10-letter words starting with po
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- potentiate — to cause to be potent; make powerful.
- potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- pottymouth — a person who habitually uses foul language
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pound coin — a British coin with a value of one pound sterling
- pound note — paper money: one pound sterling
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- pourparler — an informal preliminary conference.
- powder boy — powder monkey (def 1).
- powder keg — a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
- powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
- power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power down — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- power game — You can refer to a situation in which different people or groups are competing for power as a power game, especially if you disapprove of the methods they are using in order to try to win power.
- power grid — A power grid is a network of power lines and associated equipment used to transmit and distribute electricity over a geographic area.
- power line — a line for conducting electric power.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
- power tool — a tool powered by an electric motor or a gasoline engine.
- power trio — a format in rock music which emphasizes instrumental performance by limiting the sound to bass, drums, and guitar (with no rhythm guitar or keyboards and less emphasis on vocals if any)
- power trip — an act or instance of exerting one's power, authority, or influence: a new supervisor on a power trip.
- power yoga — a form of yoga involving aerobic exercises and constant strenuous movement
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- power-loom — a loom operated by mechanical or electrical power.
- powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- powerpc g3 — (processor) A processor chip from Apple Computer, Inc.. Described by Apple as "the third generation in the development of advanced processor technology" the first PowerPC G3 products were launched in 1997. It is specifically optimised for the Macintosh Operating System and uses backside cache to improve performance. The PowerPC G3 has been used by Apple in notebook, desktop and server products.
- powerplant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- powerpoint — (graphics, tool) A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
- powertrain — (in a motorized vehicle) the whole mechanism by which power is generated and transmitted to the road, surrounding air, water, etc
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.