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Pump Action
- noun - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round
Purchasable
- adjective - available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale"
- capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
Purchasings
- noun - the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
Puritanical
- adjective - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
- of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
Push Around
- verb - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Put Paid To
- - To put an end to. Hence: To prove false; to discredit; as, Galileo's observations put paid to the notion that the Earth was the center of the universe.
Pyocyanases
- noun - a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus
Pyrilamines
- noun - antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus
Pyritaceous
- - Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.
Pyrogallate
- - A salt of pyrogallic acid; an ether of pyrogallol.