possession | (noun) anything owned or possessed | - |
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(noun) the act of having and controlling property | Synonyms: ownership |
(noun) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck) | - |
(noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower |
(noun) a territory that is controlled by a ruling state | - |
(noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: monomania |
(noun) being controlled by passion or the supernatural | - |
possessive | (adjective) serving to express or indicate possession | Synonyms: genitive |
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(adjective) desirous of owning | - |
(adjective) having or showing a desire to control or dominate | - |
(noun) the case expressing ownership | Synonyms: genitive, genitive case, possessive case |
possessively | (adverb) in a possessive manner | - |
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possessiveness | (noun) excessive desire to possess or dominate | - |
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possessor | (noun) a person who owns something | Synonyms: owner |
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posset | (noun) sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer | - |
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possibility | (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: hypothesis, theory |
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(noun) a possible alternative | Synonyms: opening, possible action |
(noun) a future prospect or potential | - |
(noun) capability of existing or happening or being true | Synonyms: possibleness |
possible | (adjective) capable of happening or existing | - |
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(adjective) existing in possibility | Synonyms: potential |
(noun) something that can be done | - |
(noun) an applicant who might be suitable | - |
possibleness | (noun) capability of existing or happening or being true | Synonyms: possibility |
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possibly | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps |
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(adverb) to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means | - |
possum | (noun) nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | Synonyms: opossum |
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(noun) small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails | Synonyms: opossum, phalanger |
possumwood | (noun) medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe | Synonyms: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana |
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post | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, office, place, position, situation |
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(noun) the delivery and collection of letters and packages | - |
(noun) an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position | - |
(noun) military installation at which a body of troops is stationed | Synonyms: military post |
(noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office | Synonyms: mail, mail service, postal service |
(noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: stake |
(noun) A message on a social media website | - |
(noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered | Synonyms: mail |
(noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand | Synonyms: station |
(verb) display, as of records in sports games | - |
(verb) mark or expose as infamous | Synonyms: brand |
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: mail, send |
(verb) publicize with, or as if with, a poster | - |
(verb) To post a message on a social media website | - |
(verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, send, station |
(verb) place so as to be noticed | Synonyms: put up |
(verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: stake |
(verb) affix in a public place or for public notice | - |
(verb) ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait | - |
(verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) enter on a public list | - |
(verb) assign to a post; put into a post | - |
postage | (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage stamp, stamp |
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(noun) the charge for mailing something | - |
postal | (adjective) of or relating to the system for delivering mail | - |
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postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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postbag | (noun) letter carrier's shoulder bag | Synonyms: mailbag |
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postbiblical | (adjective) subsequent to biblical times | - |
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postbox | (noun) public box for deposit of mail | Synonyms: letter box, mailbox |
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postcard | (noun) a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | Synonyms: mailing-card, post card, postal card |
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postcava | (noun) receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins | Synonyms: inferior vena cava |
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postcode | (noun) a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail | Synonyms: postal code, ZIP, ZIP code |
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postdate | (verb) establish something as being later relative to something else | - |
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(verb) be later in time | Synonyms: follow |
postdiluvian | (adjective) existing or occurring after Noah's flood | - |
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(noun) anything living after Noah's flood | - |
postdoc | (noun) a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree | Synonyms: post doc |
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(noun) a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research | Synonyms: post doc, postdoctoral |
postdoctoral | (adjective) of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed | - |
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(noun) a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research | Synonyms: post doc, postdoc |
posted | (adjective) publicly displayed | - |
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poster | (noun) a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers | Synonyms: post-horse, post horse |
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(noun) a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | Synonyms: bill, card, notice, placard, posting |
(noun) someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards | Synonyms: bill poster, bill sticker |
posterboard | (noun) a cardboard suitable for making posters | Synonyms: paperboard, poster board |
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posterior | (adjective) located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure | - |
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(adjective) coming at a subsequent time or stage | Synonyms: later, ulterior |
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) a tooth situated at the back of the mouth | Synonyms: back tooth |
posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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(noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |
posterity | (noun) all future generations | - |
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(noun) all of the offspring of a given progenitor | Synonyms: descendants |
postern | (noun) a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle | - |
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postexilic | (adjective) of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
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postfix | (noun) an affix that is added at the end of the word | Synonyms: suffix |
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postganglionic | (adjective) beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia) | - |
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postglacial | (adjective) relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period | - |
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postgraduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: graduate |
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(noun) a student who continues studies after graduation | Synonyms: grad student, graduate student |
posthitis | (noun) inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection | - |
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posthole | (noun) a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post | Synonyms: post hole |
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posthouse | (noun) an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders | Synonyms: post house |
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posthumous | (adjective) occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | - |
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posthumously | (adverb) after death | - |
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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 |
postictal | (adjective) pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion | - |
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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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postindustrial | (adjective) of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research | - |
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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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(verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: frank |
postmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a post office | - |
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postmenopausal | (adjective) subsequent to menopause | - |
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postmeridian | (adjective) after midday | - |
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postmillennial | (adjective) of or relating to the period following the millennium | - |
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postmistress | (noun) a woman postmaster | - |
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postmodern | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodernist |
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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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postmodernist | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodern |
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postmortal | (adjective) occurring or done after death | Synonyms: postmortem |
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postmortem | (adjective) occurring or done after death | Synonyms: postmortal |
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(adjective) after death or after an event | - |
(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 |
(noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred | Synonyms: post-mortem |
postnatal | (adjective) occurring immediately after birth | Synonyms: postpartum |
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postnuptial | (adjective) relating to events after a marriage | - |
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postoperative | (adjective) happening or done after a surgical operation | - |
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postoperatively | (adverb) after the operation | - |
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postpaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: prepaid |
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postpartum | (adjective) occurring immediately after birth | Synonyms: postnatal |
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postpone | (verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
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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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postpose | (verb) place after another constituent in the sentence | - |
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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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postpositive | (adjective) (of a modifier) placed after another word | - |
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postprandial | (adjective) following a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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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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(verb) take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom | Synonyms: posit |
(verb) maintain or assert | Synonyms: contend |
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take |
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 |
postulational | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, axiomatical |
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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 | - |
postural | (adjective) of or relating to or involving posture | - |
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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 |
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, sit |
(verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | Synonyms: pose |
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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postwar | (adjective) belonging to the period after a war | - |
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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 |
(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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