| pureblooded | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, thoroughbred |
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| purebred | (adjective) bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain | - |
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| (noun) a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses | Synonyms: pureblood, thoroughbred |
| puree | (noun) food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender | - |
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| (verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: strain |
| purely | (adverb) restricted to something | Synonyms: strictly |
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| pureness | (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, honour, purity |
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| (noun) being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material | Synonyms: purity |
| (noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: innocence, purity, sinlessness, whiteness |
| purgation | (noun) purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis |
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| (noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge | Synonyms: purge, purging |
| (noun) a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites | Synonyms: purification |
| purgative | (adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: cathartic, evacuant |
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| (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: aperient, cathartic, physic |
| purgatorial | (adjective) of or resembling purgatory | - |
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| (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purging, purifying |
| purgatory | (noun) (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins | - |
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| (noun) a temporary condition of torment or suffering | - |
| purge | (noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | Synonyms: purging |
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| (noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge | Synonyms: purgation, purging |
| (noun) an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place | - |
| (verb) excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body) | - |
| (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
| (verb) rid of impurities | - |
| (verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, scour |
| (verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt | Synonyms: purify, sanctify |
| (verb) clear of a charge | - |
| (verb) oust politically | - |
| purging | (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purifying |
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| (noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | Synonyms: purge |
| (noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge | Synonyms: purgation, purge |
| purification | (noun) the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities | - |
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| (noun) the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing | - |
| (noun) a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites | Synonyms: purgation |
| (noun) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | Synonyms: refinement, refining |
| purificator | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: emunctorium, purificatorium |
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| purificatorium | (noun) a white linen cloth which is used to wipe the chalice after each communicant partakes. | Synonyms: emunctorium, purificator |
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| purifier | (noun) an apparatus for removing impurities | - |
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| purify | (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill, make pure, sublimate |
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| (verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt | Synonyms: purge, sanctify |
| (verb) become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin | - |
| purifying | (adjective) freeing from noxious matter | - |
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| (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purging |
| (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: cleansing |
| purine | (noun) a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances | - |
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| (noun) any of several bases that are derivatives of purine | - |
| purism | (noun) scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) | - |
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| purist | (noun) someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) | - |
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| puritan | (noun) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures | - |
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| (noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | Synonyms: prude |
| puritanic | (adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanical |
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| puritanical | (adjective) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism | - |
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| (adjective) morally rigorous and strict | Synonyms: blue, puritanic |
| (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
| puritanically | (adverb) in a prudish manner | Synonyms: prudishly |
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| purity | (noun) a woman's virtue or chastity | Synonyms: honor, honour, pureness |
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| (noun) being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material | Synonyms: pureness |
| (noun) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | Synonyms: innocence, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness |
| purl | (noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the righthand side | Synonyms: purl stitch |
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| (noun) gold or silver wire thread | - |
| (verb) make a murmuring sound | Synonyms: sough |
| (verb) embroider with gold or silver thread | - |
| (verb) edge or border with gold or silver embroidery | - |
| (verb) knit with a purl stitch | - |
| (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, swirl, whirl, whirlpool |
| purlieu | (noun) an outer adjacent area of any place | Synonyms: environs |
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| purloin | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| purloo | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, poilu |
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| purple | (adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue | Synonyms: purplish, violet |
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| (adjective) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | Synonyms: imperial, majestic, regal, royal |
| (adjective) excessively elaborate or showily expressed | Synonyms: empurpled, over-embellished |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes | Synonyms: the purple |
| (noun) a color between red and blue | Synonyms: purpleness |
| (noun) (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status | Synonyms: the purple |
| (verb) color purple | Synonyms: empurple, purpurate |
| (verb) become purple | - |
| purpleness | (noun) a color between red and blue | Synonyms: purple |
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| purplish | (adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue | Synonyms: purple, violet |
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| purport | (noun) the pervading meaning or tenor | Synonyms: drift |
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| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: intent, spirit |
| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: aim, propose, purpose |
| (verb) have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming | - |
| purportedly | (adverb) believed or reputed to be the case | Synonyms: supposedly |
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| purpose | (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, role, use |
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| (noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: determination |
| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, design, intent, intention |
| (verb) reach a decision | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: aim, propose, purport |
| purposeful | (adjective) serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal | - |
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| (adjective) having meaning through having an aim | - |
| purposefully | (adverb) in a purposeful manner | - |
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| purposefulness | (noun) the quality of having a definite purpose | Synonyms: sense of purpose |
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| purposeless | (adjective) not evidencing any purpose or goal | - |
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| (adjective) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | Synonyms: otiose, pointless, senseless, superfluous, wasted |
| purposelessly | (adverb) without a clear purpose | - |
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| purposelessness | (noun) the quality of lacking any definite purpose | Synonyms: aimlessness |
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| purposely | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose |
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| purposive | (adjective) having or showing or acting with a purpose or design | - |
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| (adjective) having a purpose | Synonyms: goal-directed |
| purpura | (noun) any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding | Synonyms: peliosis |
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| purpurate | (verb) color purple | Synonyms: empurple, purple |
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| purr | (noun) a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat | - |
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| (verb) indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats | Synonyms: make vibrant sounds |
| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz |
| purse | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbook |
