English words: public-spirited to puerperous

300 English words, part 199 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words public-spirited to puerperous

public-spirited adjective: Having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public.
public square noun: Synonym of town square.
public television noun: Noncommercial television broadcast as a public service, often supported by licensing fees.
public transit noun: Public transport.
public transport noun: Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.
public transportation noun: Public transport.
public trust noun: Alternative form of charitable trust.
public trustee noun: A public office which acts as a trustee, usually when a sum is required to be deposited as security by legislation, when courts remove another trustee, or...
public utility noun: Synonym of public service.
public utility bus noun: A bus used as public transport.
public utility jeepney noun: A jeepney used as public transport.
public utility van noun: A van used as public transport.
public utility vehicle noun: A vehicle used as public transport.
public walk noun: A promenade or well-frequented pedestrian way in a town.
public woman noun: A female prostitute.
public works noun: Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.
publicable adjective: Able to be made public; publishable.
publical adjective: Public.
publican noun /ˈpʌblɪk(ə)n/: The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
publicate verb /ˈpʌbləˌkeɪt/: To publish or make publicly known.
publication noun /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/: The act of publishing printed or other matter.
publication bias noun: The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
publichearted adjective: Alternative form of public-hearted.
publicise verb /ˈpʌblɪ(ˌ)saɪz/: To make widely known to the public.
publicism noun: The occupation of a publicist, journalism
publicist noun: A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker.
publicity noun /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/: Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
publicity hound noun: A person who constantly seeks public attention, especially through coverage in the broadcast media or news media.
publicity stunt noun: A staged event used to garner publicity, usually for the purposes of marketing or activism.
publicizable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being publicized.
publicization noun: The act of publicizing
publicize verb /ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/: Alternative spelling of publicise.
publicizer noun: A person who publicizes.
publicly adverb /ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/: In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
publicly held adjective: Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.
publicness noun: The quality or state of being public.
publification noun: Making public, for or to be used by the people or community.
publike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pub.
Publilian adjective: Of or relating to Publilius Volero, Ancient Roman statesman who pushed for reforms in suffrage.
publish verb /ˈpʌblɪʃ/: To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
publish or perish verb: To publish frequently in academic journals under pressure of professional advancement or survival.
publishability noun: The property of being publishable.
publishable adjective: Able to be published.
publishably adverb: In a publishable manner; in a way that is suitable for publication.
published adjective, verb /ˈpʌblɪʃt/: Issued for sale to the public
publishee noun: One to whom something is published; a consumer of a publication.
publisher noun /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/: A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
publisher's reader noun: Synonym of reader (sense 5: a person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits).
publisheress noun: A female publisher.
publishership noun: The state or business of a publisher.
publishing noun, verb /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/: The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
publishing house noun: A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.
publishment noun: publication.
pubmat noun /ˈpʌbmæt/: A poster or any kind of promotional material for use by companies or organizations.
pubmate noun: A friend or acquaintance of the same pub
PubMed proper noun: A free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.
pubo- prefix: pubes
puboanal adjective: Relating to, or connecting, the pubis and the anus
pubocapsular adjective: Relating to the pubis and capsule.
pubocervical adjective: Relating to the pubis and the cervix
pubococcygeal adjective: Of, pertaining to, or connecting the pubis and the coccyx
pubococcygeus noun: A hammocklike muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the coccyx; it controls urine flow and contracts during orgasm.
pubofemoral adjective: Relating to the pubis and femur.
puboiliac adjective: Both pubic and iliac.
puboischiac adjective: Relating to the pubis and ischium.
puboischiadic adjective: Alternative form of puboischiatic.
puboischial adjective: Synonym of ischiopubic.
puboischiatic adjective: Relating to the pubis and ischium.
puboischiofemoralis noun: A muscle that extends from the pubis to the femur in some reptiles
pubopenile adjective: Of or pertaining to both the pubis and the penis; as (usually, more specifically) located at the root of the penis, near the pubis.
puboperineal adjective: Relating to the pubis and the perineum
puboprostatic adjective: Relating to the pubis and prostate.
puborectal adjective: Of or pertaining to the pubis and the rectum
puborectalis noun: The group of fibers that form a sling for the rectum, forming part of the levator ani.
pubotibial adjective: Of or relating to the pubis and the tibia.
pubourethral adjective: Relating to the pubis and urethra.
pubovaginal adjective: Relating to the pubis and vagina.
pubovaginalis noun: Part of the levator ani muscle that loops around the vagina in women.
pubovesical adjective: Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
pubovisceral adjective: Relating to, or connecting, the pubis and the viscera
pubs noun, verb /pʌbz/: Acronym of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (“the removal of blood from an umbilical cord in utero for testing”).
pubstomp verb: To win games against (new or inexperienced players), targeting them deliberately
pubstomper noun: One who pubstomps.
pubwards adverb: Towards a public house.
