English words: pocket to -pody
300 English words, part 114 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.
English words pocket to -pody
- pocket adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɒk.ɪt/: A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- pocket battleship noun: Any of a class of German cruisers, having guns normally found on a battleship, operated during World War II; a battlecruiser.
- pocket beach noun: A small beach between two headlands.
- pocket bike noun: A miniature motorcycle, with a wheelbase in the range of 1000 mm and an engine displacing as little as 40cc.
- pocket billiards noun: Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls...
- pocket book noun: Alternative form of pocketbook (“small-form book”).
- pocket borough noun: A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the burgage tenements (whose occupants had the right to vote...
- pocket bra noun: A bra with pockets for inserting breast forms.
- pocket bread noun: Any unleavened bread cooked such that an air pocket forms in the center.
- pocket calculator noun: A compact and portable electronic calculator.
- pocket call noun, verb: An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in one's (pants or trouser) pocket due to body movement.
- pocket cartoon noun: An editorial cartoon consisting of a topical single-panel single-column drawing.
- pocket cartoonist noun: A person who creates one or more pocket cartoons.
- pocket CD noun: Synonym of mini CD.
- pocket change noun: Synonym of small change (“coins in the pocket, ready to spend”).
- pocket clock noun: A small portable timepiece; a pocket watch.
- pocket computer noun: A small portable computer with a screen capable of displaying only a few lines of text.
- Pocket Cube noun: A smaller variety of Rubik's Cube with only 8 cubies arranged as a 2×2×2 cube.
- pocket dial noun, verb: A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
- pocket diaper noun: A type of cloth diaper, secured with snaps or velcro, that consists of a waterproof inner and outer layer sewn together, creating a pocket, which is stuffed...
- pocket dictionary noun: A small portable dictionary.
- pocket door noun: A door that slides into the wall.
- pocket edition noun: An edition of a book that has been altered to fit in the reader's pocket, usually by using thinner paper, smaller print, and abridged text.
- pocket flask noun: A flat metal container for alcoholic beverages, with a narrow neck suitable for use as a drinking spout, designed to fit into a man's pocket and popular in...
- pocket gopher noun: Any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers, native North and Central America.
- pocket handkerchief adjective, noun: Alternative form of pocket handkerchief.
- pocket-hole noun: An opening in an article of clothing that gives access to a pocket.
- pocket-hole jig noun: A type of tool used to drill a series of holes until a pocket-hole is created.
- pocket knife noun: Alternative spelling of pocketknife.
- pocket lamp noun: A small lamp or torch.
- pocket light noun: A flashlight small enough to fit in someone's pocket.
- pocket litter noun: Items in a spy's pocket (such as ticket stubs and coins) to make their cover seem more authentic.
- pocket melon noun: Synonym of dudaim.
- pocket money noun: A small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance
- pocket monster noun: A fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise.
- pocket mouse noun: Perognathus species
- pocket nappy noun: Synonym of pocket diaper.
- pocket net noun: A kind of small net for the recapture of aquatic organisms in scientific studies.
- pocket pair noun: Two hole cards of the same value.
- pocket park noun: A small public park.
- pocket pet noun: Any very small mammal, such as a mouse or rat, commonly kept as a household pet.
- pocket piece noun: Something carried in the pocket for good luck, especially a coin.
- pocket pistol noun: A semi-automatic handgun designed to be carried inconspicuously in a pocket of one's clothing.
- pocket plum noun: Synonym of bladder plum.
- pocket pool noun: The act of manipulating one's genitalia through a trouser pocket; masturbation.
- pocket protector noun: A sheath, usually of plastic, designed to fit in a shirt pocket and hold pens and other small implements, preventing them from tearing or staining the shirt.
- pocket rocket noun: A penis.
- pocket rockets noun: A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- pocket-sheriff noun: A sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the Crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer.
- pocket shrapnel noun: Synonym of spare change.
- pocket-size adjective: Alternative spelling of pocket-sized.
