| 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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| apothecial | (adjective) of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi | - |
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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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| apothegmatic | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatical |
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| (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic |
| apothegmatical | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatic |
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| apotheose | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheosise, apotheosize |
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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 |
| apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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| apotheosize | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosise |
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| apotropaic | (adjective) having the power to prevent evil or bad luck | - |
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| bespot | (verb) mark with, or as if with, spots | - |
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| 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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| despotic | (adjective) belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot | Synonyms: despotical |
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| (adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical |
| (adjective) ruled by or characteristic of a despot | - |
| despotical | (adjective) belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot | Synonyms: despotic |
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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 |
| equipotent | (adjective) having equal strength or efficacy | - |
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| 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 | (adjective) having abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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| (noun) a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
| hypotenuse | (noun) the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle | - |
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| hypothalamic | (adjective) of or relating to the hypothalamus | - |
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| hypothalamically | (adverb) with respect to the hypothalamus | - |
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| hypothalamus | (noun) a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system | - |
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| hypothecate | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| (verb) pledge without delivery or title of possession | - |
| hypothermia | (noun) subnormal body temperature | - |
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| hypothermic | (adjective) of or relating to or affected by hypothermia | - |
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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 |
| hypothesise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothesize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothetic | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
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| hypothetical | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
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| (noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. | - |
| hypothetically | (adverb) by hypothesis | - |
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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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| hypotonic | (adjective) (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution | - |
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| (adjective) (of living tissue) lacking normal tone or tension | - |
| 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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| idempotent | (adjective) unchanged in value following multiplication by itself | - |
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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 |
| impotent | (adjective) lacking power or ability | - |
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| (adjective) (of a male) unable to copulate | - |
| impotently | (adverb) in a helpless manner | Synonyms: helplessly |
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| 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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| lipotropic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipophilic |
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| multipotent | (adjective) able to many things | - |
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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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| nilpotent | (adjective) equal to zero when raised to a certain power | - |
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| omnipotence | (noun) the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power | - |
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| omnipotent | (adjective) having unlimited power | Synonyms: all-powerful, almighty |
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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 |
| (verb) plant in a pot | - |
| potable | (adjective) suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drinkable |
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| (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drink, drinkable |
| 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 |
| potbellied | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: abdominous, paunchy |
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| 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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| potbound | (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: rootbound |
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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 |
| potent | (adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect | Synonyms: stiff, strong |
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| (adjective) (of a male) capable of copulation | Synonyms: virile |
| (adjective) having great influence | Synonyms: powerful |
| (adjective) having or wielding force or authority | Synonyms: strong |
| potentate | (noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law | Synonyms: dictator |
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| potential | (adjective) existing in possibility | Synonyms: possible |
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| (adjective) expected to become or be; in prospect | Synonyms: likely |
| (noun) the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | Synonyms: electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage |
| (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 |
| potentially | (adverb) with a possibility of becoming actual | - |
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| potentiate | (verb) increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) | - |
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| 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 | - |
| potently | (adverb) in a manner having a powerful influence | Synonyms: powerfully |
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| potful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pot | Synonyms: pot |
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