City in Orissa state, India, on the Bay of Bengal.

A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

plural of puri

In a purely natural state; naked.

(often disapproving) A puritanical person.

(often disapproving) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

One who holds puritanical attitudes.

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.