Index of English words, starting with "pu"

(1) - Purvey (v. i.) To pander; -- with to.
(2) - Purvey (v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
(3) - Purvey (v. t.) To procure; to get.
(4) - Purvey (v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.

(1) - Purveyance (n.) 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.
(2) - Purveyance (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.
(3) - Purveyance (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

(1) - Purveyor (n.) a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
(2) - Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.
(3) - Purveyor (n.) One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.

(1) - Purview (n.) Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
(2) - Purview (n.) The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.
(3) - Purview (n.) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.

(1) - Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.