Chapter Pullail to Pulverous of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Pullulation
(Pul`lu*la"tion) n. [Cf. F. pullulation.] A germinating, or budding. Dr. H. More.

Pullus
(||Pul"lus) n.; pl. Pulli [L.] (Zoöl.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.

Pulmobranchiata
(||Pul`mo*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL.], Pulmobranchiate
(Pul`mo*bran"chi*ate). a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, - ate.

Pulmocutaneous
(Pul`mo*cu*ta"ne*ous) a. [L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.

Pulmogasteropoda
(||Pul`mo*gas`te*rop"o*da) n. pl. [NL. & E. Gasteropoda.] (Zoöl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmograde
(Pul"mo*grade) a. [L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk.] (Zoöl.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ.

Pulmometer
(Pul*mom"e*ter) n. [L. pulmo a lung + -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer.

Pulmonarian
(Pul"mo*na"ri*an) n. (Zoöl.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

Pulmonary
(Pul"mo*na*ry) a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.

Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.

Pulmonary
(Pul"mo*na*ry), n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. Ainsworth.

Pulmonata
(||Pul`mo*na"ta) n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis.

Pulmonate
(Pul"mo*nate) a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having breathing organs that act as lungs. (b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. — n. One of the Pulmonata.

Pulmonated
(Pul"mo*na`ted) a. same as Pulmonate (a).

Pulmonibranchiata
(||Pul`mo*ni*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + Gr. a gill.] (Zoöl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmonibranchiate
(Pul`mo*ni*bran"chi*ate) a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as Pulmonate.

Pulmonic
(Pul*mon"ic) a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F. pulmonique.] Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. — n. A pulmonic medicine.

Pulmonifera
(||Pul`mo*nif"e*ra) n. pl. [NL. See Pulmoniferous.] (Zoöl.) Same as Pulmonata.

Pulmoniferous
(Pul`mo*nif"er*ous) a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Having lungs; pulmonate.

Pulp
(Pulp) n. [L. pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. F. pulpe.] A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter. Specifically: (a) (Anat.) A tissue or part resembling pulp; especially, the soft, highly vascular and sensitive tissue which fills the central cavity, called the pulp cavity, of teeth. (b) (Bot.) The soft, succulent part of fruit; as, the pulp of a grape. (c) The exterior part of a coffee berry. B. Edwards. (d) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

Pulp
(Pulp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulping.]