5-letter words starting with po
- potae — a hat
- potch — inferior quality opal used in jewellery for mounting precious opals
- potin — a bronze alloy with high tin content, formerly used in the manufacture of coins
- potoo — any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- potsy — hopscotch.
- potto — any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- potty — Chiefly British Informal. slightly insane; eccentric.
- potus — (in prescriptions) a drink.
- pouch — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- poufy — a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- pouke — a stye or small pustule on the eye
- poule — a chicken suitable for slow stewing; a stewing-hen
- poulp — a cephalopod such as an octopus, cuttlefish or squid
- poult — a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- poupe — to cheat
- pouty — inclined to pout, or marked by pouting: a sullen, pouty child; a pouty face.
- powan — a freshwater whitefish, Coregonus clupeoides, occurring in some Scottish lakes
- poway — a city in SW California.
- power — a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- powin — a peacock depicted on a heraldic shield
- powys — John Cowper, 1872–1963, English author.
- poyou — an armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus, native to South America and characterized by its six moveable bands