9-letter words containing po
- podzolize — to make into or form a podzol
- poeciliid — any small New World fish of the family Poeciliidae, of fresh or brackish tropical and temperate waters, including the mosquitofish, guppies, and mollies.
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poeticize — to make (thoughts, feelings, etc.) poetic; express in poetry.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- poinciana — royal poinciana.
- point man — the lead soldier of an infantry patrol on combat operations.
- point off — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- point out — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- poisoning — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- pokerwork — the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design with a heated metal point; pyrography
- polar cap — Geology. the icecap situated at either end of the earth's poles.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pole bean — any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-axed — If someone is pole-axed, they are so surprised or shocked that they do not know what to say or do.
- pole-jump — pole-vault.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.