English words: potiche to pouncer

300 English words, part 144 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words potiche to pouncer

potiche noun: A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
potichomania noun: A process in which the inside of a glass vessel is painted or etched.
potichomanie noun: Alternative form of potichomania.
potichomanist noun: One who decorates a glass vessel by potichomania.
Potier proper noun: A surname from French.
Potiguara noun: A member of a certain indigenous people of Brazil.
potin noun: An alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin.
potion noun, verb /ˈpəʊ.ʃən/: A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
potional adjective: Of or relating to potions.
potioneer noun: A maker of potions.
potioner noun: One who makes potions.
potionmaker noun: One who makes potions.
potionmaster noun: An expert in magic potions.
Potiphar proper noun /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fɑː/: An Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.
potisign noun: Synonym of qualisign.
potjie noun: A lidded round-bottomed pot used for cooking in South Africa.
potjiekos noun: Food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron over an open fire.
potlach noun, verb: Alternative spelling of potlatch.
potlache noun: Dated spelling of potlatch.
potlaching noun, verb: Alternative spelling of potlatching.
potlatch noun, verb /ˈpɒtlætʃ/: A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show...
potlatcher noun: One who holds a potlatch, a traditional giving-away ceremony among certain coastal peoples of the Pacific Northwest
potlatching noun, verb: An act of giving; especially, the giving of a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
potless adjective: Without a pot or pots.
potlessness noun: Absence of a pot.
potli noun: A bundle.
potlicker noun: A mongrel dog.
potlid noun: A lid that covers a pot.
potlike adjective: Resembling a pot.
potlikker noun: Alternative spelling of pot liquor.
potline noun: An interconnected row of electrolytic reduction pots used in the smelting of aluminium.
Potloi noun: A Meitei traditional heavily ornamented cylindrical skirt, used by brides and dancers.
potluck noun, verb /ˌpɒtˈlʌk/: A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.
potluck dinner noun: A casual meal where each guest contributes their own dish to share with others.
potmaker noun: A manufacturer of pots.
potmaking noun: The manufacture of pots.
potman noun: A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment.
potmeter noun: potentiometer
Potocki proper noun: A surname.
Potocki-Lupski syndrome noun: A genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, autism, etc.
Potocki-Shaffer syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder causing distinctive congenital features and occasional defects of the heart, kidneys, and urinary tract.
potocytosis noun /ˌpəʊ.tə(ʊ).sʌɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/: A type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly...
Potogee noun: A Portuguese person.
Potok proper noun: A surname.
Potomac proper noun /pəˈtoʊmək/: A river that flows along the borders of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, and through Washington, United States.
Potomac fever noun: Synonym of Potomac horse fever.
Potomac horse fever noun: An infectious disease of horses, caused by the bacterium Neorickettsia risticii.
potomania noun: An excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.
potomato noun: Synonym of pomato (“potato–tomato hybrid”).
potometer noun: A device used for measuring the rate of water uptake of a leafy shoot due to photosynthesis and transpiration.
potometric adjective: Relating to potometry.
potometry noun: Measurement of the rate of water uptake of a leafy shoot due to photosynthesis and transpiration.
potomitan noun: A sacramental post or pillar in the middle of the peristyle in front of a voodoo temple, used as the focus of certain rituals.
potong ice cream noun: A cuboidal serving of ice cream sliced from a larger block.
potoo noun: Any species of the family Nyctibiidae within the order Nyctibiiformes related to the nightjars (order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to...
potorid noun: Alternative form of potoroid.
potorine noun: Potoroo.
potoroid noun: Any marsupial in the family Potoroidae; a potoroo or bettong.
potoroine noun: Any small marsupial of the family Potoroidae
potoroo noun: Any small marsupial of the genus Potorous, endemic to Australia.
Potosi proper noun: A department in Bolivia.
potosiite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing antimony, iron, lead, sulfur, and tin.
potpie noun: (US) A pie, having pastry sides and bottom and (usually also) top, and filled with savory fillings, such as meat, root vegetables, or (often) both.
potplant noun: Alternative spelling of pot plant.
potpourri noun /ˌpəʊ.pəˈɹiː/: A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.
potrack interjection, verb /ˈpɒtɹak/: The shrill, high-pitched noise of a guinea fowl.
potrero noun: A long mesa on the flank of a mountain.
potrzebie noun: A fictional unit of length defined as the thickness of issue #26 (November 1955) of Mad Magazine, or approximately 2.26 millimetres.
pots noun, verb /pɑts/: Acronym of publicly offered telephone service/system: the public telephone network
potscape noun: An artistic arrangement of plants in pots.
potscaping noun: gardening involving plants in pots and other containers which may be artistically arranged
Potsdam proper noun /ˈpɑtsdæm/: A city, the state capital of Brandenburg, Germany, located near Berlin.
