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pubic

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or located in the region of the pubis or the pubes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the pubes or pubis: as, the pubic bones; the pubic symphysis, ramus, spine, ligament, artery, etc.
  • the inferior, oblique, or descending ramus, forming each half of the pubic arch, partly circumscribing the obturator foramen, and ankylosed with the ischium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the pubis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating or near the pubis

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From pubes and pubis.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

pubis +‎ -ic

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same context (20)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. bristly
  2. carroty
  3. close-cropped
  4. equilateral
  5. flaxen
  6. flyaway
  7. frizzy
  8. graying
  9. honey-coloured
  10. salt-and-pepper
  11. sand-colored
  12. scraggly
  13. short-cut
  14. shoulder-length
  15. spiky
  16. straw-colored
  17. supraclavicular
  18. tight-curled
  19. white-blond
  20. yellow-white

relateds (3)

relateds

  1. pubic bone
  2. pubic hair
  3. pubic symphysis

cross-references (9)

Cross-references

  1. pubic angle
  2. pubic arch
  3. pubic crest
  4. pubic ligaments
  5. pubic ramus
  6. pubic spine
  7. pubic symphysis
  8. pubic vein
  9. symphysis pubis

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. cherubic
  2. cubic

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  • chained_bear commented on the word pubic

    Seen in text: "The vote is split among ideological lines, and reflects the divisions in the pubic at large."

    August 4, 2009

  • hernesheir commented on the word pubic

    Another typo spellcheckers frequently miss....

    August 4, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word pubic

    Yikes.

    August 4, 2009

  • qroqqa commented on the word pubic

    This typo also occurs in Sarah Waters' Fingersmith.

    August 4, 2009

  • bilby commented on the word pubic

    Pubic at large is very entertaining. I presume the division, however, is preferable to the comb-over.

    August 5, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word pubic

    *groan*

    ;)

    August 5, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word pubic

    Yet another example seen on this website. Scroll down to the bottom and look for the sign held by the (shrieking) woman wearing black.

    August 20, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word pubic

    What?? No pubic option for healthcare? Why, that's...that's....

    Oh, I give up. *sigh*

    August 20, 2009

  • john commented on the word pubic

    Mildly amusing, sort of, that right now on the homepage this is listed just above yak-shaving.

    August 20, 2009

  • chained_bear commented on the word pubic

    Now that, sir, is serendipity.

    August 20, 2009

  • dontcry commented on the word pubic

    John - I saw that yesterday and laughed out loud. I wanted to comment but had to run off to do stupid non-wordie stuff. *digs toe into dirt and kicks it up*

    August 20, 2009