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Purl
- noun - a basic knitting stitch
- edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
- embroider with gold or silver thread
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- gold or silver wire thread
- knit with a purl stitch
- make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
Purr
- noun - a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
- make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
Pyr-
- - Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic, etc.
Pyre
- noun - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Pyro
- - Abbreviation of pyrogallic acid.
Rare
- adjective - (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
- having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
- marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
- not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
- not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
- recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
RIRA
- noun - a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement
Rort
- unknown - a dishonest scheme
- a rowdy, usually drunken party.
RURU
- unknown - n (NZ) same as mopoke (Maori). the owl, Ninox novaeseelandiae, of Australia & New Zealand; the tawny frogmouth
a dull-witted or boring person (Aust sl).