Punch (n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
Puncheon (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
Puncheon (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
Puncheon (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
Puncheon (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
Puncher (n.) One who, or that which, punches.
Punchin (n.) See Puncheon.
Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.
Punchy (a.) Short and thick, or fat.
Punctated (a.) Alt. of Punctated
Punctated (a.) Pointed; ending in a point or points.
Punctated (a.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
Punctator (n.) One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.
Puncticular (a.) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.
Punctiform (a.) Having the form of a point.
Punctilios (pl. ) of Punctilio
Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.
Punctilious (a.) Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
Punction (n.) A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.
Punctist (n.) A punctator.
Puncto (n.) A nice point of form or ceremony.
Puncto (n.) A term applied to the point in fencing.
Punctual (a.) Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
Punctual (a.) Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
Punctual (a.) Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment.
Punctualist (n.) One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
Punctuality (n.) The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.
Punctually (adv.) In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.
Punctualness (n.) Punctuality; exactness.
Punctuated (imp. & p. p.) of Punctuate
Punctuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punctuate
Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
Punctuative (a.) Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.
Punctuator (n.) One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.
Punctuist (n.) A punctator.
Punctulate (a.) Alt. of Punctulated
Punctulated (a.) Marked with small spots.
Punctum (n.) A point.
Puncturation (n.) The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.
Puncture (n.) The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
Puncture (n.) A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
Punctured (imp. & p. p.) of Puncture
Puncturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puncture
Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Punctured (a.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.
Pundit (n.) A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
Pundle (n.) A short and fat woman; a squab.
Punese (n.) A bedbug.
Pung (n.) A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners.
Pungence (n.) Pungency.
Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
Pungent (v. t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Pungent (v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
Pungent (v. t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Pungently (adv.) In a pungent manner; sharply.
Pungled (a.) Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
Pungy (n.) A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.
Punic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
Punic (a.) Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.
Punice (n.) See Punese.
Punice (v. t.) To punish.
Puniceous (a.) Alt. of Punicial
Punicial (a.) Of a bright red or purple color.
Puniness (n.) The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
Punished (imp. & p. p.) of Punish
Punishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punish
Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
Punish (v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
Punish (v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
Punisher (n.) One who inflicts punishment.
Punishment (n.) The act of punishing.
Punishment (n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
Punition (n.) Punishment.
Punitive (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
Punitory (a.) Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
Punk (n.) Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
Punk (n.) An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
Punk (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.
Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.
Punkin (n.) A pumpkin.
Punkling (n.) A young strumpet.
Punner (n.) A punster.
Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Punnology (n.) The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.
Punster (n.) One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
Punt (v. t.) To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.
Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
Punt (n.) The act of punting the ball.
Punter (v. t.) One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
Puntil (n.) Alt. of Puntel
Puntel (n.) See Pontee.