13-letter words containing po
- apothegmatise — to speak in apothegms
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- appoggiaturas — Plural form of appoggiatura.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- as opposed to — You use as opposed to when you want to make it clear that you are talking about one particular thing and not something else.
- asexual spore — a spore that is the result of asexual reproduction
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- at this point — at this moment in time
- atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
- autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
- autopolyploid — (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from a single species
- autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- balsam poplar — a poplar tree, Populus balsamifera, of NE North America, having resinous buds and broad heart-shaped leaves
- barber's pole — a sign outside a barber's shop consisting of a pole painted with red and white spiral stripes
- basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
- bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
- be spoken for — If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
- belly of pork — a fatty cut of meat from the pig's belly
- bespottedness — the state of being covered with spots or blemishes
- binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
- birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
- boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
- bomb disposal — Bomb disposal is the job of dealing with bombs which have not exploded, by taking out the fuse or by blowing them up in a controlled explosion.
- border police — the force in charge of policing a border
- boring sponge — any of a family (Clionidae) of sponges that settle on and dissolve the shells of clams
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- cape pondweed — an aquatic plant, Aponogeton distachyus, of the Cape of Good Hope, having floating leaves and tiny, fragrant white flowers.
- case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- colposcopical — of or relating to the colposcope
- compass point — A compass point is one of the 32 marks on the dial of a compass that show direction, for example north, south, east, and west.
- componentized — Simple past tense and past participle of componentize.