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  • English Word Putamen Definition The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.
  • English Word Putanism Definition Habitual lewdness or prostitution of a woman; harlotry.
  • English Word Putative Definition Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
  • English Word Putchuck Definition Same as Pachak.
  • English Word Puteal Definition An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.
  • English Word Puteli Definition Same as Patela.
  • English Word Putery Definition Putage.
  • English Word Putid Definition Rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless. Jer. Taylor.
  • English Word Putidity Definition Alt. of Putidness
  • English Word Putidness Definition The quality or state of being putrid.
  • English Word Putlog Definition One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
  • English Word Putour Definition A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.
  • English Word Putredinous Definition Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
  • English Word Putrefaction Definition The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
  • English Word Putrefaction Definition The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.
  • English Word Putrefactive Definition Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.
  • English Word Putrefactive Definition Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
  • English Word Putrefied Definition of Putrefy
  • English Word Putrefy Definition To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
  • English Word Putrefy Definition To corrupt; to make foul.
  • English Word Putrefy Definition To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
  • English Word Putrefy Definition To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
  • English Word Putrefying Definition of Putrefy
  • English Word Putrescence Definition The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
  • English Word Putrescent Definition Becoming putrid or rotten.
  • English Word Putrescent Definition Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
  • English Word Putrescible Definition Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
  • English Word Putrescible Definition A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
  • English Word Putrescin Definition A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
  • English Word Putrid Definition Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.