pubescent

pubescent is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Arrived at puberty. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Arrived at puberty.
2. adjective. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
3. adjective. covered with fine soft hairs or down

   "downy milkweed seeds"

   Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous

4. adjective. (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature

   "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"

Synonyms

downy, puberulent, sericeous

Words from these letters

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