| apothecary | (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: chemist, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
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| apothecium | (noun) a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi | - |
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| apothegm | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: aphorism, apophthegm |
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| apotheosis | (noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) | Synonyms: deification, exaltation |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| capote | (noun) a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded cloak |
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| (noun) a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded coat |
| chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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| chimneypot | (noun) a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft | - |
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| chipotle | (noun) a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking | - |
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| coffeepot | (noun) tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
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| compote | (noun) dessert of stewed or baked fruit | Synonyms: fruit compote |
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| crackpot | (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball |
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| depot | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | Synonyms: terminal, terminus |
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| (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: entrepot, storage, store, storehouse |
| despot | (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator | Synonyms: autocrat, tyrant |
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| despotism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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| (noun) dominance through threat of punishment and violence | Synonyms: absolutism, tyranny |
| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| eyespot | (noun) an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color | Synonyms: ocellus |
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| flowerpot | (noun) a container in which plants are cultivated | Synonyms: pot |
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| fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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| hippopotamus | (noun) massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa | Synonyms: hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, river horse |
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| honeypot | (noun) South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes | Synonyms: king protea, Protea cynaroides |
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| hotchpotch | (noun) a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables | - |
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| (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
| hotpot | (noun) a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot | Synonyms: hot pot |
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| hotspot | (noun) a lively entertainment spot | Synonyms: hot spot |
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| (noun) a point of relatively intense heat or radiation | Synonyms: hot spot |
| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: flashpoint, hot spot, trouble spot |
| hypotension | (noun) abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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| hypotensive | (noun) a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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| hypotenuse | (noun) the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle | - |
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| hypothalamus | (noun) a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system | - |
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| hypothermia | (noun) subnormal body temperature | - |
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| hypothesis | (noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Synonyms: possibility, theory |
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| (noun) a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations | - |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise |
| hypothetical | (noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. | - |
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| hypothrombinemia | (noun) a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency | - |
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| hypothyroidism | (noun) an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones | - |
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| hypotonia | (noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic | Synonyms: hypotonicity, hypotonus |
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| hypotonicity | (noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic | Synonyms: hypotonia, hypotonus |
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| (noun) (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other | - |
| hypotonus | (noun) (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic | Synonyms: hypotonia, hypotonicity |
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| hypotyposis | (noun) vivid picturesque description. | - |
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| impotence | (noun) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | Synonyms: impotency, powerlessness |
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| (noun) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | Synonyms: impotency |
| impotency | (noun) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | Synonyms: impotence, powerlessness |
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| (noun) an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | Synonyms: impotence |
| inkpot | (noun) a bottle of ink | Synonyms: ink bottle |
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| jackpot | (noun) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) | Synonyms: kitty, pot |
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| (noun) any outstanding award | - |
| jampot | (noun) a jar for holding jellies or preserves | Synonyms: jamjar |
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| nepotism | (noun) favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | - |
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| nepotist | (noun) a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends | - |
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| nightspot | (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, club, night club, nightclub |
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| omnipotence | (noun) the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power | - |
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| plenipotentiary | (noun) a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government | - |
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| pot | (noun) metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid | - |
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| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, potty, stool, throne, toilet |
| (noun) a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets | Synonyms: potentiometer |
| (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
| (noun) a container in which plants are cultivated | Synonyms: flowerpot |
| (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, corporation, potbelly, tummy |
| (noun) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) | Synonyms: jackpot, kitty |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a pot | Synonyms: potful |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| potable | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, drinkable |
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| potage | (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: pottage |
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| potamogale | (noun) amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter | Synonyms: otter shrew, Potamogale velox |
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| potamoplankton | (noun) plankton that inhabit rivers | - |
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| potash | (noun) a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry | Synonyms: caustic potash, potassium hydroxide |
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| potassium | (noun) a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | Synonyms: atomic number 19, K |
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| potation | (noun) the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink) | - |
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| (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, draught, tipple |
| potato | (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater, white potato |
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| (noun) annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Synonyms: Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine |
| potbelly | (noun) a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned | Synonyms: potbelly stove |
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| (noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, corporation, pot, tummy |
| potboiler | (noun) a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) | - |
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| potboy | (noun) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores | Synonyms: potman |
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| poteen | (noun) unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey | - |
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| potence | (noun) the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: potency |
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| potency | (noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | Synonyms: effectiveness, strength |
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| (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, say-so |
| (noun) the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: potence |
| (noun) the inherent capacity for coming into being | Synonyms: potential, potentiality |
| potentate | (noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | Synonyms: dictator |
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| potential | (noun) the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | Synonyms: electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage |
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| (noun) the inherent capacity for coming into being | Synonyms: potency, potentiality |
| potentiality | (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, capableness |
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| (noun) the inherent capacity for coming into being | Synonyms: potency, potential |
| potentiation | (noun) (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously | - |
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| potentiometer | (noun) a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets | Synonyms: pot |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces | - |
| potful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pot | Synonyms: pot |
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| pothead | (noun) someone who smokes marijuana habitually | - |
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| pother | (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, fuss, tizzy |
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| potherb | (noun) any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning | - |
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| potholder | (noun) an insulated pad for holding hot pots | - |
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| pothole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: chuckhole |
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| potholer | (noun) a person who explores caves | Synonyms: spelaeologist, speleologist, spelunker |
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| pothook | (noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire | - |
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| pothos | (noun) any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus | - |
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| (noun) evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage | Synonyms: Epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, Scindapsus aureus |
| pothouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pub, public house, saloon, taphouse |
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| pothunter | (noun) a nonprofessional archeologist | - |
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| (noun) someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies | - |
| (noun) someone who hunts for food (not for sport) | - |
| potion | (noun) a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage | - |
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| potlatch | (noun) a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
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| potluck | (noun) whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all | - |
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| potman | (noun) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores | Synonyms: potboy |
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| potomania | (noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: alcoholism, dipsomania |
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| potoroo | (noun) Australian rat kangaroos | - |
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| potpie | (noun) deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings | - |
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| potpourri | (noun) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, pastiche |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| potsherd | (noun) a shard of pottery | - |
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| potshot | (noun) a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) | - |
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| (noun) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration | - |
| pottage | (noun) a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat | - |
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| (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: potage |
| potter | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramicist, ceramist, thrower |
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| potterer | (noun) a person who putters about | Synonyms: putterer |
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| pottery | (noun) the craft of making earthenware | - |
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| (noun) ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | Synonyms: clayware |
| (noun) a workshop where clayware is made | - |
| pottle | (noun) a pot that holds 2 quarts | - |
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| potto | (noun) a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) | Synonyms: kinkajou, Perodicticus potto |
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| (noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail | Synonyms: honey bear, kinkajou, Potos caudivolvulus, Potos flavus |
| potty | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: chamberpot, thunder mug |
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| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, stool, throne, toilet |
| prepotency | (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, predomination |
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| sapota | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla, sapodilla plum |
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| sapote | (noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet | Synonyms: mammee, marmalade plum |
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| (noun) tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum | Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota |
| saucepot | (noun) a cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling | - |
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| sexpot | (noun) a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal | Synonyms: sex bomb, sex kitten |
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| silverspot | (noun) butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings | - |
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