6-letter words containing u, p, r
- pruner — to cut or lop off (twigs, branches, or roots).
- prunes — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- prunus — a plant from the genus Prunus, bearing fruits such as the peach, cherry, plum, and almond
- prusik — a sliding knot that locks under pressure and can be used to form a loop (prusik loop) in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- prutah — a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
- prutot — prutah.
- pucker — a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- pudder — a small pool or something resembling a pool
- pudeur — a holding back or concealing from others, as of one's intimate feelings; reserve; restraint
- puffer — a person or thing that puffs.
- pugree — a light turban worn in India.
- pujari — a Hindu priest
- puller — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulper — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses
- pulver — powder
- pulwar — a light Indian river boat used for carrying cargo
- pumper — a person or thing that pumps.
- punker — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
- punner — a rammer for compacting earth or fresh concrete.
- punter — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- purace — an active volcano in SW Colombia. 15,603 feet (4756 meters).
- purana — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- purdah — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- pureed — a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- purely — entirely; completely.
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purfle — to finish with an ornamental border.
- purfly — stout
- purger — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purges — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purine — a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- puriri — a forest tree, Vitex lucens, of New Zealand, having red berries and glossy green leaves and yielding a durable dark brown timber
- purism — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purled — the action or sound of purling.
- purler — a headlong or spectacular fall (esp in the phrase come a purler)
- purlin — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purred — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- purree — Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
- pursed — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- purser — an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- purvey — to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
- pusher — a person or thing that pushes.
- pusser — a purser