| polyuria | (noun) renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes | - |
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| polyvalence | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalence, multivalency, polyvalency |
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| (noun) (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism | Synonyms: polyvalency |
| polyvalency | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence |
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| (noun) (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism | Synonyms: polyvalence |
| polyvalent | (adjective) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher | Synonyms: multivalent |
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| (adjective) containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen | - |
| polyzoa | (noun) marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids | Synonyms: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa |
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| polyzoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss |
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| pom | (noun) a disparaging term for a British person | Synonyms: pommy |
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| pomade | (noun) hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment | Synonyms: pomatum |
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| (verb) apply pomade to (hair) | - |
| pomaded | (adjective) (of hair) groomed with pomade | - |
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| pomatum | (noun) hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment | Synonyms: pomade |
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| pome | (noun) a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part | Synonyms: false fruit |
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| pomegranate | (noun) large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind | - |
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| (noun) shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit | Synonyms: pomegranate tree, Punica granatum |
| pomelo | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: shaddock |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock |
| pomfret | (noun) deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food | Synonyms: Brama raii |
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| pommel | (noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | Synonyms: saddlebow |
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| (noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | Synonyms: knob |
| (noun) a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse | - |
| (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: biff, pummel |
| pommy | (noun) a disparaging term for a British person | Synonyms: pom |
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| pomologist | (noun) someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees | - |
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| pomology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits | - |
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| pomp | (noun) ceremonial elegance and splendor | Synonyms: eclat |
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| (noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display | Synonyms: gaudery |
| pompadour | (noun) a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead | - |
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| (verb) style women's hair in a pompadour | - |
| pompano | (noun) any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico | - |
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| (noun) flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish | - |
| pompon | (noun) dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward | Synonyms: Anisotremus surinamensis, black margate |
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| (noun) decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat | Synonyms: pom-pom |
| pomposity | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
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| pompous | (adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display | Synonyms: ceremonious |
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| (adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous |
| pompously | (adverb) in a pompous manner | - |
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| pompousness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
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| ponce | (noun) someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) | Synonyms: fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, procurer |
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| (noun) a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses | - |
| poncho | (noun) a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head | - |
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| pond | (noun) a small lake | Synonyms: pool |
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| ponder | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| ponderable | (adjective) capable of being weighed or considered | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being thought about | Synonyms: cogitable |
| ponderer | (noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muller, muser, ruminator |
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| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| ponderosa | (noun) common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature | Synonyms: bull pine, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pine |
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| ponderosity | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness |
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| ponderous | (adjective) slow and laborious because of weight | Synonyms: heavy, lumbering |
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| (adjective) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness | - |
| (adjective) labored and dull | - |
| ponderously | (adverb) in a heavy ponderous manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an uninterestingly ponderous manner | - |
| ponderousness | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity |
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| (noun) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency | Synonyms: heaviness |
| pondweed | (noun) any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae | - |
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| (noun) submerged freshwater perennials | Synonyms: ditchmoss, Elodea, genus Elodea |
| pone | (noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) | Synonyms: cornpone |
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| pong | (noun) an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: niff |
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| pongee | (noun) a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation) | - |
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| pongid | (noun) any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae | Synonyms: great ape |
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| poniard | (noun) a dagger with a slender blade | Synonyms: bodkin |
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| (verb) stab with a poniard | - |
| pons | (noun) a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain | Synonyms: pons Varolii |
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| pontifex | (noun) a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome | - |
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| pontiff | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| pontifical | (adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | Synonyms: episcopal |
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| (adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolic, apostolical, papal |
| (adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous |
| (noun) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) | - |
| pontificate | (noun) the government of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papacy |
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| (verb) talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner | - |
| (verb) administer a pontifical office | - |
| pontoon | (noun) a float supporting a seaplane | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge | - |
| pony | (noun) any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder | - |
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| (noun) a range horse of the western United States | - |
| (noun) an informal term for a racehorse | - |
| (noun) a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey | Synonyms: jigger, shot glass |
| (noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: crib, trot |
| ponycart | (noun) a cart with an underslung axle and two seats | Synonyms: donkey cart, pony cart, tub-cart |
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| ponytail | (noun) a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail | - |
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| pooch | (noun) informal terms for dogs | Synonyms: barker, bow-wow, doggie, doggy |
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| (verb) round one's lips as if intending to kiss | Synonyms: pooch out |
