14 | - | - |
publicized | 26 | made known; especially made widely known | - |
purposeful | 17 | having meaning through having an aim | led a happy purposeful life |
repudiated | 14 | - | - |
amputating | 15 | - | - |
puncturing | 15 | - | - |
copulating | 15 | - | - |
deputation | 13 | a group of representatives or delegates | - |
repugnance | 15 | the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | - |
pugnacious | 15 | ready and able to resort to force or violence | pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance |
impudently | 18 | in an impudent or impertinent manner | a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently |
copulatory | 17 | of or relating to coitus or copulation | - |
punctually | 17 | at the expected or proper time | - |
pulverised | 16 | consisting of fine particles | - |
unpunctual | 14 | not punctual; after the appointed time | - |
repurposed | 15 | - | - |
throughput | 19 | output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time) | - |
disputable | 15 | open to argument or debate | - |
propulsive | 17 | tending to or capable of propelling | the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency |
puritanism | 14 | strictness and austerity in conduct and religion | - |
putrefying | 19 | - | - |
publicised | 17 | made known; especially made widely known | - |
publically | 19 | in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | - |
pugilistic | 15 | of or relating to pugilism or pugilists | a pugilistic career |
popularise | 14 | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | - |
imputation | 14 | a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense) | he denied the imputation |
crepuscule | 16 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
cowpuncher | 22 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
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