English words: podzol to point of honour
300 English words, part 115 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.
English words podzol to point of honour
- podzol noun: The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.
- podzolic adjective, noun: Resembling or relating to podzol.
- podzolisation noun: Alternative form of podzolization.
- podzolization noun: The process of podzolizing.
- podzolize verb: To transform into podzol.
- podzoluvisol noun: Synonym of albeluvisol.
- poe noun, verb /pəʊ/: A person whose views, statements, or behaviour are so extreme or satirical that it is impossible to tell whether they are sincere or parodic.
- poë-bird noun /ˈpəʊiːbɜːd/: Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
- Poe-esque adjective /pəʊˈɛsk/: Of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to his works; also,...
- Poe-like adjective /ˈpəʊlaɪk/: Synonym of Poe-esque (“of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to...
- PoEAA noun: Initialism of Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture.
- Poean adjective /ˈpəʊən/: Synonym of Poe-esque (“of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to...
- poechite noun: A silicate mineral with the formula H₁₆Fe₈Mn₂Si₃O₂₀.
- poecilid noun: Alternative spelling of poeciliid.
- poeciliid noun: Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.
- poecilitic adjective: Mottled with various colours; variegated; spotted.
- poecilo- prefix: Alternative spelling of poikilo-.
- poecilogony noun: Diversity amongst germ cells of an organism.
- poecilonym noun /ˈpiːsɪlənɪm/: Any of several names for a thing; an alternative name.
- poecilonymic adjective: That is a poecilonym to another word.
- poecilonymy noun: The use of several names for the same thing in the same document.
- poecilopod noun: One of the Poecilopoda, a former order of arthropods including king crabs, trilobites and horseshoe crabs.
- poecilosclerid noun: Any demosponge of the order Poecilosclerida
- poecilostomatoid noun: Any member of the order Poecilostomatoida of copepods.
- poed adjective: Alternative form of p.o.'ed.
- poee noun: A Goan wholewheat hollow flatbread.
- Poehler proper noun /ˈpəʊ.lə/: A surname from German.
- -poeia suffix /ˈpiːə/: Used to form nouns that denote the making or creating of something.
- Poeish adjective /ˈpəʊɪʃ/: Synonym of Poe-esque (“of or relating to Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), the American poet and writer best known for tales of the macabre and mystery, or to...
- poem noun /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/: A literary piece written in verse.
- poematic adjective: Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical.
- poemet noun: A short poem.
- poemette noun: A short poem.
- poemless adjective: Without a poem.
- poemlessness noun: Absence of poems.
- poemlet noun: A short poem.
- poemlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poem.
- POEMS syndrome noun: A rare medical syndrome, the combination of a plasma-cell proliferative disorder (typically myeloma), polyneuropathy, and effects on many other organ systems.
- poena cullei noun: A form of execution in Ancient Rome consisting of being sewn up in a sack, sometimes with live animals, and then being thrown into water.
- poena damni noun: The pain caused by a sense of loss.
- poenamu noun: Alternative form of pounamu (“greenstone”).
- poep noun: A fart.
- poephagous adjective: grass-eating
- Poer proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
- poesie noun: Alternative form of poesy.
- poesiless adjective: Without poesy.
- poesiology noun /ˌpəʊɪziˈɒlədʒi/: The study of poesy or poetry.
- -poesis suffix: Alternative form of -poiesis.
- Poesque adjective /pəʊˈɛsk/: Alternative spelling of Poe-esque
- poesy noun, verb /ˈpəʊɪzi/: A poem.
- poet noun /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/: A person who writes poems.
- poet blouse noun: Synonym of poet shirt.
- poet laureate noun: A poet officially appointed by a government, often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events.
- poet's daffodil noun: A daffodil of species Narcissus poeticus, found in Europe and North America.
- poet's day noun: Alternative form of POETS day.
- poet's jasmine noun: A vine with intensely fragrant white flowers, used to make perfume, Jasminum officinale.
- poet shirt noun: A loose-fitting blouse with full bishop sleeves, usually decorated with large frills on the front and the cuffs.
- poet sleeve noun: The flaring sleeve of a poet shirt.
- poetaster noun /pəʊɪtæstə(ɹ)/: An unskilled poet.
- poetastering adjective, noun: The writing of inferior poetry.
- poetasterism noun: The writing of inferior poetry.
- poetastery noun: Inferior poetry.
- poetasting noun: The writing of inferior poetry.
- poetastric adjective: Relating to the writing of inferior poetry.
- poetastrical adjective: Being or relating to unskilled poetry.
- poetastry noun: The works of a poetaster; inferior poetry.
- poetaz adjective: Being or relating to hybrids of the plants Narcissus poeticus and Narcissus tazetta.
- poetcraft noun: The art of writing poetry.
- poetdom noun: The realm or sphere of poets.
- poetese noun: The language used by poets.
- poetesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poet or poetry.
- poetess noun /ˌpəʊ.ɪˈtɛs/: A female poet.
- poetette noun: A young or insignificant poet, usually female.
- poethood noun: The property of being a poet.
- poetic adjective /pəʊˈɛtɪk/: Relating to poetry.
- poetic justice noun /pəʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/: Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”).
- poetic licence noun: Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.
- poetic license noun: US standard spelling of poetic licence.
- poetical adjective /poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/: Synonym of poetic.
- poetical justice noun /pəʊˌɛtɪkl̩ ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/: The idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished.
- poeticality noun: The quality of being poetical.
- poetically adverb /pəʊˈɛtɪkəli/: In a poetic manner.
- poeticalness noun: The state or quality of being poetical.
- poeticise verb: Alternative form of poeticize.
- poeticism noun: Poetic style; lyricism.
- poeticity noun: The quality of being poetic.
- poeticization noun: The act or process of making poetic.
- poeticize verb: To make poetic, or express in poetry.
- poeticky adjective: poetic
- poeticness noun: The state or quality of being poetic.
- poetics noun: The theory of poetry, or of literature in general.
- poeticule noun: A poetaster; a bad poet.
- poetise verb: To write as a poet; to put into a poem
- poetiser noun: Alternative form of poetizer.
- poetism noun: An avantgarde approach to art introduced by Karel Teige in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s in reaction to the prevailing proletarian art, encouraging lyricism...
- poetist adjective, noun: An artist who follows poetism, a Czechoslovakian art movement.
- poetization noun: The act or process of making something poetic.
- poetize verb: To make (something) poetic.
- poetizer noun: An inferior poet.
- poetless adjective: Without a poet.
- poetlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poet.
- poetling noun: A young, immature, inexperienced, petty, or insignificant poet.
- poetly adjective: Of or relating to a poet
- poetolatry noun: Excessive or religious worship of poets.
- poetologic adjective: Alternative form of poetological.
- poetological adjective: Relating to poetology.
- poetologically adverb: In terms of poetology.
- poetologist noun: One who studies poetology.
- poetology noun: poetics; theory of poetry
- poetress noun: A female poet; a poetess.
- poetry noun /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/: Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
- poetry in motion noun /ˈpəʊɪtɹi ɪn ˈməʊʃən/: Fluid, graceful movement.
- poetry reading noun: A public oral recitation or performance of poetry.
- poetry slam noun: A competition at which poets (slam poets) recite their poems (slam poetry) before an audience and are given scores by judges.
- poetryless adjective: Without poetry.
- poetrylessness noun: Absence of poetry.
- poetrylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of poetry.
- poets day noun: Friday, the last day of the working week.
- poetship noun: The state or character of a poet.
- poetwise adverb: In the manner of a poet.
- POF noun: Initialism of premature ovarian failure.
- Poff proper noun: A surname.
- poffertje noun /ˈpɒfəɹt͡ʃə/: A traditional Dutch treat resembling a fluffy pancake, made with yeast and buckwheat flour.
- POFMA verb: To accuse someone of spreading falsehoods online under the same law.
- pog adjective, interjection, noun, verb /pɒɡ/: Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
- pogamoggan noun: A Native American weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antler fastened to the end of a slender wooden handle.
