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Pumiced
- verb - rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
Pumices
- verb - rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
Puniest
- adjective - Having a small physique or weakly constitution
Paltry; insignificant
- (used especially of persons) of inferior size
- inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
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"
Purists
- noun - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Puritan
- noun - a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
Pyridic
- - Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases.
Pyridyl
- - A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essential residue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl.
Pyrites
- noun - a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
- any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest)