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12-letter words containing po

  • postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
  • postworkshop — occurring after a workshop
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • pot marjoram — oregano.
  • pot-walloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • potamologist — a specialist in potamology
  • potato apple — the green berry of the potato.
  • potato crisp — potato chip.
  • potato flour — a type of flour made from potatoes
  • potato salad — potato chunks in mayonnaise
  • potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
  • potentiation — the act of potentiating
  • potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • potting soil — enriched topsoil for potting plants, especially house plants.
  • poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
  • pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
  • poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
  • powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powder paper — Pharmacology. charta (def 2).
  • power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
  • power broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
  • power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • power series — an infinite series in which the terms are coefficients times successive powers of a given variable, or times products of powers of two or more variables.
  • power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
  • power shower — a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
  • power supply — power supply unit
  • power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
  • power window — Power windows are windows in a vehicle which are raised or lowered by an electric motor operated by a button or switch.
  • power-broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • power-driven — powered by an electric motor
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • pre-position — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • preponderant — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
  • preponderate — to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
  • preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
  • press report — a report in a newspaper, magazine, etc
  • printer port — (hardware, printer)   A connector found on many microcomputers intended for attaching a printer. This may be a general-purpose input/output parallel port or may be a special Centronics interface. Most printers can also be connected to a serial port but that is unlikely to be described as a "printer port".
  • proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
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