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- English Word Putlog Definition One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
- English Word Putour Definition A keeper of a brothel; a procurer.
- English Word Putredinous Definition Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten.
- English Word Putrefaction Definition The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
- English Word Putrefaction Definition The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.
- English Word Putrefactive Definition Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.
- English Word Putrefactive Definition Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
- English Word Putrefied Definition of Putrefy
- English Word Putrefy Definition To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
- English Word Putrefy Definition To corrupt; to make foul.
- English Word Putrefy Definition To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
- English Word Putrefy Definition To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
- English Word Putrefying Definition of Putrefy
- English Word Putrescence Definition The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
- English Word Putrescent Definition Becoming putrid or rotten.
- English Word Putrescent Definition Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
- English Word Putrescible Definition Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
- English Word Putrescible Definition A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
- English Word Putrescin Definition A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
- English Word Putrid Definition Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.