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<A NAME="pueblo">
<B>pueblo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-los.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Indian village built of adobe and stone. The houses in a pueblo usually have roofs and are often several stories high. Pueblos were common in the southwestern United States, and some are still in use. </DL>
<A NAME="pueblo">
<B>Pueblo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-los,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a member of any one of a group of Indian tribes in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico living in pueblo villages. They are of several linguistic stocks. Pueblos were and are agricultural and known for such handicrafts as textiles and decorated earthenware. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Pueblos or their culture. <BR> <I>Ex. Pueblo architecture.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="puelche">
<B>Puelche, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ches</B> or <B>-che.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of any one of various small groups of South American Indians formerly ranging the pampas of Argentina. Many of the gauchos of Argentina are descended from these groups. </DL>
<A NAME="puerile">
<B>puerile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish. <BR> <I>Ex. Such ravings, if invented by the pen of fiction, would seem puerile caricature (John L. Motley).</I> (SYN) immature. <DD><B> 2. </B>youthful; juvenile. adv. <B>puerilely.</B> noun <B>puerileness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="puerilism">
<B>puerilism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> childishness, especially that due to mental illness. </DL>
<A NAME="puerility">
<B>puerility, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>childishness; foolishness. <DD><B> 2. </B>a foolish act, idea, or statement. </DL>
<A NAME="puerpera">
<B>puerpera, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman in childbirth, or in the period immediately following parturition. </DL>
<A NAME="puerperal">
<B>puerperal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with childbirth. <BR> <I>Ex. puerperal pain.</I> adv. <B>puerperally.</B> </DL>
<B>puerperium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of a woman at and immediately following childbirth. </DL>
<A NAME="puertorican">
<B>Puerto Rican, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Puerto Rico or its inhabitants. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico. </DL>
<A NAME="puertoricancherry">
<B>Puerto Rican cherry,</B> <B>=acerola.</B></DL>
<A NAME="puff">
<B>puff, </B>verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to blow with short, quick blasts. <BR> <I>Ex. The bellows puffed on the fire.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to breathe quick and hard. <BR> <I>Ex. She puffed as she climbed the stairs.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give out puffs; move with puffs. <BR> <I>Ex. The engine puffed out of the station.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to move or come in puffs. <BR> <I>Ex. Smoke puffed out of the chimney.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to smoke. <BR> <I>Ex. to puff away at a pipe.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to become swollen or distended; swell. <BR> <I>Ex. A stung lip puffs up.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to blow (air, vapor, or the like) in short, quick blasts; drive by puffing. <DD><B> 2. </B>to put out with a puff of breath. <DD><B> 3. </B>to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, or cigar). <BR> <I>Ex. The old man sat puffing his pipe contentedly.</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>to swell with air. <BR> <I>Ex. to puff out one's cheeks.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to swell with pride or conceit. <BR> <I>Ex. Victory had not puffed him up (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to arrange in soft, round masses; arrange softly and loosely. <BR> <I>Ex. to puff the hair.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) to praise in exaggerated language. <BR> <I>Ex. They puffed him to the skies.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a short, quick blast. <BR> <I>Ex. A puff of wind blew my hat off.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small quantity (of air, smoke, or other vapor) blown out in a short, quick blast. <BR> <I>Ex. a puff of smoke. The puffs depend on the presence of vapor in the atmosphere before the passage of the aircraft (G. N. Lance).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a quick, hard breath. <DD><B> 4. </B>the act or process of swelling. <BR> <I>Ex. With a huge puff the balloon was blown up and then suddenly burst.</I> (SYN) distension. <DD><B> 5. </B>a slightly swollen part; swelling. <DD><B> 6. </B>a soft, round mass. <BR> <I>Ex. She wore her hair in three puffs.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>a small pad for putting powder on the skin. <BR> <I>Ex. She took the puff out of her compact and began to powder her nose.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>a light pastry filled with whipped cream, jam, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. a cream puff.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Figurative.) extravagant praise. <BR> <I>Ex. Writing puffs for a fan magazine is a useful spur to the editorial imagination (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) flattery. <DD><B> 10. </B>a quilted bed coverlet filled with cotton, wool, down, or similar material. <DD><B> 11. </B>a portion of material gathered and held down at the edges but left full in the middle, as in the sleeve of a dress. <DD><B> 12. </B>(Dialect.) a puffball. <DD><I>adj. </I> inflated with praise or commendation. <BR> <I>Ex. Does anybody claim that ... press junkets, and puff blurbs are confined to the securities business? (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="puffadder">