Pucallpa proper noun /pʊˈkaɪpə/: A city in eastern Peru.
pucan noun /ˈpuːkɑːn/: Alternative form of pookaun.
Pucara noun: Alternative form of Pukara.
pucca adjective: Alternative form of pukka.
pucca fever noun: Alternative form of pukka fever.
puccalo noun: the highest level of human oral mouth whistling.
puccine noun: A supposed alkaloid, later found to be an impure form of sanguinarine.
Puccinelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Puccini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
puccinia noun /puˈt͡ʃɪ.ni.ə/: Any rust fungus of the genus Puccinia.
pucciniaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Pucciniaceae of fungis.
Puccinian adjective: Of or pertaining to the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
pucciniastraceous adjective: Of or relating to the Pucciniastraceae.
Pucciniesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
pucciniomycete adjective: Of or pertaining to Pucciniomycetes.
puccoon noun /pəˈkuːn/: Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of...
puce adjective, noun /pjuːs/: A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
pucelage noun /ˈpjuːsəlɑːʒ/: Virginity.
pucelle noun /pʊˈsɛl/: A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
puceron noun: Any of a number of plant live, or aphids.
pucherite noun: vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish-brown crystals
puchero noun: A kind of stew of Spanish origin.
puchito noun: buddy.
puchka noun: A type of street food made of hollow, crispy puris filled with spicy and tangy flavored water, mashed potatoes, chickpeas, and spices; also known as...
Puchong proper noun: A town in the Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia.
Pucikwar noun: An indigenous Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands, one of the ten or so distinct tribes which existed when British colonisation began in the...
puck noun, verb /pʌk/: A mischievous or hostile spirit.
puck bunny noun: A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself....
puck handling noun: Alternative form of puck-handling.
puck-out noun: Alternative form of puckout.
puck palace noun: An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped and...
puck scramble noun: A chaotic, sudden battle where multiple players frantically fight for control of a loose puck, usually right in front of the goal.
pucka adjective: Alternative form of pukka.
pucka fever noun: Alternative form of pukka fever.
puckal noun: Alternative form of pakhal.
puckalie noun: Alternative form of pakhali.
puckall noun: Alternative form of pakhal.
puckally noun: Alternative form of pakhali.
puckaul noun: Alternative form of pakhal.
puckauly noun: Alternative form of pakhali.
puckaun noun /pʌkˈɔːn/: A he-goat.
puckawn noun: Alternative form of puckaun.
puckball noun: A puffball fungus.
puckbunny noun: Alternative form of puck bunny.
pucker noun, verb /ˈpʌkə(ɹ)/: To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
pucker factor noun: The level of stress and/or adrenaline in a dangerous situation.
pucker up verb: To contract a facial feature so as to form wrinkles; used especially of the lips when whistling or kissing.
puckerable adjective: Able to be puckered.
puckerbrush noun: Scrubby terrain; brushland.
puckered up adjective, verb: Contracted so as to form wrinkles.
puckeredness noun: The state or condition of being puckered.
puckerer noun: Someone or something that puckers.
puckeriness noun: The state or condition of being puckery.
puckering noun, verb: A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
puckeringly adverb: In a puckering manner; in a way that causes puckering (especially of the mouth, as some sour foodstuffs do).
puckerless adjective: Without puckers; smooth.
puckermouth noun: The summer flounder or fluke.
puckeroo adjective: Broken, not working.
puckerooed adjective: Broken or ruined.
puckerow verb: To seize; to take hold of.
puckersome adjective: Characterised or marked by puckering
puckery adjective: Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
Puckett proper noun: A surname.
puckfist noun: A puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum).
puckhandler noun: A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.
puckhandling noun: Alternative form of puck-handling.
Puckian adjective /ˈpʌkiən/: Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Puck.
puckish adjective /ˈpʌkɪʃ/: Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.
puckishly adverb: Mischievously; playfully.
puckishness noun: An instance of being puckish.
puckle noun: The devil; Satan.
Puckle gun noun: A primitive, crew-served, manually operated flintlock revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle.
