Depurition :: Depurition (n.) See Depuration.

Hippuric :: Hippuric (a.) Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid..

Hippurite :: Hippurite (n.) A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks..

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient..

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.

Puri :: Puri (n.) See Euxanthin.

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement..

Purification :: Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations..

Purificative :: Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.

Purificator :: Purificator (n.) One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier..

Purified :: Purified (imp. & p. p.) of Purif.

Purifier :: Purifier (n.) One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner..

Puriform :: Puriform (a.) In the form of pus.

Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air..

Purify :: Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart..

Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.

Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language..

Purify :: Purify (v. i.) To grow or become pure or clear.

Purifying :: Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purif.

Purim :: Purim (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman..

Purism :: Purism (n.) Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity..

Purist :: Purist (n.) One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language..

Purist :: Purist (n.) One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.

Puristic :: Puristic (a.) Alt. of Puristica.

Puristical :: Puristical (a.) Of or pertaining to purists or purism.

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England..

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

Puritan :: Puritan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans..

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