- pocket-sized adjective: Small enough to fit into a pocket.
- pocket square noun: A handkerchief worn in a breast pocket as an accessory to a suit.
- pocket symphony noun: A song with some characteristics of a symphony.
- pocket T noun: Synonym of pocket T-shirt.
- pocket T-shirt noun: A T-shirt with a breast pocket.
- pocket tee noun: Alternative form of pocket T.
- pocket trumpet noun: A compact B-flat major trumpet, with the same range as a standard B-flat major trumpet.
- pocket universe noun: A hypothetical realm in inflationary theory, only one of which would contain our observable universe.
- pocket up verb: To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.
- pocket veto noun: A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until...
- pocket watch noun, verb: A watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.
- pocketa-queep interjection: A sound from a machine, usually when in need of a tune-up.
- pocketability noun: The quality of being pocketable.
- pocketable adjective: Able to be put in one's pocket.
- pocketbook noun /ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/: A purse or handbag.
- pocketbook issue noun: Synonym of bread-and-butter issue.
- pocketed adjective, verb: Having a pocket; with pockets.
- pocketer noun: One who pockets something, or (figurative) appropriates money or goods.
- pocketful noun: The amount that a pocket would hold.
- pockethandkerchief noun: Alternative form of pocket handkerchief.
- pocketing noun, verb: The act of something being taken (usually illicitly purloined).
- pocketknife noun: A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the...
- pocketless adjective: Without pockets.
- pocketlight noun: Alternative form of pocket light.
- pocketlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pocket.
- pocketphone noun: A telephone that fits in one's pocket; a mobile phone.
- PocketQube noun: A standard miniature space satellite which is similar to a CubeSat, but one quarter the size.
- pocketting noun, verb: Alternative spelling of pocketing.
- pocketwards adverb: Towards one's pocket.
- pocketwatch noun: Alternative spelling of pocket watch.
- pockety adjective: Occurring in isolated pockets.
- pockily adverb: In a pocky manner.
- pockiness noun: The state or quality of being pocky.
- pocking noun, verb: The presence of pock marks.
- Pocklington proper noun /ˈpɒklɪŋtən/: A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8048).
- pockmanteau noun: portmanteau
- pockmark noun /ˈpɒk.mɑːk/: A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.
- pockmarked adjective, verb: Having pockmarks.
- pockpit noun: A pockmark.
- pockpitted adjective: pockmarked
- pockweed noun: Synonym of skunk cabbage (“Symplocarpus foetidus”).
- pockwood noun: lignum vitae
- pocky adjective /ˈpɒki/: Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
- POCO noun: Acronym of plain old CLR object.
- poco a poco adverb: little by little; gradually
- Pocock proper noun: A surname transferred from the nickname.
- pococurante adjective, noun /ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/: Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.
- pococuranteism noun: Alternative form of pococurantism.
- pococurantic adjective: Synonym of pococurante.
- pococurantism noun /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪzəm/: Indifference, nonchalance.
- pococurantist noun /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈɹæntɪst/: A nonchalant, indifferent person.
- pocomania noun: A form of Jamaican folk religion that combines revivalism with African elements such as spirit possession
- pocong noun: In Indonesian and Malaysian folklore, a ghost that wears a burial shroud.
- Pocono adjective: Relating to the Poconos (mountain range of Pennsylvania).
- Poconos proper noun /ˈpoʊkənoʊz/: A mountain range in Pennsylvania.
- pocosen noun: Alternative form of pocosin.
- pocosin noun /pəˈkoʊsən/: A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
- pocoson noun: Alternative form of pocosin.
- POCT noun: Initialism of point-of-care testing.
- poculation noun: Drinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor.
- poculent adjective, noun: Fit for drink.
- poculiform adjective, noun /ˈpɒkjʊlɪfɔːm/: Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
- poculum noun /ˈpɒkjʊləm/: A drinking-cup used in Ancient Rome.
- POCUS noun: Acronym of point-of-care ultrasonography.
