| postiche | (noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | Synonyms: fake, sham |
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| (noun) a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | Synonyms: false hair, hairpiece |
| postilion | (noun) someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) | Synonyms: postillion |
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| postillion | (noun) someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) | Synonyms: postilion |
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| posting | (noun) the transmission of a letter | Synonyms: mailing |
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| (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, placard, poster |
| (noun) (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records | - |
| postlude | (noun) a voluntary played at the end of a religious service | - |
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| postman | (noun) a man who delivers the mail | Synonyms: carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman |
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| postmark | (noun) a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing | - |
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| postmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a post office | - |
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| postmistress | (noun) a woman postmaster | - |
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| postmodernism | (noun) genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
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| postmortem | (noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | Synonyms: autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination |
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| (noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred | Synonyms: post-mortem |
| postponement | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, deferral |
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| (noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, time lag, wait |
| postponer | (noun) someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | Synonyms: cunctator, procrastinator |
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| postposition | (noun) (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached) | - |
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| postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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| (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
| postulant | (noun) one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | - |
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| postulate | (noun) (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning | Synonyms: posit |
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| postulation | (noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument | Synonyms: predication |
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| (noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: petition, request |
| postulator | (noun) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument | - |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization | - |
| posture | (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: attitude, position |
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| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, carriage |
| (noun) capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | Synonyms: military capability, military posture, military strength, strength |
| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, stance |
| posturer | (noun) someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others | - |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| posy | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, corsage, nosegay |
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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 |
| pouch | (noun) a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things | - |
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| (noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pocket |
| (noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack |
| poudrin | (noun) small crystals of ice | Synonyms: diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, snow mist |
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| pouf | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouffe, puff |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, queen, queer |
| pouffe | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, puff |
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| poulet | (noun) the flesh of a chicken used for food | Synonyms: chicken, volaille |
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| poulette | (noun) allemande sauce with chopped parsley | - |
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| poulterer | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poultryman |
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| poultice | (noun) a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | Synonyms: cataplasm, plaster |
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| poultry | (noun) a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | Synonyms: domestic fowl, fowl |
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| (noun) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | - |
| poultryman | (noun) a dealer in poultry and poultry products | Synonyms: poulterer |
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| pounce | (noun) the act of pouncing | - |
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| pound | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pounding |
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| (noun) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | Synonyms: dog pound |
| (noun) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | Synonyms: pound sign |
| (noun) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | Synonyms: lbf. |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Cypriot pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Egyptian pound |
| (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Lebanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Sudanese pound |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | Synonyms: Syrian pound |
| (noun) 16 ounces avoirdupois | Synonyms: lb |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | - |
| poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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| (noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
| (noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
| (noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
| poundal | (noun) a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons | Synonyms: pdl |
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| pounder | (noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone | Synonyms: muller, pestle |
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| (noun) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds | - |
| pounding | (noun) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | Synonyms: hammer, hammering, pound |
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| (noun) repeated heavy blows | Synonyms: buffeting |
| (noun) an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) | Synonyms: throb, throbbing |
| pourboire | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, tip |
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| pout | (noun) catfish common in eastern United States | Synonyms: Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout |
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| (noun) marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas | Synonyms: eelpout |
| (noun) a disdainful grimace | Synonyms: moue, wry face |
| pouter | (noun) one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out | Synonyms: pouter pigeon |
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| (noun) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression | Synonyms: gloomy Gus, picklepuss, sourpuss |
| poutine | (noun) a Canadian dish made with french fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy | - |
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| poverty | (noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: impoverishment, poorness |
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| powder | (noun) any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder | - |
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| (noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: pulverisation, pulverization |
| (noun) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | Synonyms: gunpowder |
| powderer | (noun) someone who applies or scatters powder | - |
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| powderiness | (noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: fineness |
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| powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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| power | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: powerfulness |
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| (noun) physical strength | Synonyms: might, mightiness |
| (noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: ability |
| (noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: exponent, index |
| (noun) a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | Synonyms: great power, major power, superpower, world power |
| (noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: force |
| (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon |
| (noun) (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) | - |
| (noun) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor | Synonyms: electrical energy, electricity |
| (noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: office |
| powerboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: motorboat |
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| powerbroker | (noun) a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control | Synonyms: power broker |
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| powerfulness | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: power |
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