Monday, January 18, 2010

[pyoor] –adjective, pur⋅er, pur⋅est.1.free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.2.unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.3.of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.4.free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek.5.clear; free from blemishes: pure skin.6.(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.7.abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied ): pure science.8.without any discordant quality; clear and true: pure tones in music.9.absolute; utter; sheer: to sing for pure joy.10.being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident.11.clean, spotless, or unsullied: pure hands.12.untainted with evil; innocent: pure in heart.13.physically chaste; virgin.14.ceremonially or ritually clean.15.free of or without guilt; guiltless.16.independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge.17.Biology, Genetics.a.homozygous.b.containing only one characteristic for a trait.18.Phonetics. monophthongal

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