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Purlin
A purlin is a horizontal structural member in a roof, parallel to the ridge and eaves, that provides intermediate support to rafters or roof sheeting.
Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi (पूर्णबहादुर को सारङ्गी)
Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi (पूर्णबहादुरको सारङ्गी) is a 2024 Nepali drama directed by Saroj Poudel, starring Bijay Baral as a Gandharva sarangi-playing father. It became the highest-grossing Nepali film with NPR 56.3 crore in Nepal.
Purna Swaraj (पूर्ण स्वराज)
Purna Swaraj (पूर्ण स्वराज), "complete independence," was the goal the Indian National Congress adopted at Lahore on 31 December 1929 under Nehru's presidency, replacing Dominion Status; observed 26 January 1930 as first Independence Day and launching civil disobedience.
Purna Swaraj Declaration
The Purna Swaraj Declaration (पूर्ण स्वराज घोषणा) was the Indian National Congress's formal declaration of complete independence from British rule, adopted at Lahore in December 1929.
Purnachandra Bhashakosha
Purnachandra Bhashakosha (ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାକୋଷ) is a seven-volume Odia lexicon compiled by Gopal Chandra Praharaj, published at Cuttack between 1931 and 1940 with about 185,000 words.
Purnaiah
Purnaiah (ಪೂರ್ಣಯ್ಯ), also spelled Purniah, was the first Dewan of modern Mysore, serving Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan, and Krishnaraja Wodeyar over a career of more than four decades.
Purnananda Burhagohain
Purnananda Burhagohain (পূৰ্ণানন্দ বুঢ়াগোঁইতা) was chief minister of the Ahom kingdom of Assam from 1782 until his death in 1817, dominating the court for 35 years.
Purnawarman
Purnawarman (Pūrṇavarman) was a fifth-century king of Tarumanagara in western Java, remembered for Sanskrit stone inscriptions and footprints, among the earliest writing in the Indonesian region.
Purnell W. Choppin
Purnell W. Choppin (1929–2021) was an American virologist who led Rockefeller University's Laboratory of Virology and served as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Purnendu Κ. Dasgupta
Purnendu K. Dasgupta, known as Sandy, is an American analytical chemist at the University of Texas at Arlington, known for microdrop extraction and patented ion chromatography devices.
Purnia (city)
Purnia (पूर्णिया, Purnea), Bihar city, headquarters of Purnia district and Purnea division; municipal corporation of 46 wards; 2011 population 282,248 (UA 312,669); district formed 10 February 1770.
Purnia (district)
Purnia district (पूर्णिया), also spelled Purnea, is a district in northeastern Bihar, India, formed by the British in 1770 and known as one of India's poorest districts.
Purnima Chakraborty
Purnima Chakraborty (পূর্ণিমা চক্রবর্তী), BJP politician elected in 2026 from Shyampukur (166), West Bengal, defeating TMC's Shashi Panja with 60,248 votes; age 42, assets about ₹71.5 lakh.
Purno de Purno
Purno de Purno, Dutch computer-animated VPRO series by Marcus Vlaar and Hans Wessels about a purple-suited little man, aired in Villa Achterwerk (1989–1996, 2006–2007), known for sexual double entendres and a 2013 YouTube 18+ restriction.
Purnululu National Park
Purnululu National Park, also called the Bungle Bungles, is a 239,723 ha World Heritage park in the Kimberley, Western Australia, famed for banded beehive-shaped sandstone cone karst towers, inscribed in 2003.
Purog Kangri
Purog Kangri (Puruogangri, 普若岗日) is the largest ice field in Tibet and China, in Nagqu on the central Tibetan Plateau; highest point 6,482 m, area about 390–427 km², shrinking with accelerating mass loss since 2012.
Purolite
Purolite is an American manufacturer of ion exchange resins, catalysts, and synthetic adsorbents, founded in Philadelphia in 1981, headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and acquired by Ecolab in 2021 for about $3.7 billion.
Puromycin
Puromycin, an aminonucleoside antibiotic from Streptomyces alboniger that mimics aminoacyl-tRNA and prematurely terminates translation; not used clinically but central to SUnSET, OPP nascent proteomics, and ribosome profiling.
Puroresu (プロレス)
Puroresu (プロレス), Japanese professional wrestling, from Rikidōzan's 1953 JWA through strong style, the NTV/TV Asahi/Fuji TV era, joshi puroresu, and NJPW's 2026 sale to TV Asahi and CyberAgent.
Purpe-Samotlor Oil Pipeline
The Purpe-Samotlor oil pipeline (нефтепровод «Пурпе — Самотлор») is a 429-km trunk crude oil pipeline in western Siberia, Russia, built for Transneft and commissioned in October 2011.
Purple
Purple is a nonspectral color seen when the eye receives both red and blue-violet light, so no single wavelength looks purple; Tyrian purple dyed ancient royalty.
Purple (Olivia Rodrigo song)
"Purple" is a 2026 song by Olivia Rodrigo, the seventh track of her album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, marking where its love story turns.
Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)
Purple (STP Purple), Stone Temple Pilots' 1994 second album produced by Brendan O'Brien in Atlanta: No. 1 Billboard debut, six million copies, singles "Interstate Love Song", "Vasoline", "Big Empty".
Purple acid phosphatase
Purple acid phosphatase (PAP, EC 3.1.3.2), also called tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase or uteroferrin, is a binuclear Fe3+-M2+ metallohydrolase with a tyrosine-to-iron purple color, catalyzing phosphate ester hydrolysis in animals (bone resorption) and plants (phosphate acquisition).
Purple Butterfly (パープル・バタフライ)
Purple Butterfly (紫蝴蝶, Zi hudie) is Lou Ye's 2003 China-France romantic spy drama starring Zhang Ziyi, Toru Nakamura, and Liu Ye, set in 1931 occupied Shanghai, in competition at the 56th Cannes Film Festival.
Purple Haze
Purple Haze is a 1967 song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, written by Jimi Hendrix, recorded at De Lane Lea and Olympic Studios, released March 17, 1967 on Track Records, reaching UK number three and becoming one of Hendrix's defining tracks.
Purple Haze Rock Bar (music)
Purple Haze Rock Bar is a rock bar and live music venue in Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal, opened in 2011 and considered Nepal's first rock bar.
Purple Heart
Purple Heart: United States military decoration for wounds or death caused by enemy action, descended from George Washington's 1782 Badge of Military Merit and revived in 1932 by Douglas MacArthur; awarded automatically, about 1.8 million issued.
Purple Hearts (2022 film)
Purple Hearts (2022) is a Netflix romantic drama directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine, based on Tess Wakefield's novel, about a marriage of convenience for military benefits that turns real.
Purple Line (Namma Metro)
Purple Line (ನೇರಳೆ ಪಥ), Namma Metro's east–west line in Bengaluru, 43.49 km, 37 stations, Whitefield (Kadugodi) to Challaghatta, operated by BMRCL; opened fully October 9, 2023; busiest corridor, 76-minute end-to-end ride.