Webster's Dictionary 1913

10045

Puy

Pu″y (?), n. See Poy.

10046

Puzzel

Puz″zel (?), n. [Cf. F. pucelle a virgin.] A harlot; a drab; a hussy. Shak.

10047

Puzzle

Puz″zle (?), n. [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See Oppose, Pose, v.] 1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing in...

10048

Puzzle (2)

Puz″zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Puzzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Puzzling (?).] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.A very shrewd disputant in those po...

10049

Puzzle (3)

Puz″zle, v. i. 1. To be bewildered, or perplexed.A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. L'Estrange.2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.

10050

Puzzle-headed

Puz″zle–head′ed (?), a. Having the head full of confused notions. Johnson.

10051

Puzzle-headed (2)

Puz″zle–head′ed, a. Having the head full of confused notions; given to getting perplexed over simple matters; also, characteristic of persons that are so. Johnson.

10052

Puzzledom

Puz″zle‐dom (?), n. The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.

10053

Puzzlement

Puz″zle‐ment (?), n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.

10054

Puzzler

Puz″zler (?), n. One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. Brome.

10055

Puzzlingly

Puz″zling‐ly (?), adv. In a puzzling manner.

10056

Puzzolan

{ Puz″zo‐lan (?), Puz′zo‐la″na (?), } n. See Pozzuolana.

10057

Pyæmia

‖Py‐æ″mi‐a (?), n.(Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is charac...

10058

Pyæmia (2)

{ ‖Py‐æ″mi‐a, ‖Py‐e″mi‐a } (?), n.(Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammati...

10059

Pyæmic

Py‐æ″mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to pyæmia; of the nature of pyæmia.

10060

Pycnaspidean

Pyc′nas‐pid″e‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; — said of certain birds.

10061

Pycnidium

‖Pyc‐nid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Pycnidia (#). (Bot.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

10062

Pycnite

Pyc″nite (?), n.(Min.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.

10063

Pycnodont

Pyc″no‐dont (?), n.(Paleon.) Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

10064

Pycnodontini

‖Pyc′no‐don″ti‐ni (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales.

10065

Pycnogonid

Pyc‐nog″o‐nid (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Pycnogonida.

10066

Pycnogonida

‖Pyc′no‐gon″i‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; — called also Pantopoda.☞ The abdomen...

10067

Pycnometer

Pyc‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � dense, compact + -meter.] (Physics) A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids. [Also written ...

10068

Pycnostyle

Pyc″no‐style (?), a. [Gr. � with the pillars close together; � close + � a column, pillar: cf. F. pycnostyle.] (Anc. Arch.) See under Intercolumniation. -n. A pycnostyle colonnade.

10069

Pye

Pye (?), n. See 2d Pie (b).

10070

Pyebald

Pye″bald′ (?), a. See Piebald.

10071

Pyelitis

‖Py′e‐li″tis (?). n. [Gr. basin + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.