<B>puff adder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large and very poisonous African snake that puffs loudly the air from its lungs when excited. <DD><B> 2. </B>a harmless North American snake that puffs out its body; hognose snake. <BR> <I>Ex. Puff adders, if irritated, will roll over belly-side up, with tongue comically protruding and play dead (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="puffball">
<B>puffball, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various kinds of ball-shaped fungi that look somewhat like a mushroom and give off a dark cloud of tiny spores if suddenly broken when mature; devil's snuffbox. Immature puffballs are good to eat. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) something light and unsubstantial. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the puffballs that pass for stories in travel sections (Maclean's); ... cannonball serves and puffball returns (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="puffbird">
<B>puffbird, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of usually plain-colored, tropical American birds, so called from their habit of puffing out their feathers. </DL>
<A NAME="puffedup">
<B>puffed-up, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>inflated with or as if with air. <DD><B> 2. </B>swollen; distended. <BR> <I>Ex. Influenza left her with eyes too puffed-up to read.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) overweening; conceited; pretentious. </DL>
<A NAME="puffer">
<B>puffer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that puffs, such as a steam locomotive or steamboat. <BR> <I>Ex. ... there were literally hundreds of little fishing smacks and small puffers (Lord Louis Mountbatten).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various fishes capable of inflating the body by swallowing water or air, such as a blowfish, globefish, toadfish, or swellfish. </DL>
<A NAME="puffery">
<B>puffery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>exaggerated praise. <BR> <I>Ex. publicity puffery.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a puff in a dress or other garment. </DL>
<A NAME="puffily">
<B>puffily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a puffy manner. </DL>
<A NAME="puffin">
<B>puffin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sea bird of arctic regions that has a thick body, a large head, a high narrow, furrowed bill of several colors, and vermilion feet; sea parrot. There are several kinds. </DL>
<A NAME="puffiness">
<B>puffiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> puffy condition or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="puffingadder">
<B>puffing adder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, harmless snake; hognose snake. </DL>
<A NAME="puffpaste">
<B>puff paste,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very light, flaky, rich dough for making pies, tarts, napoleons, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="puffy">
<B>puffy, </B>adjective, <B>puffier,</B> <B>puffiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>puffed out; swollen. <BR> <I>Ex. Her eyes are puffy from crying.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) puffed-up; vain. <BR> <I>Ex. His puffy airs were annoying to all around him.</I> (SYN) conceited. <DD><B> 3. </B>coming in puffs. <BR> <I>Ex. a puffy wind.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>fat; corpulent. <BR> <I>Ex. a very stout, puffy man (Thackeray).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pug">
<B>pug</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, heavy-bodied dog with a curly tail and a short, upturned nose on a wide, wrinkled face. Pugs are tan in color, with a short, smooth coat. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=pug nose.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=fox.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pug">
<B>pug</B> (2), verb, <B>pugged,</B> <B>pugging,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to mix (clay or loam) with water, as in brickmaking. <DD><B> 2. </B>to stop or fill in with clay or the like. <DD><B> 3. </B>to pack or cover with mortar to deaden sound. <DD><I>noun </I> pugged clay. </DL>
<A NAME="pug">
<B>pug</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a boxer. </DL>
<A NAME="pug">
<B>pug</B> (4), noun, verb, <B>pugged,</B> <B>pugging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anglo-Indian.) <DD><I>noun </I> the footprint (of an animal). <DD><I>v.t. </I> to track (game) by footprints. </DL>
<B>puggaree</B> or <B>pugaree, </B>noun. <B>=puggree.</B></DL>
<A NAME="puggree">
<B>puggree, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a light turban worn in India. <DD><B> 2. </B>a scarf wound around a hat or helmet and falling down behind, serving as protection against the sun. </DL>
<A NAME="puggry">
<B>puggry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gries.</B> <B>=puggree.</B></DL>
<A NAME="pugh">
<B>pugh, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> an exclamation of contempt or disgust. </DL>
<A NAME="pugilism">
<B>pugilism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or sport of fighting with the fists; boxing. </DL>
<A NAME="pugilist">
<B>pugilist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who fights with the fists; boxer. </DL>
<A NAME="pugilistic">
<B>pugilistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with boxing or boxers. adv. <B>pugilistically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pugmark">
<B>pugmark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the footprint of an animal. <BR> <I>Ex. the pugmarks of a tiger.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pugmill">
<B>pug mill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mill which grinds and works clays and similar substances to make them plastic for use in brick or pottery, and in dressing ore. </DL>
<A NAME="pugnacious">
<B>pugnacious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the habit of fighting; fond of fighting; quarrelsome. <BR> <I>Ex. a young cuckoo ... very fierce and pugnacious (Gilbert White).</I> (SYN) combative. adv. <B>pugnaciously.</B> noun <B>pugnaciousness.</B> </DL>