Potsdamer noun /ˈpɒtsdæmə/: A native or inhabitant of the city of Potsdam, capital of Brandenburg, Germany.
Potsdammer noun: Alternative form of Potsdamer.
potshard noun: Alternative form of potsherd.
potshaw noun: Alternative form of Padishah.
potsherd noun /ˈpɒt.ʃɜːd/: A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.
potshoot verb: Synonym of potshot.
potshooter noun: One who takes potshots.
potshop noun: Alternative form of pot shop.
potshot adjective, noun, verb: A shot taken at an easy or random target.
potsie noun: Any of the marbles located within a shallow hole (or "pot") used in certain variants of the game.
potstick noun: A stick for stirring food while it cooks in a pot.
potsticker noun: A kind of pan-fried dumpling in East Asian cuisines.
potstone noun: A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
potsy noun: A children's game, similar to hopscotch, especially popular in New York.
pott noun: An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
Pott's disease noun: A presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints.
Pott's fracture noun: Any of a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures, caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force.
pottable adjective /ˈpɒtəb(ə)l/: Able to be potted.
pottage noun /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/: A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
pottager noun: Alternative form of potager (“porringer; kind of cup or dish”).
pottah noun: A document specifying the conditions on which lands are held; a lease or other document securing rights in land or house property.
pottant noun: encapsulant
potted adjective, verb: Grown or planted in a plant pot.
potted plant noun: A plant which has been planted in a container, often a houseplant.
potted shrimp noun: A traditional Lancastrian dish of brown shrimp in mace-flavored butter, set in a small pot.
potted shrimps noun: Alternative form of potted shrimp.
potteen noun: Alternative spelling of poteen.
potter noun, verb /ˈpɒtə/: One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
potter about verb: To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
potter around verb: To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
Potter-Bucky diaphragm noun: A grid of lead strips that can be repositioned to reduce visual artifacts on an X-ray caused by secondary radiation.
Potter-esque adjective: Alternative form of Potteresque.
potter's asthma noun: emphysema of the lungs, once common among potters
potter's clay noun: The clay used by a potter.
potter's field noun: A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.
potter's ore noun: alquifou
potter's rot noun: A form of the disease silicosis, which can affect the lungs of potters, caused by breathing in large amounts of fine dust.
potter's wheel noun: A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.
Potter sequence noun: The atypical physical appearance of a baby due to oligohydramnios experienced when in the uterus, including clubbed feet, pulmonary hypoplasia, and cranial...
potter wasp noun: A wasp of a group in the subfamily Eumeninae of family Vespidae.
Potterdom noun: The fandom or sphere of the Harry Potter series and the movies based on it.
potterer noun: One who potters.
Potteresque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.
potteress noun: A female potter (maker of pottery).
Potterfic noun: Fan fiction based on the Harry Potter series.
Potterhead noun: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books, the Potterverse, and/or the Wizarding World Rowling-created franchise, especially to a fanatical degree.
Potterholic noun: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Potterian adjective: Of or pertaining to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels, depicting a secret society of people able to perform magic.
Potteriana noun: Things relating to Harry Potter (the character and the series).
pottering noun, verb: The act of one who potters.
potteringly adverb: So as to potter; in a slow and aimless manner.
Potterish adjective: Synonym of Potteresque.
Potterite noun: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Pottermania noun: Enthusiasm for the Harry Potter franchise.
Pottermaniac noun: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
pottern ore noun: Dated form of potter's ore.
Potterphile noun: One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
pottersfield noun: Alternative form of potter's field.
Potterton proper noun: A hamlet north of Barwick in Elmet, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4038).
Potterverse proper noun: The setting of the Harry Potter series.
pottery noun /ˈpɒtəɹi/: Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
Pottery Barn rule noun: A policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
potterymaking noun: The act of creating pottery.
potteryware noun: pottery
Potthast proper noun: A surname from German.
pottheen noun: Alternative spelling of poteen.
pottiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Pottiaceae.
pottily adverb: In a potty manner.
pottiness noun: The quality of being potty.
potting noun, verb: The placing of something in a pot.
potting compost noun: Synonym of potting soil.
potting mix noun: Synonym of potting soil.
potting shed noun: A shed for gardening work and the storage of garden tools.
potting soil noun: A substrate used to grow plants in containers, made from various substances that promote moisture, drainage, and fertility.
pottingar noun: An apothecary.
pottinger noun: Synonym of porringer (“a small cup or bowl”).
pottioid adjective: Resembling the moss genus Pottia.
pottle noun, verb /ˈpɒtəl/: A former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size.
pottleful noun: The amount that a pottle will hold.
pottlepot noun: A pot or vessel containing two quarts (four pints), especially one used to hold alcohol.
potto noun /ˈpɒtəʊ/: A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.
