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PUTRESCENCE n.
The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
PUTRESCENT a. 2 definitions
Becoming putrid or rotten. Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley.
PUTRESCIBLE a. 2 definitions
Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
PUTRESCIN n.
A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
PUTRID a. 2 definitions
to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
PUTRIDITY n.
The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
PUTRIDNESS n.
Putridity. Floyer.
PUTRIFACTED a.
Putrefied. [Obs.] What vermin bred of putrifacted slime. Marston.
PUTRIFICATION n.
Putrefaction.
PUTRIFY v.
To putrefy.
PUTRILAGE n.
That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
PUTRY a. 2 definitions
Putrid. [Obs.] Marston.
PUTT n. 2 definitions
A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into a hole.
PUTTEE n.
Same as Putty, a kind of gaiter.
PUTTER n. 3 definitions
One who puts or plates.
PUTTER-ON n.
An instigator. Shak.
PUTTIER n.
One who putties; a glazier.
PUTTING n.
etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game. Putting stone, a heavy stone used in the game of putting.
PUTTING GREEN n.
The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." Golf Rules.
PUTTOCK n. 4 definitions
The European kite.
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