7-letter words starting with pu
- punctum — a tip or small point
- pungent — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
- punjabi — a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
- punning — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- pupfish — any of several tiny, stout killifishes of the genus Cyprinodon, inhabiting marshy waters in arid areas of western North America: several species are endangered.
- puppies — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- pupunha — the palm Bactris gasipaes, cultivated in tropical America; its large red and orange fruit, which is edible when cooked
- puranic — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- purbach — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- purchas — Samuel, 1575?–1626, English writer and editor of travel books.
- purfler — someone who purfles
- purging — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purlieu — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purpart — a purparty.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purpler — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purport — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purpura — a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
- purpure — the tincture or color purple.
- purring — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pursual — the act of pursuit
- pursued — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pursuer — a person or thing that pursues.
- pursues — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- purtier — pretty.
- purusha — (in Sankhya and Yoga) one's true self, regarded as eternal and unaffected by external happenings.
- purview — the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
- push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- push on — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- push-up — an exercise in which a person, keeping a prone position with the hands palms down under the shoulders, the balls of the feet on the ground, and the back straight, pushes the body up and lets it down by an alternate straightening and bending of the arms.
- pushful — self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
- pushing — that pushes.
- pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- pushout — throwaway (def 5).
- pushpin — a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
- pushpit — a safety rail at the stern of a boat
- pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- pushtos — Pashto.
- puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pussies — Informal. a cat, especially a kitten.