7-letter words starting with po
- pontile — a metal bar used in glass-making
- pontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- ponting — Ricky (Thomas). born 1974, Australian cricketer; a batsman, he played in 168 test matches (1995–2012), 77 as captain; scored 13,378 runs in tests (an Australian record), and captained Australia to two World Cup wins (2003, 2007)
- pontoon — the card game twenty-one.
- pony up — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- poo-poo — excrement; feces.
- poofter — Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- poohing — poop4 .
- pooling — Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
- poor-do — scrapple.
- poorbox — a box, esp one in a church, used for the collection of alms or money for the poor
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- poovery — male homosexuality
- pop art — an art movement that began in the U.S. in the 1950s and reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, chose as its subject matter the anonymous, everyday, standardized, and banal iconography in American life, as comic strips, billboards, commercial products, and celebrity images, and dealt with them typically in such forms as outsize commercially smooth paintings, mechanically reproduced silkscreens, large-scale facsimiles, and soft sculptures.
- pop fly — a high fly ball hit to the infield or immediately beyond it that can easily be caught before reaching the ground.
- pop for — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
- pop off — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
- pop out — a short, quick, explosive sound.
- pop-gun — a child's toy gun from which a pellet is shot by compressed air, producing a loud pop.
- pop-out — pop-up (def 8).
- pop-top — (of a can) having a top with a tab or ring that when pulled up or off exposes a precut hole or peels off the entire lid.
- popayan — a city in SW Colombia.
- popcorn — any of several varieties of corn whose kernels burst open and puff out when subjected to dry heat.
- popedom — the office or dignity of a pope.
- poperin — a kind of pear
- popette — a young female fan or performer of pop music
- popeyed — marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.
- popinac — huisache.
- popover — a puffed muffin with a hollow center, made with a batter of flour, salt, egg, and milk.
- poppied — covered or adorned with poppies: poppied fields.
- popping — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
- poppish — having musical elements similar to pop music
- popsock — a knee-length nylon sock, worn under trousers
- popster — a pop star
- poptalk — (language, product) A commercial object-oriented derivative of POP, from Cambridge Consultants, used in the expert system MUSE.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- porangi — crazy; mad
- porcine — of or relating to swine.
- porcino — Usually, porcini. cep.
- porifer — a member of the phylum Porifera
- porirua — a city in New Zealand, on the North Island just north of Wellington. Pop: 50 600 (2004 est)
- porkpie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- porlock — to interrupt or intrude at an awkward moment
- pornier — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porosis — a porous condition of bones
- porrect — extending horizontally; projecting.
- porrigo — any disease of the scalp
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- portage — a city in SW Michigan.
- portate — sitting diagonally across a heraldic shield