9-letter words containing po
- apostolos — a book containing parts of the Epistles and parts of the Acts of the Apostles.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
- appointee — An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility.
- appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- appointor — a person to whom a power to nominate persons to take property is given by deed or will
- apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- apposable — capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
- aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
- arthropod — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having jointed limbs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton made of chitin. The group includes the crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- ata point — (unit, text) (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most common variants of the point, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch. The ATA point is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- baby spot — a small spotlight, usually 250–400 watts, used to highlight a specific section of a stage setting or acting area.
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beer pong — a drinking game in which players attempt to throw Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by their opponents
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
- blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- book post — a special system and rate for posting books
- boskopoid — of, relating to, or characteristic of Boskop man or the culture or habitat of Boskop man.
- bud sport — a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation
- bumpology — phrenology
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- campodean — a campodeid.
- campodeid — any of various primitive and wingless insects of the genus Campodea
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- capocchia — a fool
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- capotasto — capo1 .
- carpology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of fruits and seeds
- carpooled — Simple past tense and past participle of carpool.
- carpooler — a member of a carpool
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- catchpoll — (formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
- cesspools — Plural form of cesspool.