Nouns

punctiliousness

noun

strict attention to minute details

punctilio

noun

a fine point of etiquette or petty formality

punctum

noun

(anatomy) a point or small area

punkah

noun

a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that i...

punkie

noun

minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and...

punster

noun

someone overly fond of making puns

puppis

noun

a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and...

purgation

noun

purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evac...

purine

noun

a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; th...

purism

noun

scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctnes...

purkinje

noun

Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkin...

purlieu

noun

an outer adjacent area of any place

purpleness

noun

a purple color or pigment

purslane

noun

a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent...

pursuance

noun

the continuance of something begun with a view to its comple...

purulence

noun

a fluid product of inflammation

purveyance

noun

the act of supplying something

pusey

noun

English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Kebl...

puseyism

noun

principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expound...

pusillanimity

noun

contemptible fearfulness

pussley

noun

weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers c...

putamen

noun

the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus

putout

noun

an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)

putrescine

noun

a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is pr...

puttee

noun

a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used...

puttyroot

noun

North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-br...

puzzlement

noun

confusion resulting from failure to understand

pya

noun

100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar

pyaemia

noun

septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released fro...

pycnidium

noun

flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia

pydna

noun

a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC...

pyelitis

noun

inflammation of the renal pelvis

pyelography

noun

roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after inj...

pyelonephritis

noun

inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacteria...

pyemia

noun

septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released fro...

pylorus

noun

a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenu...

pynchon

noun

United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a t...

pyorrhea

noun

chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth so...

pyorrhoea

noun

chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth so...

pyracantha

noun

any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing...

pyralid

noun

usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larva...

pyrene

noun

a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from...

pyrethrum

noun

spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having f...

pyrexia

noun

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom...

pyrex

noun

a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; us...

pyridine

noun

a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disag...

pyridium

noun

analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract...

pyrimidine

noun

a heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor

pyridoxine

noun

a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids...

pyrite

noun

a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow col...