6-letter words containing po
- pop in — Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz.
- pop up — Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz.
- pop-10 — Descendant of POP-2, for the PDP-10 by Julian Davies, 1973. ["POP-10 User's Manual", D.J.M. Davies, CS R25, U West Ontario, 1976].
- pop-11 — (language) A programming language created by Robin Popplestone in 1975, originally for the PDP-11. Pop-11 is stack-oriented, extensible, and efficient like FORTH. It is also functional, dynamically typed, interactive, with garbage collection like LISP, and the syntax is block structured like Pascal. AlphaPop is an implementation for the Macintosh from Computable Functions Inc. PopTalk and POPLOG from the University of Sussex are available for VAX/VMS and most workstations. E-mail: Robin Popplestone <[email protected]>
- pop-9x — Proposed BSI standard for Pop-11.
- pop-in — requiring only a quick insertion into a receptacle to be ready for use: pop-in film cassettes; a pop-in frozen dinner.
- pop-it — a usually plastic bead that can be connected to or detached from others of the same kind without hooks or clasps, used to form necklaces, bracelets, etc.
- pop-up — (of books, usually children's books) having pieces of artwork fastened to the pages so that when the page is opened, a three-dimensional cutout or object is formed and, sometimes, movement of a picture element, such as a door opening, can be activated by pulling a tab.
- popart — A grammar-driven programming environment generator. Uses Paddle.
- popera — music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
- popery — the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- popgun — a child's toy gun from which a pellet is shot by compressed air, producing a loud pop.
- popish — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- popjoy — to amuse yourself
- poplar — any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- popler — A PLANNER-type language for the POP-2 environment.
- poplin — a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- poplog — A multi-language programming environment, which includes the languages Pop-11, ML, Common Lisp and Prolog. It supports mixed-language programming and incremental compilation and includes a comprehensive X Window System interface. It is built on top of a two-stack virtual machine, PVM. POPLOG was developed at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
- popoff — a person who generally speaks loudly or irately; indiscreet arguer or complainer.
- popout — a pop-up book.
- popped — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
- popper — Sir Karl (Raimund) [rey-muh nd] /ˈreɪ mənd/ (Show IPA), 1902–1994, British philosopher, born in Austria.
- poppet — a usually plastic bead that can be connected to or detached from others of the same kind without hooks or clasps, used to form necklaces, bracelets, etc.
- poppit — a usually plastic bead that can be connected to or detached from others of the same kind without hooks or clasps, used to form necklaces, bracelets, etc.
- popple — to move in a tumbling, irregular manner, as boiling water.
- popply — (of water) bubbly, rippling, or choppy
- populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- porina — the larva of a moth which causes damage to grassland
- poring — to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
- porion — the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
- porker — a pig, especially one being fattened for its meat.
- pornos — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- porose — having pores; porous
- porous — full of pores.
- porson — Richard. 1759–1808, English classical scholar, noted for his editions of Aeschylus and Euripides
- porta- — portable
- portal — portal vein.
- ported — Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
- porter — the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
- portia — the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- portly — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- porto- — porta-
- posada — (in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- poshly — in a posh manner
- posies — a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posing — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- posnet — a small pot with a handle and three feet
- posole — a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.