9-letter words starting with po
- posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
- posthouse — house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- postrorse — directed backward.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- postwoman — female postal worker
- 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