| put | (noun) the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | Synonyms: put option |
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| putamen | (noun) the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| putoff | (noun) a pretext for delay or inaction | - |
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| putout | (noun) an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout) | - |
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| putrefaction | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity |
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| (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting |
| (noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | Synonyms: rot |
| putrescence | (noun) the quality of rotting and becoming putrid | Synonyms: rottenness |
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| (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: corruption, putridness, rottenness |
| putrescine | (noun) a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter | - |
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| putridity | (noun) the state of being putrid | - |
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| putridness | (noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction | Synonyms: corruption, putrescence, rottenness |
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| putsch | (noun) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, takeover |
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| putt | (noun) hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter | Synonyms: putting |
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| puttee | (noun) a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I | - |
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| putter | (noun) the iron normally used on the putting green | Synonyms: putting iron |
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| (noun) a golfer who is putting | - |
| putterer | (noun) a person who putters about | Synonyms: potterer |
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| putting | (noun) hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter | Synonyms: putt |
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| putty | (noun) a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass | - |
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| puttyroot | (noun) North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers | Synonyms: adam-and-eve, Aplectrum hyemale |
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| putz | (noun) obscene terms for penis | Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, prick, shaft, tool |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot | - |