| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| poachiness | noun | The state of being poachy; marshiness. |
| pocketbook | noun | A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket. |
| pocketfuls | plural | of Pocketful |
| pockmarked | adjective | Marked by smallpox; pitted. |
| poculiform | adjective | Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup. |
| podagrical | adjective | Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout., Afflicted with gout. |
| podarthrum | noun | The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes. |
| podobranch | noun | One of the branchiae attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea. |
| podogynium | noun | Same as Basigynium |
| podothecae | plural | of Podotheca |
| poecilitic | adjective | Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; — said of certain rocks., Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. |
| poecilopod | noun | One of the Poecilopoda. Also used adjectively. |
| poetically | adverb | In a poetic manner. |
| poignantly | adverb | In a poignant manner. |
| poikilitic | adjective | See Poecilitic. |
| poinsettia | noun | A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. |
| pointleted | adjective | Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. |
| poisonable | adjective | Capable of poisoning; poisonous., Capable of being poisoned. |
| poisonsome | adjective | Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland. |
| polaristic | adjective | Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism. |
| polarizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Polarize |
| polatouche | noun | A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; — called also minene. |
| polemicist | noun | A polemic. |
| polemonium | noun | A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob’s ladder and the Greek valerian. |
| polishable | adjective | Capable of being polished. |
| polishment | noun | The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. |
| politeness | noun | High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance., The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. |
| politician | noun | One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman., One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; — used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician., Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. |
| politicist | noun | A political writer. |
| pollarding | present participle & vb. noun | of Pollard |
| pollenized | imp. & past participle | of Pollenize |
| pollinctor | noun | One who prepared corpses for the funeral. |
| polyacrons | plural | of Polyacron |
| polyandria | noun pl. | A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. |
| polyandric | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. |
| polyanthus | noun | The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus. |
| polyatomic | adjective | Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms., Having a valence greater than one. |
| polybasite | noun | An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic. |
| polycarpic | adjective | Alt. of Polycarpous |
| polychaeta | noun pl. | One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia. |
| polychrest | noun | A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. |
| polychrome | noun | Esculin; — so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions., Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing. |
| polychromy | noun | The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
| polyclinic | noun | A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
| polycrotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve. |
| polycystid | noun | One of the Polycystidea., One of the Polycystina., Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. |
| polydipsia | noun | Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease. |
| polyedrous | adjective | See Polyhedral. |
| polyeidism | noun | The quality or state of being polyeidic. |
| polygamian | adjective | Polygamous. |
| polygamist | adjective | One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness. |
| polygamize | verb i. | To practice polygamy; to marry several wives. |
| polygamous | adjective | Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; — opposed to monogamous., Pairing with more than one female., Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. |
| polygenism | noun | The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair. |
| polygenist | noun | One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; — opposed to monogenist. |
| polygenous | adjective | Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain. |
| polygonous | adjective | Polygonal. |
| polygraphy | noun | Much writing; writing of many books., The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same., The art or practice of using a polygraph. |
| polygynian | adjective | Alt. of Polygynous |
| polygynous | adjective | Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. |
| polygynist | noun | One who practices or advocates polygyny. |
| polyhalite | noun | A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda. |
| polyhedral | adjective | Alt. of Polyhedrical |
| polyhedron | noun | A body or solid contained by many sides or planes., A polyscope, or multiplying glass. |
| polyhistor | noun | One versed in various learning. |
| polyhymnia | noun | The Muse of lyric poetry. |
| polyiodide | noun | A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule. |
| polymathic | adjective | Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning. |
| polymerism | noun | The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances., The act or process of forming polymers. |
| polymerize | verb t. | To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde., To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde. |
| polymerous | adjective | Having many parts or members in each set., Polymeric. |
| polymorphy | noun | Existence in many forms; polymorphism. |
| polymyodae | noun pl. | Same as Oscines. |
| polynemoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidae. |
| polynesian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians. |
| polynomial | noun | An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 – 2ab + b2., Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem., Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature. |
| polyoptron | noun | Alt. of Polyoptrum |
| polyoptrum | noun | A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size. |
| polyparous | adjective | Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many. |
| polyparies | plural | of Polypary |
| polyphemus | noun | A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm. |
| polyphonic | adjective | Having a multiplicity of sounds., Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters., Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; — opposed to homophonic, or monodic. |
| polypifera | noun pl. | The Anthozoa. |
| polypodium | noun | A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. |
| polyporous | adjective | Having many pores. |
| polypterus | noun | An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir. |
| polyptoton | noun | A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson’s line, — “My own heart’s heart, and ownest own, farewell.” |
| polyspermy | noun | Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoon into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum. |
| polytheism | noun | The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods. |
| polytheist | noun | One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods. |