- pogchamp interjection, noun: Synonym of pog.
- poge noun: Alternative form of pogue (“soldier who is assigned administrative rather than combat duties”).
- pogey noun /ˈpəʊɡi/: A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.
- pogey bait noun: Snacks, candy, and similar food items that are not generally available to soldiers in the field.
- POGG noun: Abbreviation of peace, order and good government.
- pogge noun /pɒɡ/: A scorpaeniform fish native to the waters of northern Europe, Agonus cataphractus
- pogged adjective, verb /pɒɡd/: Full; replete.
- Poggendorff illusion noun: An optical illusion involving the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an...
- poggers adjective, interjection /ˈpɔ.ɡɚz/: Expresses strong excitement.
- Poggi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- poggle noun: Alternative form of paugul.
- poggy noun: Alternative form of porgy.
- poghaden noun: menhaden (fish)
- pogi point noun: A brownie point earned by a man who curries favor with a female courtship partner or her parents.
- pogie noun /ˈpəʊɡi/: Alternative form of pogy (“type of fish”).
- pogo noun, verb /ˈpəʊɡəʊ/: To use a pogo stick.
- POGO hub noun: An establishment run by POGOs.
- pogo oscillation noun: A dangerous oscillation in the fuel or structure of a rocket along the long axis induced by a surge in thrust.
- pogo stick noun, verb: A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.
- pogoer noun: One who dances the pogo.
- Pogolo noun: An ethnic group based in Iringa Region and Morogoro Region, Tanzania.
- pogona noun: A bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia.
- pogonia noun: Any of the genus Pogonia of orchids.
- pogoniate adjective: bearded, barbate
- pogonic adjective /pəʊˈɡɒ.nɪk/: Of or relating to a beard.
- pogonion noun: The furthest-forward part of the chin.
- pogonip noun: An ice fog which forms in valleys in the Western United States.
- pogono- prefix: beard
- pogonological adjective: Relating to pogonology.
- pogonologist noun: One who studies pogonology.
- pogonology noun: The study of beards.
- pogonophile noun: One who loves or studies beards.
- pogonophilia noun: A preference or love for beards.
- pogonophilic adjective: Of or relating to pogonophilia.
- pogonophobe noun: An individual who suffers from pogonophobia.
- pogonophobia noun: A strong dislike or aversion to beards or beardedness.
- pogonophobic adjective: Having an aversion to beards.
- pogonophoran adjective, noun: Any marine, wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pogonophora.
- pogonophore noun: A pogonophoran
- pogonotomia noun: Alternative form of pogonotomy.
- pogonotomy noun: The cutting of beards; shaving.
- pogonotrophy noun /ˌpoʊɡəˈnɑtɹəfi/: The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.
- pogost noun: A medieval administrative and territorial district in Russia, varying in size from tens to hundreds of villages.
- Pogosta disease noun: A viral disease caused by Sindbis virus, encountered mainly in eastern Finland.
- pogrom noun, verb /ˈpɒɡɹəm/: A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
- pogromism noun: The occurrence of pogroms.
- pogromist noun: One who supports, or carries out, a pogrom.
- pogromization noun: The carrying out of a pogrom.
- pogromize verb: Synonym of pogrom (“to persecute or massacre”).
- pogromnik noun: Synonym of pogromist.
- pogromshchik noun: A perpetrator of a pogrom.
- pogs noun, verb: plural of pog
- Pogson proper noun: A surname.
- pogue noun /poʊɡ/: A kiss.
- pogy noun /ˈpoʊɡi/: menhaden (fish)
- poh adjective, interjection, noun: The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
- poha noun: Flattened rice.
- Pohang proper noun: A city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
- Pohela Boishakh noun: The first day of the Bengali calendar; the Bengali new year.
- pohickory noun: A kind of hickory nut milk prepared by Native Americans in New England and used as a beverage.
- pohiri noun: A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing.
- Pohle proper noun: A surname from German.
- Pohlian adjective: Of or relating to Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), American writer of science fiction.
- Pohlman proper noun: A surname.
- Pohlmann proper noun: A surname.
- Pohnpei proper noun: An island of Micronesia.
- Pohnpeian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the island state Pohnpei, the former Ponape, in Micronesia, or its people.
- POHS noun: Initialism of presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome.
- pohuehue noun: especially, Muehlenbeckia australis
- pohutukawa noun /poːˈhutukʌwʌ/: A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around...
- poi noun /pɔɪ/: The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
- Poiana proper noun: Various villages in Romania.
- poid noun: The curve traced by the centre of a sphere when it rolls or slides over a surface having a sinusoidal profile.
- poie noun: Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”).
- poiesis noun, suffix: production, creation or formation
- -poietic adjective, suffix /pɔɪˈɛtɪk/: creative, formative
- poifect adjective: Pronunciation spelling of perfect.
- poignance noun /ˈpɔɪnjəns/: Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
- poignancy noun /ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/: The quality of being poignant.
- poignant adjective /ˈpɔɪ.njənt/: Sharp-pointed; keen.
- poignantly adverb /ˈpɔɪnjəntli/: In a poignant manner.
- poignard noun: Alternative form of poniard.
- poikilitic adjective /ˌpɔɪkɪˈlɪtɪk/: Describing the texture of an igneous rock that has small crystals of one mineral scattered among larger crystals of another
- poikilitically adverb: In a poikilitic manner.
- poikilo- prefix: Variable, subject to change.
- poikiloblast noun: A porphyroblast mineral containing small inclusions of the previous rock.
- poikiloblastic adjective: Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts
- poikiloblastically adverb: By means of, or in the form of, poikiloblasts.
- poikilocapnic adjective: Having a variable concentration of carbon dioxide
- poikilocarynosis noun: The formation of cells, having variably shaped nuclei, that occurs in Bowen's disease.
- poikilochlorophyllous adjective: Having leaves, only some of which are photosynthetic.
- poikilocyte noun: An irregularly-shaped red blood cell.
- poikilocytosis noun /ˌpɔɪ.kə.loʊˌsaɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/: Presence in the blood of red blood cells with abnormal shape or an entirely different shape
- poikiloderma noun: An atrophy of the skin that is accompanied by a mottled pigmentation
- poikiloderma congenitale noun: Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
- poikilodermatous adjective: Relating to poikiloderma
- poikilohydric adjective: Having no mechanism to prevent desiccation
- poikilohydrous adjective: Synonym of poikilohydric.
- poikilohydry noun: The condition of being poikilohydric; the lack of structural or functional mechanisms to actively regulate the equilibrium between the concentration of...
- poikilotherm adjective, noun: Cold-blooded.
- poikilothermal adjective: poikilothermic
- poikilothermia noun: The inability to regulate one's body temperature.
- poikilothermic adjective: Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
- poikilothermism noun: Poikilothermy.
- poikilothermous adjective: Alternative form of poikilothermal.
- poikilothermy noun: The quality of having a body temperature that varies or fluctuates, depending on the temperature of the environment; cold-bloodedness.
- poikilothymia noun: A mood disorder, a more intense form of cyclothymia.
- poikilothymic adjective: Having or relating to poikilothymia.
- poikilotopic adjective: Describing a crystalline sedimentary rock having multisized crystals the larger of which enclose small ones, often of a different mineral
- Poilievre proper noun /ˌpɑliˈɛv/: A surname from French
- poilu noun /ˈpwɑːluː/: A French infantryman during the First World War
- poimenics noun: pastoral theology
- Poincaré proper noun: A surname from French.
- Poincaré ball noun: The equivalent of a Poincaré disk in three or more dimensions.
- Poincaré disc noun: Alternative form of Poincaré disk.
- Poincaré disk noun: The hyperbolic plane, viewed as a disk so that Euclidean circles and lines Euclidean-perpendicular to the disk's surface are hyperbolic lines.
- Poincaré map noun: The intersection of a periodic orbit in the state space of a continuous dynamical system with a certain lower-dimensional subspace (the Poincaré section),...
- Poincaré recurrence time noun: Of certain systems, the total amount of time required for the system to revert to a state that is almost identical to its current state.
- Poincaré space noun: An n-dimensional topological space with a distinguished element µ of its nth homology group such that taking the cap product with an element of the kth...
- Poincaréan adjective: Of or relating to Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.
- poinciana noun: A tropical tree, of species Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or...
- poind noun, verb /pɪnd/: A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized
- poindable adjective /ˈpɪn.də.bl̩/: Capable of being poinded.
- poinder noun: The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
- poindexter noun /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/: A bookish or socially unskilled person.
- poindexterish adjective: Like a Poindexter; bookish or socially unskilled.
- poinding noun, verb: A poind.
- Poinsett proper noun: A surname, notably of Joel Roberts Poinsett.
- poinsettia noun /ˌpɔɪnˈsɛ.tɪə/: A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and...
- point interjection, noun, verb /pɔɪnt/: Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- point and call verb: To point at an indicator and call out its status while performing a task, such as operating a train, so as to promote conscious involvement and reduce the...
- point-and-click adjective: With which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device.
- point and shoot adjective, noun: Designed for quick, simple use with minimal configuration.
- point and shoot camera noun: A compact still camera, either film or digital, designed primarily for ease of use and simplicity in operation.
- point-and-shooter noun: A person who takes point-and-shoot photographs.
- point at infinity noun: An asymptotic point in 3-dimensional space, viewed from some point, at which parallel lines appear to meet and which in perspective drawing is represented...
- point bar noun: A ridge, formed from the accretion of sand or gravel, on the inside curve of a meander
- point blank adjective, adverb: The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of...
- point blanket noun: A kind of wool blanket with colored stripes, traditionally traded by the Hudson's Bay Company to First Nations people in exchange for beaver pelts.
- point break noun: The location where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline.
- point charge noun: A point particle with a nonzero electric charge
- point cloud noun: A series of points in three-dimensional space that collectively describe the geometry of a physical object.
- point d'appui noun: A given point or body upon which troops are formed, or by which they are marched in line or column.
- Point de Gaze noun: A needle lace from Belgium named for the gauzelike appearance of the mesh ground.
- point defect noun: A type of crystallographic defect; zero-dimensional, including vacancies and interstitials.
- point defence noun: The defence of a single object or a limited area, such as a ship or a building.
- point-device noun: A form of lace worked with devices.
- point-devise adjective, noun: Alternative form of point-device.
- point duty noun: Traffic control by a police officer stationed at an intersection.
- point elasticity noun: The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point.
- point fingers verb: To accuse people of being responsible for something bad.
- point form noun: A style of writing that presents information using bullet points or numbered lists, focusing on brief and direct statements of key ideas or facts.
- point-free adjective: Employing or relating to tacit programming.
- point function noun: Any function whose values are points
- point group noun: A group of isometries leaving a fixed point.
- point guard noun: A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and...
- point heater noun: A heating device used in freezing weather to keep points (US: switches) free of ice and snow.
- point-in-line noun: An established threat made with the extended arm.
- point in time noun: A moment (of time).
- point-instant noun: The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.
- point lace noun: Lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from pillow lace.
- point man noun: In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit...
- point mass noun: A theoretical point with mass assigned to it.
- point mutation noun: A mutation that involves the replacement, addition or deletion of a small number of bases (especially just one) at a specific site within a gene.
- point net noun: A machine-made lace imitating Brussels ground.
- point of articulation noun: Synonym of place of articulation.
- point of care noun: The time and location at which clinicians deliver medical care and healthcare services to patients.
- point of contact noun: The single person who represents an organization, for a specific task.
- point of contention noun: A matter that forms the basis of a disagreement, struggle, etc.
- point of departure noun: A starting point, either a physical place or the initial idea or fact from which a discussion, journey, project, or analysis begins.
- point of difference noun: A factor that makes one company or product different from the others.
- point of divergence noun: In an alternate history, the point in time where events diverge from real history.
- point of honor noun: Any scruple caused by a sense of duty.
- point of honour noun: Alternative form of point of honor.
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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.