| 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] |
| purism |
uncompromising exactness and strictness with regard to long-established standards, as of language or political or philosophical belief. [2 definitions] |
| Puritan |
any of a group of Protestants that originated in England in the sixteenth century and were politically powerful there and later in the United States, and who believed in simple religious ceremony, strict moral discipline, and persecution of dissent. [4 definitions] |
| Puritan ethic |
a system of values in which work is believed to promote morality and strengthen character; work ethic; Puritan work ethic. |
| puritanical |
extremely rigid and strict in moral or religious matters. [2 definitions] |
| Puritanism |
the practices or doctrines of the Puritans. [2 definitions] |
| purity |
the state or quality of being free from defects or contamination. [2 definitions] |