Punto (n.) A point or hit.
Punty (n.) See Pontee.
Puny (superl.) Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
Puny (n.) A youth; a novice.
Puoy (n.) Same as Poy, n., 3.
Pup (n.) A young dog; a puppy.
Pup (n.) a young seal.
Pupped (imp. & p. p.) of Pup
Pupping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pup
Pup (v. i.) To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
Pup/ (pl. ) of Pupa
Pupas (pl. ) of Pupa
Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Pupal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.
Pupate (v. i.) To become a pupa.
Pupation (n.) the act of becoming a pupa.
Pupe (n.) A pupa.
Pupelo (n.) Cider brandy.
Pupigerous (a.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.
Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
Pupil (n.) A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
Pupil (n.) A person under a guardian; a ward.
Pupil (n.) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
Pupilage (n.) The state of being a pupil.
Pupillarity (n.) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.
Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.
Pupillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
Pupillometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.
Pupipara (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.
Pupiparous (a.) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvae, or larval skins, of certain Diptera.
Pupiparous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.
Pupivora (n. pl.) A group of parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy the larvae and pupae of insects.
Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.
Puplican (n.) Publican.
Puppet (n.) A small image in the human form; a doll.
Puppet (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Puppetish (a.) Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
Puppetman (n.) A master of a puppet show.
Puppetry (n.) Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
Puppies (pl. ) of Puppy
Puppy (n.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
Puppy (n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
Puppied (imp. & p. p.) of Puppy
Puppying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puppy
Puppy (v. i.) To bring forth whelps; to pup.
Puppyhood (n.) The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
Puppyish (a.) Like a puppy.
Puppyism (n.) Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence.
Purred (imp. & p. p.) of Pur
Purring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pur
Pur (v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.
Pur (v. t.) To signify or express by purring.
Pur (n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.
Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
Puranic (a.) Pertaining to the Puranas.
Purbeck beds () The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.
Purbeck stone () A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
Purblind (a.) Wholly blind.
Purblind (a.) Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.
Purcelane (n.) Purslane.
Purchasable (a.) Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
Purchased (imp. & p. p.) of Purchase
Purchasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purchase
Purchase (v. t.) To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
Purchase (v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Purchase (v. t.) To buy for a price.
Purchase (v. t.) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
Purchase (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
Purchase (v. i.) To acquire wealth or property.
Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
Purchase (v. t.) The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
Purchase (v. t.) That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
Purchase (v. t.) Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Purchaser (n.) One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.
Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance.
Purdah (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
Pure (superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
Pure (superl.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Pured (a.) Purified; refined.
Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated.
Purely (adv.) In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective).
Purely (adv.) Nicely; prettily.
Pureness (n.) The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).
Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Purfle (v. t.) To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.
Purfle (v. t.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.
Purfle (n.) Alt. of Purflew
Purflew (n.) A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.