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Pull Ahead
- verb - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
Pull Along
- verb - pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"
Punchayets
- noun - a village council in India or southern Pakistan
Punicaceae
- noun - one species: pomegranates
Pupiparous
- - Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larv (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.
Purchasing
- verb - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
- the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge"
Puritanism
- noun - strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
- the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
Puritanize
- - To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
Pursuances
- noun - a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"
- the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion