English words: popcorn shrimp to porcelainize
300 English words, part 130 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.
English words popcorn shrimp to porcelainize
- popcorn shrimp noun: Pieces of battered and fried shrimp.
- popcorn snow noun: Graupel.
- popcorn tea noun: Synonym of genmaicha.
- popcorning noun, verb: A sporadic pronking behaviour in guinea pigs.
- popcornless adjective: Without popcorn.
- popcornlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of popcorn.
- popcorny adjective: Resembling or characteristic of popcorn.
- popcraft noun: The art of composing or performing pop music
- popcrete noun: A genre of concrete poems assembled from images rather than words.
- popcult noun: Pop culture.
- popdock noun: foxglove
- popdogs noun: The combination of popcorn and hotdogs.
- pope noun, verb /pəʊp/: An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
- pope hat noun: The mitre worn by popes.
- Pope Joan noun: A card game played on a round board with compartments.
- pope's eye noun: The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.
- pope's head noun: A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, washing windows, etc.
- pope's living room noun: The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).
- pope's nose noun: The tail end piece of a cooked fowl (chicken, turkey etc.).
- Pope's pear noun: Synonym of choke pear.
- popeable adjective: Thought to be among those likely to be elected pope; papabile; papable.
- Popean adjective /ˈpoʊpiən/: Of or pertaining to Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English poet and satirist.
- popedom noun: The jurisdiction of the pope.
- popehood noun: The status of pope; papacy.
- Popeiana noun: Writings and other objects associated with the life of the English poet Alexander Pope.
- popeism noun: Alternative form of popism (“support for the Pope”).
- Popejoy proper noun: A surname.
- popeless adjective: Without a pope.
- popelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pope.
- popeling noun: A deputy or petty pope.
- popely adjective: Of or befitting a pope.
- popemobile noun: Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.
- popera noun /ˈpɒp.ə.ɹə/: A crossover genre combining elements of pop music and classical opera.
- poperatic adjective: Of or pertaining to popera.
- poperetta noun: A light popera with a frivolous story.
- Popescu proper noun: A surname from Romanian.
- popeship noun: The state, quality, condition, or jurisdiction of being a pope; papacy.
- popess noun: Alternative letter-case form of popess.
- popeye noun /ˈpɒp.aɪ/: Exophthalmia.
- popeye blacksmelt noun: A deep-water fish, Lipolagus ochotensis, with a slender compressed body and an anal fin base slightly shorter than its dorsal fin base.
- popeyed adjective: having bulging eyes
- popfur noun: Synonym of popufur.
- popgun noun: Alternative form of pop gun.
- Popham proper noun: A surname.
- pophole noun: A small door in the side of a chicken coop, normally connected to the ground via a ramp.
- popiah noun [ˌp˭oː˨˩ˈp˭jãː˦˨]: A kind of spring roll.
- Popian adjective: Alternative form of Popean.
- Popiel proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- popified adjective, verb: Converted into a popular form, such as pop music or pop art.
- popify verb: To convert into a popular form; to adapt to the norms of pop music; to make poppy.
- popina noun /pɒˈpaɪnə/: An Ancient Roman bar or bistro, selling wine and simple foods.
- popinac noun: Vachellia farnesiana (syn. Acacia farnesiana), a widely cultivated thorny shrubby acacia of the southern U.S. and tropical America with fragrant ball-shaped...
- popinack noun: Alternative form of popinac.
- popinjay noun /ˈpɒpɪnd͡ʒeɪ/: A parrot.
- popish adjective /ˈpəʊpɪʃ/: of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism
- popishly adverb: In a popish way.
- popishness noun: The state or condition of being popish.
- popism noun: Support for the Pope.
- popist noun: A supporter of the Pope.
- popjoying noun: sport; amusement.
- Popkin proper noun: A surname.
- poplar noun /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/: Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
- poplar borer noun: A North American beetle of species Saperda calcarata.
- poplar hawkmoth noun: A moth, of species Laothoe populi.
- poplared adjective: Planted with poplar trees.
- Poplarism noun: The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion...
- poplarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poplar.
- Poplarville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. Named after Poplar Jim Smith.
- Poplawski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- popless adjective: Without popping sounds.
- poplike adjective: Resembling pop music.
- poplin noun /ˈpɒplɪn/: A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
- poplit noun /ˈpɒp.lɪt/: The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint.
- popliteal adjective /pɒˈplɪtɪ.əl/: Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee).
- popliteal artery noun: The main artery in the back of the knee that supplies blood to the lower leg.
- popliteal fossa noun: The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint.
- popliteal pterygium syndrome noun: A rare inherited genetic disorder characterized by distinctive craniofacial, musculoskeletal and genitourinary symptoms.
- popliteocrural adjective: Relating to the popliteus and the leg
- popliteofemoral adjective: Relating to the popliteus and femur.
- popliteus noun: A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.
- poplitic adjective: Popliteal.
- poplitical adjective: Popliteal.
- poplolly noun: A man's mistress, or a single woman of loose morals; a sweetheart.
- popmaize noun: Synonym of popcorn (“snack food”).
- popmobility noun: A form of aerobics performed to pop music.
- popo noun: Alternative spelling of po-po.
- popodam noun: Rare spelling of poppadom.
- popodom noun: Rare spelling of poppadom.
- popodum noun: Rare spelling of poppadom.
- popoff noun: A period of time where a player performs extremely well in a video game.
- popoi noun: Synonym of poi (“food made by pounding roots”).
- Popolari noun: Members of a people's party in Italy.
- popolo noun: black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
- Popoloca noun: Alternative form of Popoluca.
- Popolocan adjective: Of or relating to a subfamily of the Oto-Manguean language family of Mexico, spoken mainly in the state of Puebla.
- Popoluca noun: Any of various indigenous peoples of southeastern Veracruz and Oaxaca.
- poponax noun: A thorny tree native to the Americas, Vachellia tortuosa.
- poposaurid noun: Any archosaur in the family Poposauridae.
- poposauroid noun: Any pseudosuchian of the clade Poposauroidea
- popotillo noun: A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
- popout noun: A pop fly that is caught in flight, resulting in an out.
- Popov proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Попов (Popov).
- popover noun: A light hollow muffin, resembling an individual Yorkshire pudding.
- Popovic proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- Popovich proper noun: A surname of Slavic origin.
- Popovski proper noun: A transliteration of the Macedonian surname Поповски (Popovski).
- Popovtsy noun: The members of one of the two principal movements (along with the Bezpopovtsy) of the Old Believers.
- Popp proper noun: A surname from German.
- poppa noun /ˈpɒpə/: father, papa.
- poppa bear noun: Alternative form of papa bear.
- poppability noun: The quality of being poppable.
- poppable adjective: Possible to pop; capable of being popped.
- poppadam noun: Uncommon spelling of poppadom.
- poppadom noun: A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its...
- poppadum noun: Alternative spelling of poppadom.
- Poppaea proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
- Poppe proper noun: A surname.
- popped corn noun: Popcorn.
- Poppen proper noun: A surname.
- popper noun /ˈpɒp.ə/: One who or that which pops.
- popper up verb: To intoxicate with amyl nitrite, a recreational drug.
- poppered adjective: Having a popper (type of fastener).
- Popperian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the philosophy of philosopher Karl R. Popper.
- Popperianism noun: Popperian beliefs
- Popperism noun: An idea or theory of Karl Popper.
- poppers noun: Drugs of the alkyl nitrate class used recreationally as a sexual stimulant, especially among gay men.
- poppet noun /ˈpɒ.pɪt/: An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- poppet valve noun: A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug...
- poppetry noun: The making of poppets (voodoo dolls).
- poppie noun: Alternative spelling of poppy (“father; grandfather”).
- poppied adjective /ˈpɒpid/: Full of, decorated with, or otherwise containing poppies.
- poppiite noun: A greenish-brown monoclinic mineral that is a basic silicate of calcium, vanadium, iron, magnesium and aluminium
- poppin' verb /ˈpɑpɪn/: Pronunciation spelling of popping.
- poppiness noun: The state of being poppy
- popping noun, verb /ˈpɒpɪŋ/: The act or sound of something that pops.
- popping candy noun: Small pieces of hard confectionery that create a popping reaction when they dissolve in the mouth.
- popping crease noun: Either of two white lines, each drawn on the pitch in front of a wicket, between which the batsmen run, and from where the bowler may legally bowl.
- poppinjay noun: Alternative spelling of popinjay.
- poppish adjective: Pertaining to pop.
- poppism noun /ˈpɒ.pɪ.zəm/: The act of making a smack sound with the lip.
- poppit noun: Alternative form of poppet.
- popple noun, verb /ˈpɒpl̩/: poplar
- Poppleton proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- Popplewell proper noun: A surname from Old English.
- popply adjective: Choppy; bubbling; turbulent.
- poppodom noun: Rare spelling of poppadom.
- poppodum noun: Rare spelling of poppadom.
- poppy adjective, noun /ˈpɒpi/: Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a...
- poppy bee noun: A leaf-cutting bee (Hoplitis papaveris)
- poppy head noun: The seedhead of a poppy.
- poppy mallow noun: Any of the flowering plants in the genus Callirhoe.
- poppy milk noun: A traditional Lithuanian drink or soup made from poppy seeds.
- poppy oil noun: Synonym of poppy seed oil.
- poppy seed noun: The seed of the poppy, used as a flavouring in bread.
- poppy seed oil noun: An edible oil obtained from poppy seeds, specifically seeds of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum).
- poppy seed test noun: A diagnostic test used before surgery to predict the location of a fistula. The patient is fed poppy seeds and his or her urine is examined to see whether...
- poppy straw noun: The dried remnant of the opium poppy after the seed pods have been removed, still useful for the manufacture of opium and other opioids.
- poppy tears noun: Opium.
- poppycock noun /ˈpɒpikɒk/: foolish talk; nonsense.
- poppycockish adjective: Full of poppycock; nonsensical; ridiculous.
- poppyhead noun: Alternative form of poppy head (“the seedhead of a poppy”).
- poppylike adjective: Resembling a poppy (flower).
- poppyseed noun: Alternative form of poppy seed.
- poppyseed oil noun: Alternative form of poppy seed oil.
- poppyshow noun: Alternative form of pappyshow.
- poppywort noun: The herbaceous plant Stylophorum diphyllum.
- pops noun, verb /pɑps/: Father, dad.
- pops orchestra noun: An orchestra that plays popular music and show tunes as well as well-known classical works.
- popshop noun: Alternative form of pop shop (“pawnshop”).
- popsicle noun /ˈpɒp.sɪ.kəl/: A Popsicle brand popsicle, a type of ice lolly.
- popsie noun: Alternative form of popsy.
- popskull noun: cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
- popslash noun: Slash fan fiction which pairs pop musicians, especially ones belonging to the same boy band.
- popsmith noun: A pop musician.
- popsock noun: A short form of nylon stocking, with an elasticated top, reaching to the knee
- popstar noun: Alternative spelling of pop star.
- popster noun: A pop musician.
- popstream noun: The musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.
- popstrel noun: A female pop singer
- popstress noun: A female popster.
- popsy noun: Grandfather.
- poptail noun: An alcoholic popsicle.
- poptart noun: Alternative form of pop tart.
- poptastic adjective: Excellent; very good; especially of pop music.
- poptimism noun /ˈpɑptɪmɪzəm/: The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique and interest.
- poptimist noun /ˈpɑptɪmɪst/: A proponent of poptimism.
- poptimistic adjective: Of or relating to poptimism.
- popty ping noun: A microwave oven.
- POPU noun: Abbreviation of problematic online pornography use.
- popufur noun: An influential or famous furry; a microcelebrity or influencer in the furry fandom subculture.
- populace noun /ˈpɒpjʊləs/: The common people of a nation.
- popular adjective, noun /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lə/: Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- popular action noun: an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute.
- popular assembly noun: A localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community.
- popular beat combo noun /ˌpɒpjʊlə ˌbiːt ˈkɒmbəʊ/: A pop group.
- popular culture noun: The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and...
- popular democracy noun: a form of governance emphasizing direct citizen empowerment, popular will, and active participation over traditional, representative institutions
- popular etymology noun: A folk etymology.
- popular front noun: A broad coalition of different political groupings, usually made up of leftists and centrists.
- popular initiative noun: A petition whereby, upon reaching a prespecified number of signatures by registered voters, the populace forces the government to either enact a law or hold...
- popular music noun: Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in...
- popular opinion noun: Synonym of public opinion.
- popular science noun: An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students.
- popular vote noun: The total number of votes among a populace as an electorate.
- popularisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularization
- popularise verb /ˈpɒpjʊləɹaɪz/: To make something popular.
- populariser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularizer.
- popularism noun: Any political doctrine chosen to appeal to a majority of the electorate: populism.
- popularist adjective, noun: Reflecting popular taste and opinion.
- popularity noun /ˌpɒp.jəˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/: The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
- popularity contest noun: A contest that is won purely based on votes awarded by others.
- popularizable adjective: Able to be made popular.
- popularization noun: The act of making something popular to the general public.
- popularizational adjective: Of, or relating to, popularization.
- popularize verb: American and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
- popularizer noun: One who popularizes something.
- popularly adverb: So as to be generally favored or accepted by the people.
- popularness noun: The quality or state of being popular; popularity.
- populatable adjective /ˈpɒpˌjʊu.leɪt.əbəl/: Able to be populated
- populate adjective, verb /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/: To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- populated adjective, verb: That has, or is supplied with, inhabitants or content.
- population noun /ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/: The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
- population biologist noun: One who studies population biology.
- population biology noun: The study of populations of organisms, especially the growth and regulation of population sizes and genetics, and the effects of interactions between species.
- population bottleneck noun: A sudden, and normally temporary decrease in a population typically due to a stressful situation.
- population density noun: Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.
- population dynamics noun: A branch of mathematics used to model and study the size and age composition of populations as dynamical systems.
- population genetics noun: The study of the allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of the four evolutionary processes: natural selection, genetic drift, mutation...
- population inversion noun: The creation of a system in which more atoms or molecules are in an excited state than in a ground state.
- population mean noun: The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to...
- population pyramid noun: A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms...
- population-wise adverb: In terms of a population.
- populational adjective: Of or pertaining to population
- populationally adverb: In terms of population.
- populationism noun: The idea that the power of a state depends upon the size of its population
- populationist adjective, noun: A follower of populationism
- populationistic adjective: Of or relating to populationism.
- populationless adjective: Devoid of population; unpeopled.
- populationwise adverb: Alternative form of population-wise.
- populator noun: One who, or that which, populates.
- populetum noun: A wood or plantation of poplar trees.
- populicidal adjective: Of or pertaining to populicide; lethal to many people.
- populicide noun /ˈpɒpjʊlɪsaɪd/: The deliberate slaughter of a people or a nation.
- populin noun: A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus).
- populiser noun: Alternative form of populizer.
- populism noun: A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their...
- populist adjective, noun /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/: A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
- populistic adjective: Populist.
- populistically adverb: In a populist manner.
- populizer noun: A person who can communicate technical or scientific ideas to a general public
- populomics noun: The study of entire populations
- populosity noun: Populousness.
- populous adjective /ˈpɒpjʊləs/: Having a large population.
- populously adverb: In a populous manner.
- populousness noun: The quality of being populous.
- popunder noun: Alternative form of pop-under.
- popup noun: Alternative form of pop-up.
- popup blocker noun: A piece of software that prevents pop-up advertisements from being displayed.
- popweed noun: bladderpod
- poquelaye noun: A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey.
- poquoson noun: Alternative form of pocosin.
- POR noun: price on request.
- por que no los dos phrase /pɔɹˌkeɪ noʊ loʊs ˈdoʊs ↗︎/: Why not both; both.
- Porac proper noun: A municipality of Pampanga, Philippines.
- poracanthodid noun: Any extinct gnathostome of the family †Poracanthodidae
- poractant noun: A pulmonary surfactant derived from porcine lung surfactant.
- porae noun: A marine ray-finned fish of species Nemadactylus douglasii, found around Australia and New Zealand.
- poral adjective: Relating to pores.
- poramboke noun: Land belonging to the government, on which no revenue is assessed.
- porampoke noun: Alternative form of poramboke.
- porandrous adjective: Releasing the pollen through a pore or partial aperture in the anther.
- poraniid noun: Any starfish of the family Poraniidae
- poranoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- porantherine noun: A polycyclic alkaloid obtained from the shrub Poranthera corymbosa.
- porate adjective /ˈpɔːɹeɪt/: Of or relating to a pore.
- Porath proper noun: A surname.
- poration noun: The formation of pores in a surface, or the pattern of such pores.
- Porbandar proper noun: A district of Gujarat, India.
- porbeagle noun: A large pelagic predatory shark, Lamna nasus, of the Atlantic.
- Porcaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- porcate adjective: Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.
- porcated adjective: Alternative form of porcate.
- porcelain noun, verb /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/: A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial...
- porcelain aorta noun: Extensive atherosclerotic calcification of the ascending aorta or aortic arch.
- porcelain biscuit noun: A finished, unglazed work of art valued for its smooth, matte texture.
- porcelain bus noun: A toilet bowl.
- porcelain crab noun: Any member of the family Porcellanidae of decapod crustaceans, superficially resembling true crabs.
- porcelain doll noun: A doll made partially or wholly out of bisque porcelain.
- porcelain god noun /ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/: A commode; a toilet bowl.
- porcelain goddess noun /ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒdɛs/: metaphor for a woman, often stressing paleness, delicateness or lack of emotion.
- porcelain shell noun: A cowrie.
- porcelain skin noun: smooth skin
- porcelain throne noun: Synonym of toilet (fixture).
- porcelainberry noun: Ampelopsis glandulosa, a vine native to East Asia but invasive in the Eastern US, which produces blue or purple berries.
- porcelaineous adjective: porcelainous
- porcelainflower noun: Hoya carnosa
- porcelainite noun: Synonym of mullite.
- porcelainization noun: The act or process of porcelainizing.
- porcelainize verb: To bake like porcelain.
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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.