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Puranic
- adjective - of or relating to the Purana
Purcell
- noun - English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)
Purdahs
- noun - a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
- a state of social isolation
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
Purfile
- - A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Purfled
- - Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.
Purflew
- - A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.
Purgery
- - The part of a sugarhouse where the molasses is drained off from the sugar.
Purging
- verb -
- an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
- clear of a charge
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
- rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Purines
- noun - a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
- any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Purisms
- noun - scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language); "linguistic purisms"