- pod noun, prefix, suffix, verb /ˈpɒd/: A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
- pod auger noun: An auger, usually tapered, with a channel, usually with sharp edges, running up the shaft.
- pod bit noun: Synonym of pod auger.
- pod chute noun: A launch tube, airlock, or chute system used to deploy armored drop pods, escape pods, or atmospheric landers from a larger spacecraft.
- pod corn noun: A mutant variety of maize that forms leaves around each kernel.
- pod hotel noun: A capsule hotel.
- pod mod noun: A kind of electronic cigarette used to vape nicotine through a mouthpiece connected to the body of the device by magnets.
- pod shaver noun: A craftsman skilled at carving cricket bats in a traditional manner.
- pod slurping noun: The illicit copying of data from an unattended personal computer by plugging in a portable storage device
- pod vegetable noun: Any fruit vegetable whose pods are often eaten while they are still green.
- poda patti interjection: An insult: go away, you dog!
- podagra noun /pɒˈdæɡɹə/: Gout in the big toe.
- podagral adjective: Relating to podagra.
- podagric adjective, noun: Of or relating to gout.
- podagrical adjective: podagric; gouty
- podagrous adjective: gouty
- -podal adjective, suffix: Relating to the foot
- podalgia noun: Pain in the foot.
- podalic adjective: Relating to the foot.
- podalic version noun: The turning of the fetus during childbirth so as to bring it down with the feet presenting.
- podalically adverb: By means of, or in terms of the foot, or feet collectively.
- podand noun: Any open-chain equivalent of a crown ether, i.e. a compound having one or more -O-CH₂-CH₂-O- group
- podapolipid noun: Any member of the Podapolipidae.
- podar noun: A cash-keeper, especially an officer attached to a treasury, responsible for weighing money and bullion and appraising the value of coins.
- podargid noun: Any bird in the family Podargidae; a frogmouth.
- podargus noun: Any of the birds of the genus Podargus in the frogmouth family.
- podatus noun: A neume representing two notes ascending.
- podcar noun: A small pod-like passenger vehicle.
- podcase noun: The case of a pod
- podcast noun, verb /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/: A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on...
- podcastable adjective: Capable of being podcasted.
- podcaster noun: One who podcasts.
- podcasting noun, verb: The distribution of multimedia files over the Internet for playback on a mobile device, often in MP3 format.
- podcat noun: A person who is very fond of podcasts, or who listens to podcasts on a regular basis.
- podcatch verb: To download and listen to a podcast.
- podcatcher noun: A podcast client; a device, or software, that can receive a podcast.
- podcatching noun, verb: The downloading of podcasts.
- poddar noun: Alternative form of podar.
- podded adjective, verb: having pods (of a particular kind)
- podder noun: One who collects pods or pulse.
- poddidge noun: Porridge.
- poddinger noun: Synonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
- poddish noun: Porridge.
- poddy adjective, noun, verb: Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
- pode noun, suffix: Toad.
- podeena noun: Alternative form of pudina.
- podelcoma noun: Synonym of Madura foot.
- Podell proper noun: A surname.
- podesta noun: Alternative form of podesta.
- podestaressa noun: The wife of a mayor.
- podestrian noun: A pedestrian who listens to music (in particular, using an iPod) while walking and thus has lessened situational awareness.
- podetial adjective: Relating to a podetium.
- podetiiform adjective: Shaped like a podetium.
- podetium noun: A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, such as the reindeer moss.
- podex noun: The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
- podfading noun: the phenomenon of podcasts disappearing after a relatively short time
- podfic noun: Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files available for streaming or download.
- podficcer noun: A fan who records podfics.
- podge noun /pɒd͡ʒ/: A fat person.
- podger noun: A tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally used to align holes in two items, so that a bolt, rod or other item can be inserted...
- podgily adverb: In a podgy way.
- podginess noun: The state or quality of being podgy.
- Podgorica proper noun /ˈpɒdɡəɹɪtsa/: The capital and largest city of Montenegro.
