PULLEN
PULL'EN, noun [Latin pullus. See Pullet and Foal.] Poultry.[Not used.]
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PULLER
PULL'ER, noun One that pulls.
PULLET
PULL'ET, noun [Latin pullus; Gr. coinciding with Eng.foal.]A young hen or female of the gallinaceous kind of fowls.
PULLEY
PULL'EY, nounplural pulleys. [Latin polus; Gr. to turn.]A small wheel turning on a pin in a block, with a furrow or groove in which runs the rope that turns it.The pulley is one...
PULLICAT
PUL'LICAT, noun A kind of silk handkerchief.
PULLING
PULL'ING, participle present tense Drawing; making an effort to draw; plucking.
PULLULATE
PUL'LULATE, verb intransitive [Latin pullulo, from pullus, a shoot.]To germinate; to bud.
PULLULATION
PULLULA'TION, noun A germinating or budding; the first shooting of a bud.
PULMONARY
PUL'MONARY, adjective [Latin pulmonarius, from pulmo, the lungs, from pello, pulsus, pulso, to drive or beat.] Pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; as a pulmonary disea...
PULMONIC
PULMON'IC, adjective [Latin pulmo, the lungs.] Pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; as a pulmonic disease; pulmonic consumption.PULMON'IC, noun A medicine for diseases ...
PULP
PULP, noun [Latin pulpa. This is probably allied to Latin puls, pulmentum; Gr. from softness.]1. A soft mass; in general.2. The soft substance within a bone; marrow.3. The soft,...
PULPIT
PUL'PIT, noun [Latin pulpitum, a state, scaffold, or higher part of a stage.]1. An elevated place or inclosed stage in a church, in which the preacher stands. It is called also ...
PULPIT-ELOQUENCE
PULPIT-EL'OQUENCEPULPIT-OR'ATOR, noun An eloquent preacher.
PULPIT-ORATOR
PULPIT-OR'ATOR, n. An eloquent preacher.
PULPIT-ORATORY
PULPIT-OR'ATORY, noun Eloquence or oratory in delivering sermons.Pulpitically in Chesterfield, is not an authorized word.
PULPOUS
PULP'OUS, adjective [from pulp.] Consisting of pulp or resembling it; soft like pap.
PULPOUSNESS
PULP'OUSNESS, noun Softness; the quality of being pulpous.
PULPY
PULP'Y, adjective Like pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or cherry.
PULSATE
PULS'ATE, verb intransitive [Latin pulsatus, pulso, to beat, from the root of pello, to drive.] To beat or throb.The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after...
PULSATILE
PULS'ATILE, adjective [Latin pulsatilis, from pulso, to beat.]That is or may be struck or beaten; played by beating; as a pulsatile instrument of music.
PULSATION
PULSA'TION, noun [Latin pulsatio, supra.] The beating or throbbing of the heart or of an artery, in the process of carrying on the circulation of the blood. The blood being prop...
PULSATIVE
PULS'ATIVE, adjective Beating; throbbing.
PULSATOR
PULSA'TOR, noun A beater; a striker.
PULSATORY
PULS'ATORY, adjective Beating; throbbing; as the heart and arteries.
PULSE
PULSE, noun puls. [Latin pulsus, from pello, to drive.]1. In animals, the beating or throbbing of the heart and arteries; more particularly, the sudden dilatation of an artery, ...
PULSIFIC
PULSIF'IC, adjective [pulse and Latin facio, to make.]Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
PULSION
PUL'SION, noun [from Latin pulsus.] The act of driving forward; in opposition to suction or traction. [Little used.]