Pun
61pun´ish|a|ble|ness — pun|ish|a|ble «PUHN ih shuh buhl», adjective. 1. liable to punishment: »a punishable criminal. 2. deserving punishment: »One critic requested that the reading of American Wild West stories be made a punishable offense (Newsweek).… …
62pun|ish|a|ble — «PUHN ih shuh buhl», adjective. 1. liable to punishment: »a punishable criminal. 2. deserving punishment: »One critic requested that the reading of American Wild West stories be made a punishable offense (Newsweek). –pun´ish|a|ble|ness, noun …
63pun´ish|ing|ly — pun|ish|ing «PUHN ihsh ihng», adjective. difficult; taxing: »His ninth trip which began last week a punishing 28,000 mile, ten day pilgrimage taking him as far as Australia (Time). –pun´ish|ing|ly, adverb …
64pun|ish|ing — «PUHN ihsh ihng», adjective. difficult; taxing: »His ninth trip which began last week a punishing 28,000 mile, ten day pilgrimage taking him as far as Australia (Time). –pun´ish|ing|ly, adverb …
65pun´ish|er — pun|ish «PUHN ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to cause pain, loss, or discomfort to for some fault or offense: »Father sometimes punishes us when we do wrong. The government punishes criminals. 2. to cause pain, loss, or discomfort for: »The law… …
66pun|ish — «PUHN ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to cause pain, loss, or discomfort to for some fault or offense: »Father sometimes punishes us when we do wrong. The government punishes criminals. 2. to cause pain, loss, or discomfort for: »The law punishes… …
67pun|ji stake — pun|ji stick or pun|ji stake «PUHN jee», = pungi stick. (Cf. ↑pungi stick) …
68pun|ji stick — or pun|ji stake «PUHN jee», = pungi stick. (Cf. ↑pungi stick) …
69pun|kah — or pun|ka «PUHNG kuh», noun. (in India and Indonesia) a fan, especially a large swinging fan hung from the ceiling and kept in motion by a servant or by machinery: »The courtroom was sombre…High up…the punkahs were swaying short to and fro… …
70pun|dit|i|cal — «puhn DIHT uh kuhl», adjective. of or having to do with a pundit or punditry: »A prodigious amount of punditical energy is used in trying to describe the difference between a Supreme Court liberal and a Supreme Court conservative (Time) …
