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Puriform

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• Purify

  [pyoo r-uh-fahy] /ˈpyʊər əˌfaɪ/ verb (used with object), purified, purifying. 1. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals. 2. to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language. 3. to free from guilt or evil. 4. to clear or purge (usually followed by of […]

• Purim

  [poo r-im; Sephardic Hebrew poo-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew poo r-im] /ˈpʊər ɪm; Sephardic Hebrew puˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈpʊər ɪm/ noun 1. a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman. /ˈpʊərɪm; Hebrew puːˈriːm/ noun 1. a Jewish holiday […]

• Purim pur

  a lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman’s consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for executing his cruel plot against their nation. It became a national institution by the common consent of the Jews, and is observed by […]

• Purine

  [pyoo r-een, -in] /ˈpyʊər in, -ɪn/ noun, Chemistry, Biochemistry. 1. a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine. 2. one of several purine derivatives, especially the bases adenine and guanine, which are fundamental constituents of nucleic acids. /ˈpjʊəriːn/ […]

• Puriri

  /puːˈriːriː/ noun (pl) -ris 1. a forest tree, Vitex lucens, of New Zealand, having red berries and glossy green leaves and yielding a durable dark brown timber

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