| 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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