AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
purslane: an annual plant (portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
pursuance: the act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.-the state of being pursuant; consequence.
pursuant: acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.-alt. of pursuantly
pursue: to follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.-to seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.-to proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, captain cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.-to prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.-to follow as an example; to imitate.-to follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.-to go in pursuit; to follow.-to go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.-to follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
pursuer: one who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.-a plaintiff; a prosecutor.
pursuit: the act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.-a following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.-course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.-prosecution.
pursuivant: a functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. also used figuratively.-the king's messenger; a state messenger.-to pursue.
pursy: fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence.
purtenance: that which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
purulency: the quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
purulent: consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
purvey: to furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.-to procure; to get.-to purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.-to pander; -- with to.
purveyance: the act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.-that which is provided; provisions; food.-a providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. this was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
purveyor: one who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.-an officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.-a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
purview: the body of a statute, or that part which begins with " be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.-the limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.-limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
pus: the yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. it consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
pusane: a piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.
puseyism: the principles of dr. pusey and others at oxford, england, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " tracts for the times;" tractarianism. see tractarianism.
puseyite: of or pertaining to puseyism.-one who holds the principles of puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.
push: a pustule; a pimple.-to press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.-to thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.-to press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.-to bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.-to importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.-to make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.-to make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.-to burst pot, as a bud or shoot.-a thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.-any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.-an assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.-the faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
pushing: of push-pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving; energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive.
pusillanimity: the quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness.
pusillanimous: destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.-evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.
puss: a cat; -- a fondling appellation.-a hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
pussy: a pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.-a catkin of the pussy willow.-the game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.-see pursy.
pustular: of or pertaining to pustules; as, pustular prominences; pustular eruptions.-covered with pustulelike prominences; pustulate.
pustulated: covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.
pustule: a vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.