- podgy adjective /ˈpɒd͡ʒi/: Slightly fat.
- podhead noun: One who is obsessed with his or her iPod.
- Podhoretzian adjective: Of or relating to Norman Podhoretz (born 1930), American writer and conservative political commentator.
- podial adjective: Relating to a podium.
- podiate noun: Any organism of the clade Podiata.
- podiatric adjective: Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot
- podiatrist noun /pəˈdaɪətɹɪst/: A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.
- podiatry noun /pəˈdaɪətɹi/: Chiropody.
- podical adjective: anal (applied to certain body parts)
- podicellate adjective: Stalked.
- podicipedid noun: Any bird in the family Podicipedidae; a grebe.
- podiform adjective: pod-shaped
- podilfen noun: A vasodilator.
- podina noun: Alternative form of pudina.
- podismus noun: spasm of the muscles of the foot
- podite noun: A limb of a crustacean when ambulatory.
- poditti noun: Synonym of yellow-billed kingfisher (“Syma torotoro”).
- podium noun, suffix, verb /ˈpəʊ.di.əm/: A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- podium position noun: An outcome of being among the best three participants in a competition.
- podium sweep noun: A situation in which a team or a nation places first, second and third in competition, such as at the Olympics, and wins all the available medals, which are...
- podiumed adjective, verb: Placed on a podium (especially as a result of winning, or coming second or third, in a race or similar competition).
- podler noun: Alternative form of podley.
- podlet noun: A small pod.
- podley noun: A young coalfish.
- podlike adjective: Resembling a pod.
- podly noun: Alternative form of podley.
- podmate noun: A person or animal of the same pod (section, group, etc.).
- podner noun: Alternative form of pardner.
- podo noun, prefix: Any of various trees of the genus Afrocarpus or Podocarpus.
- podobranch noun: One of the gills attached to the bases of the legs in crustaceans.
- podobranchia noun: Synonym of podobranch.
- podobromhidrosis noun: bromhidrosis of the feet.
- podocalyxin noun: A sialoglycoprotein, one of the transmembrane sialomucins, thought to be the major constituent of the glycocalyx of podocytes.
- podocarp noun: Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Podocarpus, from the southern hemisphere.
- podocarpacean noun: Any conifer of the family Podocarpaceae
- podocarpaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Podocarpaceae.
- podocarpium noun: In certain members of the Podocarpaceae, a group of fleshy fused bracts beneath the female cone that swell to enclose the developing seeds and attract...
- podocarpus noun /ˌpoʊdəˈkɑɹpəs/: Any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers.
- podocerid noun: Any amphipod in the family Podoceridae.
- podocin noun: A protein which lines the podocytes and whose mutations can cause nephrotic syndrome
- podocinid noun: Any mite in the family Podocinidae.
- podocnemid noun: Any turtle of the genus Podocnemis
- podocnemidid noun: Any of a group of side-necked turtles of the family Podocnemididae
- podoconiosis noun: An endemic form of nonfilarial elephantiasis
- podocopan noun: Synonym of podocopid.
- podocopid noun: Any ostracod of the order Podocopida
- podoctid noun: Any harvestman of the family Podoctidae.
- podocyst noun: A cyst beneath the pedal discs of scyphozoan polyps
- podocyte noun: A cell of the visceral epithelium in the kidney
- podocytic adjective: Relating to podocytes
- podocytopathic adjective: Relating to podocytopathy
- podocytopathy noun: disease affecting podocytes
- podocytopenia noun: An abnormal podocyte deficiency.
- podocyturia noun: The presence of podocytes in the urine
- pododermatitis noun: dermatitis in the foot
- pododynia noun: Synonym of podalgia.
- podofilox noun: podophyllotoxin
- podogynium noun: A pedicel rising from the base of a flower with the ovary at the top.
- podokesaurid noun: Any theropod dinosaur of the family Podokesauridae, now considered to be a synonym of the superfamily Coelophysoidea.
