9-letter words containing po
- fort polk — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W central Louisiana, SW of Alexandria.
- foul pole — either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- free port — a port or special section of a port where goods may be unloaded, stored, and shipped without payment of customs duties.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gateposts — Plural form of gatepost.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- gene pool — the total genetic information in the gametes of all the individuals in a population.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- go to pot — a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- gold pool — the representatives of the UK, the US, France, Switzerland, West Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg who, between 1961 and 1968, unsuccessfully attempted to fix the price of gold at $35 per ounce
- gossypose — raffinose.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- haanepoot — a type of white wine made from the Hanepoot grape
- hard porn — hard-core pornography.
- harpooned — Simple past tense and past participle of harpoon.
- harpooner — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hippology — the study of horses.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- homospory — the production of a single kind of spore, neither microspore nor megaspore.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- horsepond — A pond for watering horses.
- hospodars — Plural form of hospodar.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.