9-letter words containing pot
- nine-spot — a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- paint pot — Also, paintpot. a container, as a jar, pail, or bucket, for holding paint while it is being applied.
- pepperpot — A pepperpot is a small container with holes in the top, used for shaking pepper onto food.
- plant pot — A plant pot is a container that is used for growing plants.
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- pot plant — A pot plant is a plant which is grown in a container, especially indoors.
- pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
- pot still — a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- pot-bound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pot-holed — A pot-holed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potentate — a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- pothecary — apothecary.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- potholing — exploring caves
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- potometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
- potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
- potteries — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- pottstown — a borough in SE Pennsylvania.
- prepotent — preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant: a prepotent name in the oil business.
- pulpotomy — the removal of infected portions of the pulp tissue in a tooth, used as a therapeutic measure to avoid pulpectomy.
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- slow spot — an area where only a relatively slow broadband internet connection service is available
- smoke pot — a can of chemicals that produces a great quantity of smoke when ignited.
- soft spot — a weak or vulnerable position, place, condition, etc.: a soft spot in their fortifications; a soft spot in the economy.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spot news — the latest news, reported immediately.
- spot pass — a pass intentionally directed to a specific place in the court or field instead of a particular receiver, the receiver being expected to arrive at the place at the same time as the ball.
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- spot test — an informal test run without elaborate preparation in order to obtain an immediate sample response.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spottable — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- unipotent — (of cells) capable of developing into only one type of cell or tissue.
- unpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.