pubescent
/pju'bɛsənt/
adjective
9 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®20 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
2
(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”
WORD FORMS
Related formpubescence
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®20 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinubescentpay
Starts & ends withP … T
Syllablespu · bes · cent
SYNONYMS & RELATED8
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