puller | (noun) someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | Synonyms: dragger, tugger |
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(noun) someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself | - |
pullet | (noun) young hen usually less than a year old | - |
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(noun) flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying | Synonyms: frier, fryer |
pulley | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: block, pulley-block, pulley block |
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pulling | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pull |
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pullout | (noun) to break off a military action with an enemy | Synonyms: disengagement, fallback |
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pullover | (noun) a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | Synonyms: slipover |
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pullulate | (verb) breed freely and abundantly | - |
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(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, shoot, sprout, spud |
(verb) become abundant; increase rapidly | - |
(verb) move in large numbers | Synonyms: pour, stream, swarm, teem |
(verb) be teeming, be abuzz | Synonyms: swarm, teem |
pullulation | (noun) a rapid and abundant increase | - |
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(noun) asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual | Synonyms: gemmation |
pulmonary | (adjective) relating to or affecting the lungs | Synonyms: pneumonic, pulmonic |
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pulmonic | (adjective) relating to or affecting the lungs | Synonyms: pneumonic, pulmonary |
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pulp | (noun) the soft inner part of a tooth | - |
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(noun) an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper | Synonyms: pulp magazine |
(noun) any soft or soggy mass | Synonyms: mush |
(noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: flesh |
(noun) a mixture of cellulose fibers | - |
(verb) reduce to pulp | - |
(verb) remove the pulp from, as from a fruit | - |
pulpiness | (noun) a mushy pulpy softness | Synonyms: mushiness |
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pulpit | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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pulpwood | (noun) softwood used to make paper | - |
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pulpy | (adjective) like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness | Synonyms: squashy |
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pulque | (noun) fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | - |
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pulsar | (noun) a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation | - |
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pulsate | (verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | Synonyms: pulse |
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(verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulse, throb |
(verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | Synonyms: beat, quiver |
pulsation | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulse, pulsing |
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(noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulse |
(noun) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity | - |
pulse | (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulsation |
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(noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulsing |
(noun) edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) | - |
(noun) the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health | Synonyms: heart rate, pulse rate |
(verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | Synonyms: pulsate |
(verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulsate, throb |
(verb) drive by or as if by pulsation | - |
pulseless | (adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse | Synonyms: breathless, inanimate |
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pulsing | (noun) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulse |
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pulverisation | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverization |
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(noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverization |
(noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverization |
pulverise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverize |
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(verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverize |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: demolish, pulverize |
pulverised | (adjective) consisting of fine particles | Synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained |
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pulverization | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverisation |
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(noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverisation |
(noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverisation |
pulverize | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise |
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(verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverise |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: demolish, pulverise |
pulverized | (adjective) consisting of fine particles | Synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverised, small-grained |
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puma | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther |
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pumice | (noun) a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive | Synonyms: pumice stone |
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(verb) rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen | - |
pummel | (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: biff, pommel |
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pummelo | (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, shaddock |
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pump | (noun) a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction | - |
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(noun) a low-cut shoe without fastenings | - |
(noun) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body | Synonyms: heart, ticker |
(verb) question persistently | - |
(verb) deliver forth | - |
(verb) operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal | - |
(verb) raise (gases or fluids) with a pump | - |
(verb) draw or pour with a pump | - |
(verb) flow intermittently | - |
(verb) move up and down | - |
(verb) supply in great quantities | - |
pumped | (adjective) tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | Synonyms: pumped-up, pumped up, wired |
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pumpernickel | (noun) bread made of coarse rye flour | Synonyms: black bread |
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pumpkin | (noun) usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn | - |
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(noun) 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 | Synonyms: autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin vine |
pumpkinseed | (noun) small brilliantly colored North American sunfish | Synonyms: Lepomis gibbosus |
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pun | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, punning, wordplay |
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(verb) make a play on words | - |
punch | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, poke, slug |
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(noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: puncher |
(noun) an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl | - |
(verb) deliver a quick blow to | Synonyms: plug |
(verb) make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation | Synonyms: perforate |
(verb) drive forcibly as if by a punch | - |
punchable | (adjective) deserving of being punched | - |
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punchayet | (noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan | Synonyms: panchayat, panchayet |
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punchball | (noun) an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing | Synonyms: punch bag, punching bag, punching ball |
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punchboard | (noun) a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize | - |
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puncher | (noun) a tool for making holes or indentations | Synonyms: punch |
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(noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher |
(noun) someone who delivers punches | - |
punctilio | (noun) strict observance of formalities | - |
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(noun) a fine point of etiquette or petty formality | - |
punctilious | (adjective) marked by precise accordance with details | Synonyms: meticulous |