- podokinesthesis noun: kinesthesis of the foot
- podokinesthetic adjective: Relating to podokinesthesis
- podokinetic adjective: That uses a foot or feet for locomotion
- Podolia proper noun: A historic region of Eastern Europe in parts of present-day Ukraine and Moldova
- Podolian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Podolia.
- podologist noun: A podiatrist or chiropodist
- podology noun: podiatry, chiropody
- Podolsk proper noun: A city in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
- Podolski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Podolsky proper noun: A surname.
- podom noun: A type of sarcophagus traditionally used in Sumatra.
- podomancy noun: Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
- podomer noun: Any of the divisions of the leg of an insect or beetle
- podomere noun: A segment of a limb of an arthropod.
- podometric adjective: Relating to podometrics
- podometrics noun: The measurement of podocytes
- podonid noun: Any onychopod of the family Podonidae
- podonut noun: A collection of very many podosomes in migrating microglia
- podophage noun: Any bacteriophage of the family Podoviridae
- podophile noun: A foot fetishist; one who has a foot fetish.
- podophilia noun: Synonym of foot fetishism.
- podophilic adjective: Exhibiting podophilia.
- podophthalmite noun: The eyestalk of a crustacean.
- podophthalmous adjective: stalk-eyed (said formerly of crustaceans in the former group Podophthalmia)
- podophyllaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Podophyllaceae.
- podophyllin noun: A resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome of Podophyllum by means of water acidified with hydrochloric acid.
- podophyllotoxin noun: A toxin obtained from the rhizomes of some South American plants that is the base of the anticancer drug etoposide.
- podophyllous adjective: Having thin, flat, leaf-like locomotive organs.
- podophyllum noun: Any of the genus Podophyllum of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Berberidaceae, with palmately lobed umbrella-like leaves, and several stems...
- podoplanin noun: A particular glycoprotein
- podopompholyx noun: pompholyx affecting the foot
- podoscaph noun: Each of a pair of ski-shaped canoe-like floats attached to the feet, used for walking on water.
- podoscope noun: A device used to visualise pressure areas on the soles of the feet.
- podosol noun: Synonym of spodosol.
- podosoma noun: The section of the idiosoma of a mite which bears the legs; body sections III through VI.
- podosomal adjective: Of or relating to a podosome.
- podosome noun: The primary site of integrin-stimulated actin polymerization in some leukocytes
- podosperm noun: The funiculus (stalk of a seed or ovule).
- podospermium noun: Synonym of podosperm (“funiculus”).
- podosphere noun: The collective podcasting community.
- podostemaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Podostemaceae.
- podostemoid noun: Any plant of the subfamily Podostemoideae
- podostemonaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Podostemonaceae.
- podotactile adjective: Synonym of pedotactile.
- podotheca noun: The scaly or skin covering of the foot of a bird or animal.
- podothecal adjective: Relating to the podotheca.
- podotrochlear adjective: Relating to podotrochlosis
- podotrochlosis noun: equine lameness caused by an inflammation of the tendons of the sesamoid bone
- -podous suffix: footed; having a certain number or type of feet or legs
- podovirus noun: Any of a group of bacterial DNA viruses, of the genus Podovirus
- podpolkovnik noun: A person holding a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.
- podsol noun: Alternative form of podzol.
- podsolic adjective, noun: Alternative form of podzolic.
- podsolization noun: Alternative form of podzolization.
- podsolize verb: Alternative form of podzolize.
- podstakannik noun /ˌpɒdstəˈkænɪk/: a tea glass holder
- podule noun /ˈpɒdjuːl/: An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
- podunk adjective, noun /ˈpoʊdʌŋk/: A member of a Native American people who spoke an Algonquian Quiripi language and lived primarily in modern-day Hartford County, Connecticut.
- podurid noun: Any in the family Poduridae of springtails.
- poduromorph noun: Any springtail of the order Poduromorpha
- podware noun: The seeds of legumes.
- -pody suffix: A unit or line consisting of a specified number of metrical feet
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.