Index of English words, starting with "pu"

(1) - Puritanically (adv.) In a puritanical manner.

(1) - Puritanism (n.) The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

(1) - Puritanize (v. i.) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.

(1) - Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
(2) - Purity (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
(3) - Purity (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
(4) - Purity (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
(5) - Purity (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
(6) - Purity (n.) The condition of being pure.

(1) - Purl (n.) A tern.
(2) - Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
(3) - Purl (n.) A gentle murmur, as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions; as, the purl of a brook.
(4) - Purl (n.) A circle made by the notion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
(5) - Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
(6) - Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions.
(7) - Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
(8) - Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
(9) - Purl (v. t.) To decorate with fringe or embroidery.