Puckle's gun noun: Alternative form of Puckle gun
pucklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the mythological Puck, a mischievous nature sprite.
puckout noun: A free hit by the goalkeeper after the sliotar has gone behind the goal.
pucks noun /pʌks/: plural of puck
pucksey noun: Alternative spelling of pucksy.
puckster noun: An ice hockey player.
puckstopper noun: goalkeeper, goaltender
puckstopping noun: The state of being a goalkeeper
pucksy noun /ˈpʌksi/: An area of miry or swampy ground; a place (in a road, field, etc) where a spring rises, or where rain pools, and keeps the ground miry.
pucky noun /ˈpʌki/: Feces, excrement.
pucras noun: A bird, the koklass.
pud noun /pʊd/: Pudding (either sweet or savoury).
pudd noun: Alternative form of pud (“pudding”).
pudden noun: pudding
puddening noun: Fibres of old rope packed between spars, or used as a fender.
pudder noun, verb /ˈpʌdə(ɹ)/: Synonym of pother (“commotion, noise”)
Puddicombe proper noun: A surname.
puddin' noun: Pronunciation spelling of pudding.
pudding noun /ˈpʊdɪŋ/: Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
pudding and tame phrase: An impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?"
pudding basin noun: A bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking.
pudding basin haircut noun: A haircut carried out by placing a pudding basin over the head and cutting around the base; or, one that looks as if it were so carried out.
pudding bowl noun: Synonym of bowl cut.
pudding-brain noun: An idiot.
pudding-brained adjective: stupid.
pudding chomeur noun: A type of pudding originating from Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the Great Depression. A dessert made by covering cake batter or stale bread with maple...
pudding corn noun: Synonym of corn pudding.
pudding face noun: A person's fat, round, smooth face.
pudding-faced adjective: Of a person: having a fat, round, smooth face.
pudding grass noun: Mentha pulegium, the European pennyroyal.
pudding-headed adjective: Stupid.
pudding pie noun: A pudding with meat baked in it.
pudding-pipe tree noun: The golden shower tree, Cassia fistula.
pudding pop noun: A snack consisting of frozen pudding on a stick.
pudding rice noun: A short-grained rice used to make rice pudding and risotto.
pudding-sleeve noun: A large bulging sleeve, like that of the English clergy's gown.
pudding-snammer noun: A thief who robs cookshops.
pudding spice noun: Synonym of mixed spice.
pudding stone noun: Alternative form of puddingstone.
pudding time noun: Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
puddingheaded adjective: Alternative form of pudding-headed.
puddingish adjective: Like pudding; having a heavy, stodgy texture.
puddingless adjective: Without pudding.
puddinglike adjective: Resembling a pudding.
puddingstone noun /ˈpʊdɪŋˌstəʊn/: A conglomerate stone consisting of pebbles surrounded by cement.
Puddington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3273).
puddingwife wrasse noun: Halichoeres radiatus, an American wrasse.
puddingy adjective: Like pudding; having a heavy, stodgy texture.
puddle noun, verb /ˈpʌdəl/: A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
puddle ball noun: A vaguely spherical lump of gloopy wrought iron taken from the puddling furnace, which gets hammered or rolled into shapes, such as a puddle bar.
puddle bar noun: An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle ball, by hammering and rolling.
puddle hopper noun: Synonym of puddle jumper (“small passenger airplane”).
puddle-hound noun: Synonym of poodle.
puddle jump noun, verb: A short airplane flight (in a puddle jumper).
puddle jumper noun: A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.
puddle up verb: To form a puddle; to form (a liquid) into a puddle.
puddled adjective, verb: Having been treated through puddling (the refinement of pig iron into a purer form).
puddled bar noun: An incompletely refined iron produced by the puddling of pig iron and then formation into a bar, which can then subsequently be further refined into iron bars.
puddleful noun: As much as a puddle can contain.
puddlelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a puddle.
puddler noun: Someone who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling.
puddlesome adjective: Characterised by puddles or puddling
puddley adjective: Alternative spelling of puddly.
puddling noun, verb: The action of forming a puddle.
puddly adjective /ˈpʌd.l̩.i/: Consisting of, or resembling, puddles; muddy; foul.
puddock noun: A bird, the red kite.
puddy noun /ˈpʊdi/: Pronunciation spelling of pussy (“cat”).
puddysticks adjective: easy peasy; very simple
puddytat noun: Pronunciation spelling of pussycat, representing a childish pronunciation of English.
pudeena noun: Alternative form of pudina.