| polytheize | verb i. | To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the doctrine of polytheism. |
| polytocous | adjective | Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic., Producing many or young. |
| polytomous | adjective | Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; — said of leaves. |
| polytyping | present participle & vb. noun | of Polytype |
| polyvalent | adjective | Multivalent. |
| polyzoaria | plural | of Polyzoarium |
| pomeranian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea., A native or inhabitant of Pomerania. |
| pomiferous | adjective | Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits., Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple. |
| pommelling | of Pommel | |
| pomologist | noun | One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees. |
| pompelmous | noun | A shaddock, esp. one of large size. |
| pompillion | noun | An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. |
| ponderable | adjective | Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. |
| ponderance | noun | Weight; gravity. |
| poniarding | present participle & vb. noun | of Poniard |
| ponibility | noun | The capability of being placed or located. |
| pontifices | plural | of Pontifex |
| pontifical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal., Of or pertaining to the building of bridges., A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff., The dress and ornaments of a pontiff. |
| pontooning | noun | The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges. |
| poonga oil | A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra). | |
| poorliness | noun | The quality or state of being poorly; ill health. |
| popularity | noun | The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book., The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity., Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap., The act of courting the favor of the people., Public sentiment; general passion. |
| popularize | verb t. | To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. |
| populating | present participle & vb. noun | of Populate |
| population | noun | The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants., The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions. |
| populicide | noun | Slaughter of the people. |
| populosity | noun | Populousness. |
| poriferata | noun pl. | The Polifera. |
| porismatic | adjective | Alt. of Porismatical |
| poristical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism. |
| porousness | noun | The quality of being porous., The open parts; the interstices of anything. |
| porpentine | noun | Porcupine. |
| porphyrite | noun | A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite. |
| porphyrize | verb t. | To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry. |
| porphyries | plural | of Porphyry |
| porraceous | adjective | Resembling the leek in color; greenish. |
| porrection | noun | The act of stretching forth. |
| portamento | noun | In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone. |
| portcrayon | noun | A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon. |
| portcullis | noun | A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy., An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; — so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse., To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. |
| portending | present participle & vb. noun | of Portend |
| portension | noun | The act of foreshowing; foreboding. |
| portentive | adjective | Presaging; foreshadowing. |
| portentous | adjective | Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous., Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. |
| portioning | present participle & vb. noun | of Portion |
| portionist | noun | A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; — corrupted into postmaster., One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. |
| portliness | noun | The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness., Bulkiness; corpulence. |
| portmantle | noun | A portmanteau. |
| portraying | present participle & vb. noun | of Portray |
| portuguese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Portugal; people of Portugal. |
| positional | adjective | Of or pertaining to position. |
| positively | adverb | In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; — opposed to negatively. |
| positivism | noun | A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useless and unprofitable. |
| positivist | noun | A believer in positivism., Relating to positivism. |
| positivity | noun | Positiveness. |
| possessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Possess |
| possession | noun | The act or state of possessing, or holding as one’s own., The having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful., The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions., The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession., To invest with property. |
| possessive | adjective | Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession., The possessive case., A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case. |
| possessory | adjective | Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. |
| postcornua | plural | of Postcornu |
| postdating | present participle & vb. noun | of Postdate |
| posteriors | noun pl. | The hinder parts, as of an animal’s body. |
| postfactum | noun | Same as Postfact. |
| postfurcae | plural | of Postfurca |
| posthetomy | noun | Circumcision. |
| posthumous | adjective | Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter., Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition., Being or continuing after one’s death; as, a posthumous reputation. |
| postticous | adjective | Posterior., Situated on the outer side of a filament; — said of an extrorse anther. |
| postilling | of Postil | |
| postillate | verb t. | To explain by marginal notes; to postil., To write postils; to comment., To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order. |
| posttiller | noun | See Postiler. |
| postliminy | noun | The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy., The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. |
| postmarked | imp. & past participle | of Postmark |
| postmaster | noun | One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses., One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails. |
| postocular | adjective & noun | Same as Postorbital. |
| postponing | present participle & vb. noun | of Postpone |
| postposing | present participle & vb. noun | of Postpose |
| postremote | adjective | More remote in subsequent time or order. |
| postscribe | verb t. | To make a postscript. |
| postscript | noun | A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer. |
| postulated | imp. & past participle | of Postulate, Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. |
| postulatum | noun | A postulate. |
| potamology | noun | A scientific account or discussion of rivers; a treatise on rivers; potamography. |
| potassoxyl | noun | The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds. |
| potentiate | verb t. | To render active or potent. |
| potentized | imp. & past participle | of Potentize |
| potentness | noun | The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy. |
| poulticing | present participle & vb. noun | of Poultice |
| poureliche | adverb | Poorly. |
| pourparler | noun | A consultation preliminary to a treaty. |
| powderhorn | noun | A horn in which gunpowder is carried. |
| powdermill | noun | A mill in which gunpowder is made. |
| pozzuolana | noun | Alt. of Pozzolana |