Word Meanings - HUFFY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread. 2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

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• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• PUFF-LEGGED
  Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
• PETULANCE; PETULANCY
  The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. "The petulancy of our words." B. Jonson. Like pride in some, and like petulance in others. Clarendon. The lowering eye, the petulance, the
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• PUFFINESS
  The quality or state of being puffy.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• BREADTHWISE
  In the direction of the breadth.
• BREADTHLESS
  Without breadth.
• PUFF-LEG
  Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
• PUFFERY
  The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
• PUFFING
  a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t. Puffing adder. Same as Puff adder , under Puff. -- Puffing pig , the common porpoise.
• BREADROOT
  The root of a leguminous plant , found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. Note: It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs.
• PUFF
  1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." Flatman. 2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: A puffball. kind of light
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• OFFENDER
  One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21.
• PUFFY
  1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray. 2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
• CHARACTERIZE
  1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the
• HUFFY
  1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread. 2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
• BREAD
  To spread. Ray.
• MISCHARACTERIZE
  To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.
• SWINEBREAD
  The truffle.
• SHEWBREAD
  See SHOWBREAD
• WAYBREAD
  The common dooryard plantain .
• UNEASILY
  In an uneasy manner.