Pudelpointer noun: A versatile hunting dog breed from Germany.
pudency noun: Modesty.
pudend noun, prefix: pudendum
pudenda muliebria noun: Vagina; female genitals.
pudenda virilia noun: plural of pudendum virile
pudendal adjective /pjʊˈdɛndəl/: Relating to or near the pudendum.
pudendal cleft noun: The cleft between the labia majora.
pudendo- prefix: External genitals.
pudendoepigastric adjective: pudendal and epigastric
pudendous adjective: Relating to the pudenda.
pudendum noun /pjʊˈdɛndəm/: External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.
pudendum muliebre noun: A woman's pudendum; the vulva.
pudendum virile noun: A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis.
pudent adjective: Exhibiting pudency; modest.
pudeur noun /pjuːˈdɜː/: A sense of modesty, shame, or reserve, especially as relating to sexual matters.
pudgala noun: matter (that the world is made of)
pudge noun /pʌd͡ʒ/: Something short and fat.
pudgily adverb: In a pudgy manner.
pudginess noun: The state or quality of being pudgy.
pudgy adjective /ˈpʌd͡ʒi/: Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
pudgy wudgy noun: Synonym of water bear.
pudhina noun: mint
pudibund adjective /ˈpjuːdɪbʌnd/: Shy, bashful; prudish.
pudibundity noun: Shyness; bashfulness.
pudic adjective /ˈpjuːdɪk/: Easily ashamed, having a strong sense of shame; modest, chaste.
pudical adjective: pudic
pudically adverb: In a pudic manner; prudishly.
pudicitia noun: The Ancient Roman concept of sexual virtue, involving modesty and loyalty to one's partner.
pudicity noun: Modesty; chastity.
pudina noun /pʊˈdiːnə/: A form of mint (Mentha arvensis), found in parts of India and Pakistan and used in tea and cooking.
pudknocker noun: A pretentious but unskilled pilot.
Pudney proper noun: A surname.
PUDO noun: Initialism of pick-up and drop-off.
Pudong proper noun: A new area in Shanghai, China.
pudor noun /ˈpjuːdɔː/: An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
pudsey noun: Alternative form of pudsy.
pudsy adjective, noun /ˈpʌd.zi/: Slightly fat; pudgy, chubby.
pudu noun /ˈpuːduː/: A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.
Puducherry proper noun /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
Pudukkottai proper noun: A district of Tamil Nadu, India.
pue noun, verb /pjuː/: To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
Puebla proper noun: A city in central Mexico.
Pueblan adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Puebla in Mexico.
pueblito noun: A small pueblo or village.
pueblo noun /ˈpwɛ.bləʊ/: A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
Pueblo Indian noun: Any member of the eponymous Native American people from the Southwestern United States
Puebloan adjective, noun /ˈpwɛ.bləʊ.ən/: Synonym of Pueblo Indian.
puebloization noun /ˌpwɛ.bləʊ.ɪˈzeɪʃən/: The process or resulting of puebloizing; conversion into a pueblo.
puebloize verb /ˈpwɛ.bləʊˌaɪz/: To convert into a pueblo.
Puelche noun: The members of the ethnic groups formerly inhabiting the lands to the east of the Andes.
puella noun: Ellipsis of puella aeterna.
puella aeterna noun: A female puer aeternus.
puella publica noun: A female prostitute.
puelline adjective /p(j)uːˈɛliːn/: Synonym of puellile (“characteristic of, or pertaining to, a girl or girls”).
Puente proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
puer noun /ˈpju.ɚ/: Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
puer aeternus noun: A child-god who is forever young.
puerarin noun: A glucoside of daidzein found in the roots of kudzu
puerco pibil noun: cochinita pibil
puericulture noun: The rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.
puerile adjective /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/: Childish; trifling; silly.
puerilely adverb /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl.li/: In a puerile manner; childishly.
puerileness noun: The quality of being puerile; puerility.
puerilism noun: Childlike behavior by an adult, especially as indicating a mental disorder.
puerility noun /pjʊəˈɹɪl.ə.ti/: The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
puerilization noun: The act or process of acquiring puerile characteristics.
puerpera noun /pjuˈɜː.pə.ɹə/: A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
puerperal adjective /pjuˈɝpəɹəl/: Of, pertaining to, or associated with the puerperium (the first month of postpartum), or, sometimes also
puerperal fever noun: A fever, following childbirth or abortion, due to infection of the uterus.
puerperalism noun: Diseases associated with the puerperal period.
puerperally adverb: During childbirth.
puerperant noun: A person going through the puerperal period.
puerperium noun /ˌpju.əˈpɪə.ɹi.əm/: The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.
puerperous adjective: Bearing children.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.