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Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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purposelessness

noun

the quality of lacking any definite purpose

pursual

noun

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

purulency

noun

symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)

purus

noun

a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River

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 si...

pushiness

noun

offensive boldness and assertiveness

pushpin

noun

a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing b...

pushtun

noun

a member of the mountain people living in the eastern region...

pushup

noun

an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushin...

pusillanimousness

noun

contemptible fearfulness

pussly

noun

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

pussytoes

noun

low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down a...

putoff

noun

a pretext for delay or inaction

putrajaya

noun

Malaysia's sparkling new capital

putrescence

noun

in a state of progressive putrefaction

putridity

noun

the state of being putrid

putridness

noun

in a state of progressive putrefaction

putterer

noun

a person who putters about

pva

noun

a vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives

pwr

noun

a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator...

pycnanthemum

noun

American mountain mint

pycnodysostosis

noun

a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teet...

pycnogonid

noun

any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having sma...

pycnogonida

noun

sea spiders

pycnosis

noun

a degenerative state of the cell nucleus

pyelogram

noun

an X ray of the kidneys and ureters

pygopodidae

noun

Australian and Tasmanian lizards

pygopus

noun

type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizar...

pygoscelis

noun

a genus of Spheniscidae

pyinma

noun

relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle...

pyknosis

noun

a degenerative state of the cell nucleus

pylodictus

noun

flathead catfishes

pyocyanase

noun

a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the baci...

pyocyanin

noun

a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus

pyracanth

noun

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

pyralidae

noun

bee moths; corn borers; flour moths

pyralididae

noun

bee moths; corn borers; flour moths

pyralis

noun

type genus of the Pyralidae

pyramiding

noun

a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyrami...

pyrausta

noun

moths whose larvae are corn borers

pyrectic

noun

any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature

pyrenomycetes

noun

class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium;...

pyridoxal

noun

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

pyridoxamine

noun

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

pyrilamine

noun

antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus

pyrocellulose

noun

nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used...

pyrocephalus

noun

a genus of Tyrannidae

pyrochemistry

noun

processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures

pyroelectricity

noun

generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such a...