Potton proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249).
pottress noun: Alternative form of potteress.
Potts model noun: A model of interacting spins on a crystalline lattice, considered a generalization of the Ising model.
pottsite noun: A tetragonal-trapezohedral bright yellow mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.
Pottsville proper noun: A city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
potty adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɒti/: A chamber pot.
potty break noun: Synonym of bathroom break.
potty chair noun: A seat with a hole under which a potty is placed, to aid a child's toilet training.
potty chart noun /ˈpɒti.tʃɑːt/: A calendar chart that tracks a child's progress during toilet training.
potty dance noun, verb: Voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping,...
potty humor noun: Scatological humor.
potty learning noun: A method of potty training in which a child is taught how to use the potty at their own pace and with much leniency, such as not utilising punishments or...
potty mouth noun /ˈpɒti maʊθ/: The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.
potty-mouthed adjective: Regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.
potty pants noun: An undergarment worn by infants or young children to aid in potty training during the transition from diapers to underwear; training pants.
potty parity noun: Equal or equitable provision of toilet facilities for men and women within a public space.
potty princess noun /ˈpɒtiˌpɹɪn.sɛs/: Term of endearment for a woman or sissy (male crossdresser who adopts a feminine aesthetic) who wears and uses a diaper.
potty stool noun: A stepstool with a circular indent on its side, so that it can be placed in front of the toilet, in order for a toddler or young child to be able to reach...
potty talk noun: Synonym of toilet humour.
potty train verb: Alternative form of potty-train.
potty trained adjective, verb: Synonym of toilet-trained.
potty training noun /ˈpɒtiˌtɹeɪn.ɪŋ/: Alternative form of potty training.
potty untraining noun /ˈpɒtiˌʌn.tɹeɪn.ɪŋ/: Synonym of unpotty training.
pottymouth noun: Alternative spelling of potty mouth.
pottymouthed adjective: Alternative spelling of potty-mouthed.
potulent adjective /ˈpɒ.tjʊ.lənt/: Fit to drink; potable.
POTUS noun /ˈpəʊ.təs/: Acronym of President of the United States.
potvaliant adjective: Alternative form of pot-valiant.
Potvin proper noun: A surname.
potwaller noun: A man with his own fireplace where a pot of water could be boiled, thus qualifying him to vote in a parliamentary election in certain English boroughs...
potwalling noun: The status of a potwaller.
potwalloper noun: Alternative form of pot-walloper.
potware noun: Pots collectively.
potwash noun: A potwasher (person)
potwasher noun: A person who washes pots and dishes, especially in a restaurant; a dishwasher.
potwork noun: Alternative form of potworks (“pottery factory”).
potworks noun: A factory that produces pottery.
potworm noun: Any worm in the family Enchytraeidae.
potyviral adjective: Relating to potyviruses.
potyvirid noun: Any virus in the family Potyviridae.
potyvirus noun: Any of many plant viruses of the genus Potyvirus
POU noun: Initialism of program organization unit.
pou sto noun: A place to stand upon; a locus standi; a foundation or basis for operations.
pouakai noun: A monstrous bird in Maori mythology.
poubaite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral silver white mineral containing bismuth, lead, selenium, sulfur, and tellurium.
poubelle noun: A garbage can.
pouch noun, verb /paʊt͡ʃ/: A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
pouch of Morison noun: Synonym of Morison's pouch.
pouched adjective, verb /paʊt͡ʃt/: Having a pouch or pouches.
pouched lamprey noun: A lamprey of Australia (Geotria australis), with an adult size of 0.5 meters.
pouched mouse noun: A species of rodent, Saccostomus campestris, family Nesomyidae, of southern Africa.
pouched rat noun: A rodent native to Africa belonging to the subfamily Cricetomyinae.
Poucher proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation.
pouchful noun: As much as a pouch can hold.
pouchitis noun: inflammation of the ileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).
pouchless adjective: Without a pouch.
pouchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pouch.
pouchling noun: A young creature that is raised in a pouch.
pouchmaker noun: A manufacturer of pouches.
pouchmaking noun: The manufacture of pouches.
pouchong noun: A superior kind of souchong tea.
pouchoscopy noun: An endoscopic examination of the ileoanal pouch
pouchwort noun: Any liverwort in the genera Calypogeia or Acrobolbus.
pouchy adjective: Resembling a pouch; baggy.
poud noun: Alternative spelling of pood.
