English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 490 of 931

Poison Crossname

A locality in Eastry parish, Dover district, Kent, England, at the north end of the village (OS grid ref TR3055).

poison dart frognoun

Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.

poison gasnoun

A poisonous gas.

poison hemlocknoun

European hemlock Conium maculatum, an extremely poisonous plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.

poison messagenoun

A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.

poison oaknoun

Any of the species of Toxicodendron with compound leaves having three oak-like leaflets, native to North America.

poison pennoun

A manner, means, or tone of expression had by a written work, characterized by spitefulness, defamation, and/or intimidation directed toward a person, organization, or point of view.

poison pillnoun

Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.

poison-ivynoun

A woody vine plant in the family Anacardiaceae (Toxicodendron radicans or Rhus toxicodendron), well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant that causes an itching rash for most people.

poison-pen letternoun

A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.

poisonabilitynoun

The condition of being poisonable.

poisonableadj

Capable of being poisoned.

poisonaladj

Pronunciation spelling of personal.

poisonberrynoun

Informal name of various plants with poisonous berries, most commonly nightshades:

poisonedadj

Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison.

poisoned chalicenoun

Something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful; an apparently beneficial or benign instrument or scheme for causing death or harm.

poisonernoun

A person who poisons something or someone.

poisonestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of poison

poisonethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of poison

poisonfuladj

Full of poison; poisonous.

poisoningnoun

The administration of a poison.

poisoning attacknoun

Synonym of data poisoning.

poisonlessadj

Without poison.

poisonlessnessnoun

Absence of poison.

poisonlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of poison.

poisonmakernoun

A person who makes poisons.

poisonmongernoun

One who peddles poison (literally or figuratively).

poisonousadj

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.

poisonouslyadv

In a poisonous manner.

poisonousnessnoun

The state or quality of being poisonous.

poisonsomeadj

poisonous

poisonvetchnoun

Any of various poisonous plants of the genus Astragalus.

poisonweednoun

The plant Delphinium geyeri, poisonous to cattle.

poisonwoodnoun

Metopium toxiferum, a species of tree found in the American neotropics known for producing the irritant urushiol.

poisonyadj

Like or containing poison; poisonous.

Poissantname

A surname from French.

poissardenoun

A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.

Poissonname

A surname in French

Poisson distributionnoun

Any of a class of discrete probability distributions that express the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed time interval, where the events occur independently and at a constant average rate; describable as a limit case of either binomial or negative binomial distributions.

Poisson effectnoun

The tendency of a material to deform in the directions perpendicular to that of an applied force. The effect is quantified by a material's Poisson's ratio.

Poisson processnoun

A stochastic process in which events occur continually and independently of one another.

Poisson's rationoun

Of a material in tension or compression, the ratio of the strain in the direction of the applied load to the strain normal to the load, abbreviated ν (nu).

Poissonianadj

Of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution.

Poissonizationnoun

Analysis of a multivariate combinatorial distribution by turning interdependent variables into independent Poisson distributions.

poissonniernoun

In a large commercial kitchen, a cook tasked with preparing and cooking (and possibly selecting) fish and fish dishes.

Poitevinadj

Of, from or relating to the region of Poitou in France.

poitevinitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.

Poitiername

A surname from French.

Poitiersname

A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

Poitouname

A geographic region and former province of France, whose capital was Poitiers; now split between the administrative regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 490. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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