15-letter words starting with po
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- posse comitatus — the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs.
- post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- post-apoplectic — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
- post-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- post-conception — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- post-depression — the act of depressing.
- post-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- post-parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- post-production — In film and television, post-production is the work such as editing that takes place after the film has been shot.
- post-retirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
- postapocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
- postconsonantal — immediately following a consonant.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- postinoculation — the act or process of inoculating.
- postirradiation — occurring after or due to irradiation
- postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postpollination — occurring after pollination
- poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
- poststimulatory — following stimulation
- postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- postulationally — in a postulational manner
- postvaccination — occurring after a vaccination
- pot-bellied pig — A pot-bellied pig is a small, dark-colored pig, originally from Vietnam, that is sometimes kept as a pet.
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- potato omelette — a type of Spanish omelette made using eggs, fried potato, and sometimes onion
- pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- potting compost — Potting compost is soil that is specially prepared to help plants to grow, especially in containers.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pound one's ear — to sleep
- povidone-iodine — a complex of iodine and polyvinylpyrrolidone that has broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity: used as an antiseptic.
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- power amplifier — an amplifier for increasing the power of a signal.
- power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- power save mode — (architecture) A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
- power structure — the system of authority or influence in government, politics, education, etc.: The state elections threatened to upset the existing power structure.