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punctiliously | (adverb) in a punctilious manner | - |
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punctiliousness | (noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, meticulousness, scrupulousness |
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punctual | (adjective) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed | Synonyms: on time |
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punctuality | (noun) the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time | Synonyms: promptness |
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punctually | (adverb) at the expected or proper time | Synonyms: on time |
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punctuate | (verb) insert punctuation marks into | Synonyms: mark |
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(verb) interrupt periodically | - |
(verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, stress |
punctuation | (noun) the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases | - |
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(noun) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | Synonyms: punctuation mark |
(noun) something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions | - |
punctum | (noun) (anatomy) a point or small area | - |
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puncturable | (adjective) capable of being punctured | - |
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puncture | (noun) the act of puncturing or perforating | - |
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(noun) a small hole made by a sharp object | - |
(noun) loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object | - |
(verb) cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing | - |
(verb) be pierced or punctured | - |
(verb) reduce or lessen the size or importance of | Synonyms: deflate |
(verb) pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into | - |
(verb) make by piercing | - |
punctured | (adjective) having a hole cut through | Synonyms: perforate, perforated, pierced |
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punctureless | (adjective) being without punctures or incapable of being punctured | - |
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pundit | (noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | Synonyms: initiate, learned person, savant |
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pung | (noun) a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners | - |
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pungapung | (noun) putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber | Synonyms: Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, telingo potato |
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pungency | (noun) a strong odor or taste property | Synonyms: bite, raciness, sharpness |
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(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality | Synonyms: bite |
pungent | (adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping |
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(adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: acrid |
pungently | (adverb) with a pungent taste or smell | - |
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(adverb) with pungency; in a pungent manner | - |
punic | (adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous |
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punily | (adverb) in a puny manner | - |
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puniness | (noun) smallness of stature | Synonyms: runtiness, stuntedness |
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(noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: pettiness, slightness, triviality |
punish | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, penalize |
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punishable | (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment | - |
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(adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: penal |
punished | (adjective) 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) | - |
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punishing | (adjective) resulting in punishment | - |
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(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome |
punishingly | (adverb) in a punishing manner | - |
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punishment | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, penalty |
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punitive | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitory |
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punitively | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitorily |
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punitorily | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: penally, punitively |
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punitory | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitive |
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punk | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny |
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(noun) rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock | Synonyms: punk rock |
(noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
(noun) a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture | Synonyms: punk rocker |
(noun) substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) | - |
(noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
punkah | (noun) a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room | - |
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punkey | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkie, punky |
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punkie | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punky |
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punks | (noun) 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) | - |
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punky | (noun) minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects | Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie |
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punnet | (noun) a small light basket used as a measure for fruits | - |
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punning | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, wordplay |
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punny | (adjective) provoking laughter by means of word play | - |
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punster | (noun) someone overly fond of making puns | - |
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punt | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, pound |
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(noun) (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | Synonyms: punting |
(noun) an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole | - |
(verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, stake |
(verb) propel with a pole | Synonyms: pole |
(verb) kick the ball | - |
punter | (noun) (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground | - |
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(noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, wagerer |
(noun) someone who propels a boat with a pole | - |
punting | (noun) (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | Synonyms: punt |
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puny | (adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size | Synonyms: runty, shrimpy |
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(adjective) inferior in strength or significance | - |
pup | (noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf | Synonyms: whelp |
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(noun) an inexperienced young person | Synonyms: puppy |
(verb) give birth to (a puppy) | Synonyms: whelp |
pupa | (noun) an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult | - |
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pupal | (adjective) of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage | - |
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pupate | (verb) develop into a pupa | - |
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pupil | (noun) the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot | - |
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(noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: educatee, student |
(noun) a young person attending school (up through senior high school) | Synonyms: school-age child, schoolchild |
pupillary | (adjective) of or relating to the pupil of the eye | - |
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puppet | (noun) a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers | - |
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(noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: marionette |
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: creature, tool |
puppeteer | (noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
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puppetry | (noun) a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) | - |
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(noun) the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows | - |