- 3. (Neuter.) Stop, halt, draw the reins.
Pulmonary, a. Pulmonic.
Pulmonic, a. Pulmonary.
Pulp, n. Soft part, soft mass.
Pulpit, n.
- 1. Desk, sacred desk.
- 2. Preaching, public religious exercises.
Pulpy, a. Soft, fleshy, succulent, pulpous.
Pulsate, v. n. Beat, throb.
Pulsation, n. Beating, beat, throbbing, throb, palpitation.
Pulsatory, a. Throbbing, palpitating.
Pulse, n.
- 1. Beating or throbbing of an artery, pulsation, throb.
- 2. Oscillation, vibration, pulsation, measured or regular beat.
- 3. Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.
Pultaceous, a. Macerated, softened, pappy, nearly fluid.
Pulverize, v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder, pulverate.
Pulverulent, a. Dusty, powdery.
Puma, n. American tiger.
Pummel, n. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Knob, protuberant part, ball.
Pummel, v. a. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Beat, strike, knock, hit, punch, whack, batter, belabor, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, thump, cudgel, baste.
Pump, v. a. Cross-examine, interrogate, cross-question.
Pun, n. Quibble, clinch, calembourg, play upon words, witticism, conceit, paragram.
Pun, v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.