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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spume | (noun) foam or froth on the sea | - |
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(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly | Synonyms: froth, suds |
spumy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy |
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wampum | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampumpeag |
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(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar |
wampumpeag | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampum |
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