All English words - page 4617

Meanings of Put-up-job:

noun

An attempt to trick or deceive someone

Usage examples:

The hotel looked like a good investment, but it turned out that the whole thing was a put-up job.

Meanings of Put-up-with-it:

phrasal verb

To be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable

Usage examples:

I don’t know why she puts up with him.

Meanings of Put-upon:

adjective

Treated unfairly by others who want you to help them

Usage examples:

Parents often feel put-upon by the school fund-raisers.

Meanings of Put-you-up:

collocation

If a child is put up for adoption, the authorities look for someone to legally and permanently take the child and raise them

Usage examples:

The baby girls were put up for adoption and were placed with their maternal grandmother., the mothe…

Meanings of Putain:

noun

A whore, a prostitute; a strumpet, a slut.

Meanings of Putamen:

noun

The outer part of the lentiform nucleus of the brain.

Usage examples:

Immediately above the anterior perforated substance, the pear-shaped head of the caudate nucleus is…

Meanings of Putamina:

noun

The outer part of the lentiform nucleus of the brain.

Usage examples:

Immediately above the anterior perforated substance, the pear-shaped head of the caudate nucleus is…

Meanings of Putaminous:

adjective

Originally (botany): constituting a shell, husk, etc. later: of, relating to, or designating a putamen.

Meanings of Putative:

adjective

Generally considered or reputed to be.

Usage examples:

The putative author of the book

Meanings of Putatively:

adverb

Generally thought or claimed to be a certain way, although it may not be

Usage examples:

Complaints will be reviewed by a putatively independent panel., the film is a putatively heartwarmi…

Meanings of Putback:

noun

A basket scored immediately after recovering a missed shot.

Usage examples:

He took the rebound for a quick putback as the buzzer sounded

Meanings of Putcher:

noun

On the river severn and its tributaries: a funnel-shaped basket or wicker trap for catching salmon or eels.

Meanings of Putchuk:

noun

Costus, the fragrant root of the kashmiri plant saussurea costus (family asteraceae (compositae)), used in perfumery and (formerly) as a medicinal agent.

Meanings of Putdown:

noun

A remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone.

Usage examples:

A clever put-down of tory supporters

phrasal verb

To record someone in a particular way

Usage examples:

Put down my sister as agreeing with the democrats., lauren accidentally put me down for five boxes …

Meanings of Putdowns:

noun

A remark intended to humiliate or criticize someone.

Usage examples:

A clever put-down of tory supporters

Meanings of Puteal:

noun

A stone curb surrounding the mouth of a well, often decorated with figures depicting mythological scenes; (occasionally) a small building or structure housing a well.

adjective

In early use: of or relating to a well or pit. in later use (classical architecture): of or relating to a puteal.

Meanings of Puthery:

adjective

Humid, sultry, close; stifling.

Meanings of Putid:

adjective

Morally or intellectually corrupt or worthless; base, foul, loathsome; = "putrid".

Meanings of Putlock:

noun

A short horizontal pole projecting from a wall, on which scaffold floorboards rest.

Usage examples:

Use independent scaffolding to avoid putlog holes and other breaks in coatings.

Meanings of Putlog:

noun

A short horizontal pole projecting from a wall, on which scaffold floorboards rest.

Usage examples:

Use independent scaffolding to avoid putlog holes and other breaks in coatings.

Meanings of Putlogs:

noun

A short horizontal pole projecting from a wall, on which scaffold floorboards rest.

Usage examples:

Use independent scaffolding to avoid putlog holes and other breaks in coatings.

Meanings of Putrefacient:

noun

An agent or substance that causes putrefaction.

adjective

Putrefactive.

Meanings of Putrefaction:

noun

The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

The breeze shifted and we caught the stench of putrefaction

Meanings of Putrefactive:

adjective

Relating to or causing decay.

Usage examples:

They were killed by the putrefactive bacteria

Meanings of Putrefiable:

adjective

Capable of undergoing putrefaction; = "putrescible".