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 through them; sometimes incorporating a spanner at the larger end, to tighten nuts onto bolts.

podgilyadv

In a podgy way.

podginessnoun

The state or quality of being podgy.

Podgoricaname

The capital and largest city of Montenegro.

podgyadj

Slightly fat.

podheadnoun

One who is obsessed with his or her iPod.

Podhoretzianadj

Of or relating to Norman Podhoretz (born 1930), American writer and conservative political commentator.

podiatricadj

Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot

podiatristnoun

A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.

podiatrynoun

Chiropody.

podicaladj

anal (applied to certain body parts)

podicipedidnoun

Any bird in the family Podicipedidae; a grebe.

podiformadj

pod-shaped

podilfennoun

A vasodilator.

Podingtonname

A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9462).

poditenoun

A limb of a crustacean when ambulatory.

podittinoun

Synonym of yellow-billed kingfisher (“Syma torotoro”).

podiumnoun

A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

podium positionnoun

An outcome of being among the best three participants in a competition.

Podlachianame

A historical region and geographical region in northeastern Poland.

Podlaskie Voivodeshipname

A voivodeship of Poland.

podletnoun

A small pod.

podlikeadj

Resembling a pod.

podmatenoun

A person or animal of the same pod (section, group, etc.).

Podniprovyaname

Lands in Belarus and Ukraine within the Dnieper river basin.

podonoun

Any of various trees of the genus Afrocarpus or Podocarpus.

podocarpnoun

Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Podocarpus, from the southern hemisphere.

podocarpaceousadj

Of or relating to the Podocarpaceae.

podocarpiumnoun

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 frugivores.

podocarpusnoun

Any of the genus Podocarpus of podocarp conifers.

podocinnoun

A protein which lines the podocytes and whose mutations can cause nephrotic syndrome

podocnemidnoun

Any turtle of the genus Podocnemis

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