6-Letter Words Starting With PU

Here's the list of all the 163 6-Letter Words Starting With PU in the English Language.

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public
1. people in general considered as a whole
2. a body of people sharing some common interest
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purple
1. a color between red and blue
2. (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
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puzzle
1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
2. a game that tests your ingenuity
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pursue
1. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
2. follow in or as if in pursuit
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purely
1. restricted to something
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pueblo
1. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
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purity
1. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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puppet
1. a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
2. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
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pundit
1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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punish
1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
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pumped
1. tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
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pulsar
1. a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
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pulley
1. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
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putter
1. work lightly
2. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
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pulpit
1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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puddle
1. wade or dabble in a puddle
2. subject to puddling or form by puddling
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purify
1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
2. make pure or free from sin or guilt
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puffin
1. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
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pusher
1. one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
2. an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
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puller
1. someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
2. someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
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puffed
1. gathered for protruding fullness
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purine
1. any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
2. a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
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pumice
1. rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
2. a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
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punter
1. someone who propels a boat with a pole
2. (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
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puffer
1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
2. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
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purist
1. someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
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pucker
1. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
2. draw together into folds or puckers
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putrid
1. of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
2. in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
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puking
1. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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purser
1. an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
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6-Letter Words Starting With PU