a person who putters about
<noun.person>

potterer

putterer

hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
<noun.act>

putt

putting

sample sentences

"his putting let him down today
he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"

an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
<noun.location>

green

putting green

putting surface

sample sentences

"the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"

the iron normally used on the putting green
<noun.artifact>

putter

putting iron

an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
<noun.location>

green

putting green

putting surface

sample sentences

"the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"

the act of terminating a life
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

kill

killing

putting to death

a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
<noun.substance>

putty

apply putty in order to fix or fill
<verb.contact>

putty

sample sentences

"putty the window sash"

a spatula used to mix or apply putty
<noun.artifact>

putty knife

North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
<noun.plant>

Aplectrum hyemale

adam-and-eve

puttyroot

obscene terms for penis
<noun.body>

cock

dick

pecker

prick

putz

shaft

tool

(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot
<noun.person>

putz

a game that tests your ingenuity
<noun.artifact>

puzzle

a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
<noun.communication>

mystifier

puzzle

puzzler

teaser

sample sentences

"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"
"that's a real puzzler"

be a mystery or bewildering to
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

amaze

baffle

beat

bewilder

dumbfound

flummox

get

gravel

mystify

nonplus

perplex

pose

puzzle

stick

stupefy

vex

sample sentences

"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don't know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"

be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
<verb.emotion>

puzzle

sample sentences

"We puzzled over her sudden departure"

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 39 freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

figure out

lick

puzzle out

solve

work

work out

sample sentences

"did you solve the problem?"
"Work out your problems with the boss"
"this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"
"did you get it?"
"Did you get my meaning?"
"He could not work the math problem"

try to solve
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

puzzle over

filled with bewilderment
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

at a loss

nonplused

nonplussed

puzzled

sample sentences

"at a loss to understand those remarks"
"puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

confusion resulting from failure to understand
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bafflement

befuddlement

bemusement

bewilderment

mystification

obfuscation

puzzlement

a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
<noun.communication>

mystifier

puzzle

puzzler

teaser

sample sentences

"he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"
"that's a real puzzler"

lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

confusing

perplexing

puzzling

sample sentences

"sent confusing signals to Iraq"
"perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"
"a puzzling statement"

not clear to the understanding
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

enigmatic

enigmatical

puzzling

sample sentences

"I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"
"prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"

100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar
<noun.quantity>

pya

septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
<noun.state>

pyaemia

pyemia

of or relating to pyemia
<adj.pert>

pyaemic

pyemic

flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia
<noun.plant>

pycnidium

a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth
<noun.state>

pycnodysostosis

any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
<noun.animal>

pycnogonid

sea spider

a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
<noun.state>

pycnosis

pyknosis

of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

pycnotic

pyknotic

ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India
<noun.animal>

pariah dog

pie-dog

pye-dog

inflammation of the renal pelvis
<noun.state>

pyelitis

an X ray of the kidneys and ureters
<noun.artifact>

pyelogram