puppet show |
a play or performance in which puppets are the main or sole characters. |
puppy |
a dog that is not fully grown, usu. less than one year old. [2 definitions] |
puppy love |
infatuation or immature love, esp. between a boy and girl. |
pup tent |
a small tent for two persons. |
purana |
(often cap.) any of a group of eighteen Hindu epics, containing fables and stories that deal with creation, the gods, genealogy, and the like. |
purblind |
suffering from very poor eyesight; nearly blind. [2 definitions] |
purchase |
to obtain by exchanging money for; buy. [5 definitions] |
purdah |
the Muslim or Hindu practice of keeping women hidden from men outside their own family. [2 definitions] |
pure |
composed of only one substance, element, or quality; not mixed. [8 definitions] |
purebred |
bred from animals whose pure lineage can be documented. [2 definitions] |
purée |
a food that has been reduced to a uniform, pulpy consistency, as by straining. [2 definitions] |
purely |
in a pure manner. [2 definitions] |
purfle |
a decorative border, such as the inlaid border of a violin; purfling. [2 definitions] |
purgation |
the act or process of purging. |
purgative |
tending to purge, esp. the bowels; cleansing. [2 definitions] |
purgatory |
in Roman Catholicism, a place or state of suffering for the purification of the souls of the dead who will eventually be worthy of heaven. [3 definitions] |
purge |
to rid of anything impure or unwanted. [12 definitions] |
purification |
the process of making free of dirt, bacteria, or other contaminants. [2 definitions] |
purify |
to free from dirt, contamination, or other unwanted elements. [3 definitions] |
Purim |
a Jewish spring holiday that commemorates the saving from extinction of the ancient Persian Jewish community, as related in the Old Testament. |
purine |
an organic substance from which is derived compounds such as caffeine and uric acid. [2 definitions] |