pufflets
plural of pufflet

pugginess
Quality of being puggy.

puggishness
Quality of being puggish.

pugil
As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

pugilism
Fighting with fists.

pugilisms
plural of pugilism

pugillaris
A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome.

pugils
plural of pugil

pugnaciousness
The act or quality of being pugnacious.

pugnacities
plural of pugnacity

pugnacity
The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.

puissance
power, might or potency
The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.

puissances
plural of puissance.

puissantness
puissance; power

puka
A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.

pukanui
Synonym of puka (“Meryta sinclairii”).

pukas
plural of puka

pukeball
A term of abuse.

pukeballs
plural of pukeball

pukeko
Alternative spelling of pūkeko.

pukekos
plural of pukeko

pukestain
A term of abuse.

pukestains
plural of pukestain

pukkaness
The state or quality of being pukka.

pulahanism
The religious beliefs of the pulahans.

pulchronomics
The study of the economics related to beauty.

pulgada
A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 2.3 cm

pulking
The use of a pulk.

pullback
The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
Something that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
Within a Cartesian square (which has a pair of divergent morphisms and a pair of convergent morphisms) the divergent morphism which is directly opposite to a given one of the convergent morphisms, said to be “along” the convergent morphism which is between that pair of opposite morphisms. (The pullback is said to be “of” the given morphism.)
A certain move in tap dance.

pullbacks
plural of pullback

pullet
A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
A spineless person; a coward.
A girl or young woman.

pullets
plural of pullet

pullicide
The killing of a chicken.

pullulation
A teeming, swarming, or multiplying.

pullulations
plural of pullulation

pulmolithiasis
Pulmonary lithiasis.

pulmometer
A kind of historical spirometer.

pulmometers
plural of pulmometer

pulmonectomies
plural of pulmonectomy

pulmonectomy
Pneumectomy.

pulmotoxicity
Synonym of pneumotoxicity.

pulpability
The quality or degree of being pulpable.

pulpectomies
plural of pulpectomy

pulpectomy
The surgical removal of all of the dental pulp.

pulpification
The process of pulpifying.

pulpiness
The quality of being pulpy.

pulpinesses
plural of pulpiness

pulpita
plural of pulpitum

pulpitful
Enough to fill a pulpit.

pulpitfuls
plural of pulpitful

pulpitism
Behavior pertaining to the pulpit; preaching.

pulpitum
A massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.

pulpitums
plural of pulpitum

pulplessness
Absence of pulp.

pulpotomies
plural of pulpotomy

pulpotomy
The surgical removal of part of the dental pulp

pulpousness
The quality of being pulpous.

pulpulak
A public fountain with potable water, common in Armenia.

pulpulaks
plural of pulpulak

pulsar
A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

pulsars
plural of pulsar

pulsatance
angular frequency (in radians per second)

pulsatances
plural of pulsatance

pulsatilities
plural of pulsatility

pulsatility
The state or quality of being pulsatile.
The difference in the systolic and diastolic velocities in the circulation of the blood.

pulselessness
Absence of a pulse.

pulsetrain
A series of more or less regular pulses.

pulsewidth
The width of a pulse.

pulsewidths
plural of pulsewidth

pulsion
The act of driving forward; propulsion.
A subconscious drive or impulse.

pulsions
plural of pulsion

pulsitility
Misspelling of pulsatility.

pulsivity
The quality of being pulsive.

pulsosubtype
A subtype of a pulsotype

pulsosubtypes
plural of pulsosubtype

pultrusion
A continuous process for manufacture of composite materials with constant cross section.

pulverisation
Alternative spelling of pulverization.

pulverisations
plural of pulverisation

pulverization
The act of pulverizing.

pulverizations
plural of pulverization

pulverulence
The state or characteristic of being powdery or dusty.
Fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.

pulvilli
plural of pulvillus

pulvillus
One of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.

pulvinuli
plural of pulvinulus

pulvinulus
A pulvillus

pumpabilities
plural of pumpability

pumpability
The quality or degree of being pumpable.

pumpets
plural of pumpet

pumpjet
Alternative spelling of pump-jet.

pumpjets
plural of pumpjet

pumpkinification
The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.

pumpkinity
The quality of being a pumpkin.

pumsae
A systematic sequence of moves in Korean martial arts.

pumse
Alternative form of pumsae.

punaglandin
Any of a group of chlorinated prostaglandin present in some octocorals

punaglandins
plural of punaglandin

puncept
A new concept arising from, or named from, a pun on existing terms.

puncepts
plural of puncept

punchability
The quality of being punchable.

punchcutting
The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for type founding in the letterpress era.

punchiness
The condition of being punchy

punchup
Alternative spelling of punch-up.

punchwork
Any of various forms of artwork or craftwork made using a punch

punctation
A preliminary treaty or contract.
Markings of minute spots, holes, or depressions.
The practice of writing with dots, as in Hebrew.

punctations
plural of punctation

punctilio
A fine point in exactness of conduct, ceremony or procedure.
Strictness in observance of formalities.

punctilios
plural of punctilio

punctiliosity
The quality of being punctilious.

punctiliousness
The act or state of being punctilious; strict attention to detail.
The act or state of being punctilious; strict attention to detail.

punction
A puncture or pricking.

punctions
plural of punction

puncto
A point of form or ceremony.
Alternative form of punto.

punctoes
plural of puncto

punctos
plural of puncto

punctualisation
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of punctualization.

punctualisations
plural of punctualisation

punctualities
plural of punctuality

punctuality
The state of being punctual

punctualization
The act of punctualizing; an instance of punctualizing.

punctualizations
plural of punctualization

punctualness
punctuality; exactness

punctuationism
In evolutionary biology, belief that evolution does not proceed at a steady pace, but instead is characterized by periods of stasis, punctuated by brief (within several hundred-thousand years) periods of rapid change.

punctulation
The quality of being punctulate.

punctulations
plural of punctulation

punctule
A little point or spot.

punctules
plural of punctule

puncturation
The act or process of puncturing.
A puncture mark.

puncturations
plural of puncturation

pundithood
The state, quality, or condition of a pundit.

punditocracies
plural of punditocracy

punditocracy
A group of political pundits or commentators perceived as wielding excessive influence over public opinion and discourse.

punditries
plural of punditry