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| (noun) a small bag for carrying money | - |
| (noun) a sum of money offered as a prize | - |
| (noun) a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse | - |
| (verb) contract one's lips into a rounded shape | - |
| (verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | Synonyms: wrinkle |
| purser | (noun) an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare | - |
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| purslane | (noun) a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas | - |
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| pursual | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursuit |
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| pursuance | (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: prosecution |
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| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuit, quest |
| pursuant | (adjective) (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with | - |
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| pursue | (verb) go in search of or hunt for | Synonyms: go after, quest after, quest for |
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| (verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: follow |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, prosecute |
| (verb) carry further or advance | Synonyms: act on, follow up on |
| pursued | (adjective) followed with enmity as if to harm | - |
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| (noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: chased |
| pursuer | (noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chaser |
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| (noun) a person who pursues some plan or goal | - |
| pursuing | (adjective) following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | - |
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| pursuit | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursual |
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| (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: interest, pastime |
| (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, quest |
| pursy | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, short-winded, winded |
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| purulence | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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| (noun) symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) | Synonyms: purulency |
| purulency | (noun) symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) | Synonyms: purulence |
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| purulent | (adjective) containing pus | Synonyms: pussy |
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| purvey | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: provision |
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| purveyance | (noun) the act of supplying something | - |
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| purveyor | (noun) someone who supplies provisions (especially food) | - |
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| purview | (noun) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | Synonyms: horizon, view |
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| pus | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, sanies, suppuration |
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| push | (noun) the act of applying force in order to move something away | Synonyms: pushing |
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| (noun) an effort to advance | - |
| (noun) an electrical switch operated by pressing | Synonyms: button, push button |
| (noun) enterprising or ambitious drive | Synonyms: energy, get-up-and-go |
| (noun) the force used in pushing | Synonyms: thrust |
| (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, promote |
| (verb) press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action | Synonyms: bear on |
| (verb) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | Synonyms: press |
| (verb) move with force | Synonyms: force |
| (verb) approach a certain age or speed | Synonyms: crowd |
| (verb) press against forcefully without moving | - |
| (verb) move strenuously and with effort | - |
| (verb) sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs) | - |
| (verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: drive, labor, labour, tug |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press |
| pushball | (noun) a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal | - |
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| pushcart | (noun) wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels | Synonyms: cart, go-cart, handcart |
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| pushchair | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pusher, stroller |
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| pusher | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, stroller |
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| (noun) a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes | Synonyms: zori |
| (noun) someone who pushes | Synonyms: shover |
| (noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs | Synonyms: drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler |
| (noun) one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | Synonyms: thruster |
| pushful | (adjective) marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | Synonyms: pushy |
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| pushiness | (noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness |
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| pushing | (noun) the act of applying force in order to move something away | Synonyms: push |
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| pushover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, snap, walkover |
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| (noun) someone who is easily taken advantage of | - |
| pushpin | (noun) a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board | Synonyms: drawing pin, thumbtack |
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| pushup | (noun) an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms | Synonyms: press-up |
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| pushy | (adjective) marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative | Synonyms: pushful |
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| pusillanimity | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimousness |
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| pusillanimous | (adjective) lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | Synonyms: poor-spirited, unmanly |
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| pusillanimously | (adverb) with a lack of courage and determination | Synonyms: simperingly |
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| pusillanimousness | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimity |
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| puss | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, pussy, pussycat |
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| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, pussy, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussley | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussly, verdolagas |
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| pussly | (noun) weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: common purslane, Portulaca oleracea, pussley, verdolagas |
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| pussy | (adjective) containing pus | Synonyms: purulent |
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| (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussycat |
| (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, slit, snatch, twat |
| pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
| pussyfoot | (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, mouse, sneak |
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| pussyfuck | (verb) to have vaginal intercourse | - |
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| pussytoes | (noun) low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers | Synonyms: Antennaria dioica, cat's feet, cat's foot |
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| pustulate | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: acned, pimpled, pimply |
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| pustule | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus | - |
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| put | (noun) the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | Synonyms: put option |
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| (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: arrange, order, set up |
| (verb) estimate | Synonyms: place, set |
| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, redact |
| (verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: assign |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, set |
| (verb) cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation | - |
| (verb) adapt | - |
| (verb) cause (someone) to undergo something | - |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, invest, place |
| putamen | (noun) the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus | - |
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| putative | (adjective) purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds | - |
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| putdownable | (adjective) (of a book) poorly written and not entertaining | - |
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| putoff | (noun) a pretext for delay or inaction | - |
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| putout | (noun) an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout) | - |
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| putrefacient | (adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | Synonyms: putrefactive |
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| putrefaction | (noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | Synonyms: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity |
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| (noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting |
| (noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | Synonyms: rot |