Poudel proper noun: A surname.
pouding chômeur noun: Alternative form of pudding chomeur.
poudrage noun: The application of a fine powder to a surface or cavity, often to create scar tissue or promote fusion.
poudre de riz noun: A cosmetic face powder, originally made with powdered rice.
poudrette noun: A solid powdered agricultural manure prepared by composting human feces (night soil from outhouses and dry closets) by mixing it with various other...
poudretteite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing boron, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
poudreuse noun: A kind of dressing table with several compartments and a mirror.
poudring tubb noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
poudringe tub noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
poudringe tubb noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
pouf interjection, noun, verb /pʊf/: A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
pouf paste noun: Batter that rises on baking to form hollow cases for various fillings.
poufed adjective, verb: Having a pouf.
pouff noun, verb: Alternative form of pouf.
pouffe noun, verb: Alternative form of pouf.
pouffiness noun: Alternative form of poufiness.
pouffy adjective: Alternative spelling of poufy.
poufiness noun: The quality of being poufy.
poufy adjective: Bouffant.
pough noun: A bag.
poughite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sulfur, and tellurium.
Poughkeepsian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, United States.
Poughkeepsie proper noun /pəˈkɪpsi/: A city, the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States.
poui noun: Any of various trees in the genus Handroanthus.
Pouilly-Fuissé noun: A kind of white wine from the Mâconnais subregion of Burgundy in central France.
Pouilly-Fumé noun /puˌji fuˈmeɪ/: A dry white wine from the Loire valley of France.
pouk noun /puːk/: Alternative form of puck (“mischievous or hostile spirit”).
poukai noun: Alternative form of pouakai.
Poulain proper noun: A surname from French.
poulaine noun /puːˈleɪn/: A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Poulantzasian adjective: Of or pertaining to Nicos Poulantzas (1936–1979), Greek Marxist political sociologist.
Poulantzian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Nicos Poulantzas (Greek: Νίκος Πουλαντζάς; 1936–1979), Greek-French Marxist political sociologist.
poulard noun /puˈlɑɹd/: A young spayed hen (that is fattened for eating).
poulard wheat noun: Triticum turgidum, a tetraploid wheat
poularde noun: Alternative form of poulard (“young spayed hen”).
poulardize verb: To spay (a hen).
poulderinge tubbe noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
pouldringe tub noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
pouldron noun /ˈpəʊl.dɹən/: Alternative form of pauldron.
poule noun /puːl/: A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
poulette sauce noun: A French sauce made with mushrooms and allemande sauce, then finished with Noilly Prat vermouth, lemon juice, butter and chopped parsley.
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre noun: A type of pyramidal goat's-milk cheese made in the Indre department.
Poulin proper noun: A surname from French.
Pouliot proper noun: A surname.
poulp noun: Alternative form of poulpe.
poulpe noun: An octopus.
poulsard noun: A black grape variety from Jura.
Poulsbo proper noun: A city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.
Poulsen arc noun: Synonym of arc converter.
Poulson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
poult noun /pɒlt/: A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
poulter noun: Synonym of poulterer, a dealer in poultry.
poulter's measure noun: A metre with alternate lines of 12 and 14 syllables.
poulterer noun /ˈpoʊltəɹɚ/: A dealer in poultry.
poulteress noun: Synonym of poultrywoman, a female dealer in poultry.
poultering tub noun: Alternative form of powdering tub
poultice noun, verb /ˈpoʊltɪs/: A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.
poultice pavement noun: An asphalt pavement.
poulticed adjective, verb: Treated with a poultice.
poulticelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poultice.
poulticewise adverb: In the manner of a poultice.
Poultney proper noun: A surname.
Poulton proper noun: A small village in Poulton and Pulford parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3958).
poultry noun /ˈpɒltɹi/: Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
poultry wire noun: Synonym of chicken wire.
poultrydom noun: The realm or sphere of poultry.
poultryhouse noun: A house for poultry (avian livestock), usually for chickens.
poultryist noun: A person who raises poultry.
poultryless adjective: Without poultry.
poultrylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
poultryman noun: A male poulterer.
poultrywoman noun: A female poulterer.
POUM proper noun: Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist, revolutionary, communist party formed in Spain in 1935, which was active during the Spanish Civil War.
pounac noun: Alternative form of poonac.
pounamu noun: Jade, nephrite.
pounce noun, verb /paʊns/: A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
pounce upon verb: Synonym of pounce on
pounce wheel noun: Alternative form of ponce wheel.
pounceable adjective: Suitable to be pounced on.
pounced adjective, verb /paʊnst/: Ornamented with perforations or dots.
pouncehug noun: An enthusiastic embrace in which one person pounces on another and hugs them.
pouncer noun: One who pounces.

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.