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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

purlieu
noun an outer adjacent area of any place

purloined
stolen adjective taken dishonestly; `the purloined letter`

purloo
chicken purloo noun thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.

purple
violet adjective of a color intermediate between red and blue

purple anise
Illicium floridanum noun small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States

purple apricot
black apricot noun small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit

purple bacteria
noun free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll

purple chinese houses
innocense noun white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California

purple clematis
purple virgin`s bower noun climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers

purple cress
Cardamine douglasii noun small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers

purple emperor
Apatura iris noun large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple

purple finch
Carpodacus purpureus noun North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

purple fringeless orchid
purple fringeless orchis noun orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions

purple gallinule
noun gallinules with showy purplish plumage

purple grackle
Quiscalus quiscula noun eastern United States grackle

purple granadillo
Passiflora edulis noun Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit

purple heather
Brewer`s mountain heather noun semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States

purple locoweed
purple loco noun tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers

purple loosestrife
spiked loosestrife noun marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

purple martin
Progne subis noun large North American martin of which the male is blue-black

purple milk vetch
Astragalus danicus noun perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers

purple mullein
Verbascum phoeniceum noun Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers

purple onion
red onion noun flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads

purple passage
noun a passage full of ornate and flowery language

purple poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata noun hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers

purple rock brake
Pellaea atropurpurea noun very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes

purple sage
chaparral sage noun silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers

purple sanicle
Sanicula bipinnatifida noun sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers

purple saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia noun plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America

purple silkweed
Asclepias purpurascens noun perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers

purple trillium
red trillium 1 birthroot noun trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

purple velvet plant
royal velvet plant noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

purple willow
red willow noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin

purple-black
purplish-black adjective of black tinged with purple

purple-blue
purplish-blue adjective of blue tinged with purple

purple-brown
purplish-brown adjective of brown tinged with purple

purple-eyed
adjective (of flowers) having a purple eyelike marking

purple-flowered
adjective having purple flowers

purple-fringed orchid
noun North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers

purple-fringed orchis
noun North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers

purple-green
purplish-green adjective of green tinged with purple

purple-lilac
purplish-lilac adjective of lavender tinged with purple

purple-red
purplish-red adjective of red tinged with purple

purple-spotted
adjective having purple spots

purple-stemmed aster
noun a variety of aster

purple-tinged
purple-tinted adjective of a color tinged with purple

purple-veined
adjective (of flowers) showing purple markings that resemble veins

purple-white
purplish-white adjective of white tinged with purple

purplish blue
royal blue noun a shade of blue tinged with purple

purplish red
noun a red with a tinge of purple

purport
verb propose or intend; `I aim to arrive at noon`

purportedly
adverb believed or reputed to be the case

purpose
intent noun an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; `his intent was to provide a new translation`; `good intentions are not enough`; `it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs`; `he made no secret of his designs`

purpose
verb propose or intend; `I aim to arrive at noon`

purpose-built
purpose-made adjective designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose

purposeful
adjective having meaning through having an aim; `led a happy purposeful life`

purposefully
adverb in a purposeful manner; `he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car`

purposefulness
sense of purpose noun the quality of having a definite purpose

purposeless
adjective not evidencing any purpose or goal

purposelessly
adverb without a clear purpose; `let`s not purposelessly dispense the aid`

purposelessness
aimlessness noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose

purposive
adjective having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; `purposive behavior`

purpura
peliosis noun any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

purr
noun a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat

purse
noun a sum of money offered as a prize; `the purse barely covered the winner`s expenses`

purse seine
noun a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line

purse string
noun a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse

purse-proud
adjective proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)

purser
noun an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers` welfare

purslane
noun a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas

purslane speedwell
Veronica peregrina noun North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe

pursuance
noun the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

pursuant(p)
adjective (followed by `to`) in conformance to or agreement with; `pursuant to our agreement`; `pursuant to the dictates of one`s conscience`

pursue
act on verb carry further or advance; `Can you act on this matter soon?`

pursued
adjective followed with enmity as if to harm; `running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes`

pursuer
chaser noun a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; `always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers`

pursuing
adjective following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit; `the fox fled from the pursuing hounds`; `listened for the hounds` pursuing bark`

pursuit
pursuance noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; `the pursuit of love`; `life is more than the pursuance of fame`; `a quest for wealth`

purulence
purulency noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)

purulent
pussy adjective `a purulent wound`

purulent pleurisy
noun a collection of pus in the lung cavity

Purus
Purus River noun a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River

purveyance
noun the act of supplying something

purveyor
noun someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

pus
purulence noun a fluid product of inflammation

pus-forming bacteria
noun bacteria that produce pus

Pusan
noun a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city

Pusey
Edward Pusey noun English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)

push
pushing noun the act of applying force in order to move something away; `he gave the door a hard push`; `the pushing is good exercise`

push
verb press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; `He pushed her to finish her doctorate`

push broom
noun a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper

push button
push noun an electrical switch operated by pressing; `the elevator was operated by push buttons`; `the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk`

push through
verb break out; `The tooth erupted and had to be extracted`

push-bike
noun a bicycle that must be pedaled

push-button radio
noun a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons

push-down list
push-down stack noun a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

push-down queue
noun a queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)

push-down storage
push-down store noun a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Pushan
noun celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead

pushball
noun a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents` goal