| pood | (noun) a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds | - |
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| poodle | (noun) an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs | Synonyms: poodle dog |
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| poof | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
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| pool | (noun) any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | Synonyms: pocket billiards |
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| (noun) an excavation that is (usually) filled with water | - |
| (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: consortium, syndicate |
| (noun) an organization of people or resources that can be shared | - |
| (noun) something resembling a pool of liquid | Synonyms: puddle |
| (noun) a small lake | Synonyms: pond |
| (noun) a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid | Synonyms: puddle |
| (noun) any communal combination of funds | - |
| (noun) the combined stakes of the betters | Synonyms: kitty |
| (verb) join or form a pool of people | - |
| (verb) combine into a common fund | - |
| pooler | (noun) someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all | - |
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| poolroom | (noun) a room with pool tables where pool is played | - |
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| poon | (noun) any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood | - |
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| (noun) wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars | - |
| poop | (noun) the rear part of a ship | Synonyms: after part, quarter, stern, tail |
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| (noun) slang terms for inside information | Synonyms: dope, low-down, the skinny |
| (noun) a stupid foolish person | Synonyms: nincompoop, ninny |
| (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: crap, dirt, shit, shite, turd |
| poor | (adjective) having little money or few possessions | - |
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| (adjective) lacking in quality or substances | - |
| (adjective) characterized by or indicating poverty | - |
| (adjective) of insufficient quantity to meet a need | Synonyms: inadequate, jejune, short |
| (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched |
| (noun) people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) | Synonyms: poor people |
| poorhouse | (noun) an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless | - |
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| poorly | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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| (adverb) (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well | Synonyms: badly, ill |
| poorness | (noun) the quality of being poorly made or maintained | - |
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| (noun) less than adequate | - |
| (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness |
| (noun) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | Synonyms: impoverishment, poverty |
| poorwill | (noun) goatsucker of western North America | Synonyms: Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
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| poove | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, pouf, queen, queer |
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| pop | (adjective) (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) | Synonyms: popular |
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| (noun) music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love | Synonyms: pop music |
| (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: popping |
| (noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | Synonyms: soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic |
| (noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa |
| (adverb) like a pop or with a pop | - |
| (verb) burst open with a sharp, explosive sound | - |
| (verb) cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound | - |
| (verb) fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise | - |
| (verb) take drugs, especially orally | - |
| (verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pour down, toss off |
| (verb) hit a pop-fly | - |
| (verb) put or thrust suddenly and forcefully | - |
| (verb) hit or strike | - |
| (verb) release suddenly | - |
| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop out, protrude, start |
| (verb) make a sharp explosive noise | - |
| (verb) appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly | Synonyms: burst out, crop up, pop out, pop up |
| (verb) cause to make a sharp explosive sound | - |
| popcorn | (noun) small kernels of corn exploded by heat | - |
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| (noun) corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat | Synonyms: Zea mays everta |
| pope | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| popery | (noun) offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papism |
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| popeyed | (adjective) having bulging eyes | - |
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| (adjective) with eyes or mouth open in surprise | Synonyms: goggle-eyed, openmouthed |
| popgun | (noun) plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound | - |
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| popinjay | (noun) an archaic term for a parrot | - |
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| (noun) a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) | - |
| popish | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papist, papistic, papistical, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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| popishly | (adverb) like the Pope; in a popish manner | - |
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| poplar | (noun) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins | Synonyms: poplar tree |
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| (noun) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar | - |
| poplin | (noun) a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery | - |
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| popliteal | (adjective) of or relating to the area behind the knee joint | - |
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| popover | (noun) light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup | - |
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| popper | (noun) a container for cooking popcorn | - |
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| (noun) a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite) | - |
| poppet | (noun) a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines | Synonyms: poppet valve |
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| poppin | (adjective) Of an event that is taking place and is lively | - |
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| popping | (noun) a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork | Synonyms: pop |
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| poppy | (noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers | - |
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| poppycock | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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| popsicle | (noun) ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | Synonyms: ice lolly, lollipop, lolly |
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| populace | (noun) people in general considered as a whole | Synonyms: public, world |
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| popular | (adjective) regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public | - |
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| (adjective) carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large | - |
| (adjective) (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) | Synonyms: pop |
| (adjective) representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | Synonyms: democratic |
| popularisation | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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| (noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularization |
| popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| popularism | (noun) music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority | - |
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| popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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| popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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| (noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
| popularize | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularise |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| popularizer | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: populariser, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| popularly | (adverb) among the people | - |
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| populate | (verb) fill with inhabitants | - |
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| (verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in | Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, live |