Associations to the word «Pubescence»

Wiktionary

PUBESCENCE, noun. The state of being in or reaching puberty.
PUBESCENCE, noun. (anatomy) A covering of fine, soft hairs.

Dictionary definition

PUBESCENCE, noun. The time of life when sex glands become functional.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne