8-letter words starting with pu
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- puppyism — impudence
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purebred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- pureness — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purfling — to finish with an ornamental border.
- purified — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purifier — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- puriform — resembling pus; purulent.
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- puritans — 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.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purparty — a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- purposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purpuric — a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
- purpurin — a reddish, crystalline, anthraquinone dye, C 1 4 H 5 O 2 (OH) 3 , isomeric with flavopurpurin.
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pursuant — proceeding after; following (usually followed by to): Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.
- pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purtiest — pretty.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- purveyor — a person who purveys, provides, or supplies: a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put back — postpone
- put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- put onto — If you put someone onto something useful, you tell them about it.
- put over — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put upon — imposed upon; ill-used.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
- put-upon — imposed upon; ill-used.