| posse | (noun) a temporary police force | Synonyms: posse comitatus |
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| posseman | (noun) an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse | - |
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| possess | (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: have, own |
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| (verb) have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill | - |
| (verb) enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas | - |
| possessed | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniac, demoniacal |
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| (adjective) influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | Synonyms: obsessed |
| 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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