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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Po
Po River noun a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea

po-faced
adjective humorless and disapproving

Poa
genus Poa noun chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions

poached egg
dropped egg noun egg cooked in gently boiling water

poacher
sea poacher noun small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

poaching
noun cooking in simmering liquid

Pobeda Peak
Pobedy Peak noun a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (24,406 feet high)

Pocahontas
Matoaka noun a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith`s life (1595-1617)

Pocatello
noun a university town in southeastern Idaho

pochard
Aythya ferina noun heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head

pock
noun a pustule in an eruptive disease

pocked
pockmarked adjective marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease

pocket
noun a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

pocket battleship
noun a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)

pocket book
noun pocket-sized paperback book

pocket borough
noun a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family

pocket dictionary
little dictionary noun a dictionary that is small enough to carry in your pocket

pocket edition
noun pocket-sized paperback book

pocket flap
noun a flap that covers the access to a pocket

pocket gopher
noun burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America

pocket money
pin money noun cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses

pocket mouse
noun any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail

pocket rat
noun any of various rodents with cheek pouches

pocket veto
noun indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it

pocket watch
noun a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket

pocket-handkerchief
noun a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket

pocket-size
pocket-sized adjective small enough to be carried in a garment pocket; `pocket-size paperbacks`

pocketbook
noun your personal financial means; `that car is too expensive for my pocketbook`

pocketbook
noun pocket-sized paperback book

pocketcomb
pocket comb noun a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket

pocketed bat
pocketed freetail bat noun small brown bat of California and northern Mexico

pocketful
noun the quantity a pocket will hold

pocketknife
pocket knife noun a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket

pockmark
noun a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease

pod
fuel pod noun a detachable container of fuel on an airplane

pod
seedcase noun the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

podalgia
noun foot pain

Podalyria
genus Podalyria noun genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora

Podargidae
family Podargidae noun frogmouths

Podargus
genus Podargus noun type genus of the Podargidae

Podaxaceae
noun a variety of gastromycete

podetium
noun an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne

podiatry
chiropody noun the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

Podiceps
genus Podiceps noun type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes

Podicipedidae
family Podicipedidae noun coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes

podicipitiform seabird
noun aquatic birds related to the loons

Podicipitiformes
order Podicipitiformes noun grebes

Podilymbus
genus Podilymbus noun a genus of Podicipedidae

podlike
adjective resembling a pod

podocarp
noun any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed

Podocarpaceae
family Podocarpaceae noun gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves

Podocarpus
genus Podocarpus noun evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae

Podophyllum
genus Podophyllum noun perennial rhizomatous herbs

podzol
podzol soil noun a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer

Poe
Edgar Allan Poe noun United States writer and poet (1809-1849)

poeciliid fish
poeciliid noun small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control

Poeciliidae
family Poeciliidae noun topminnows

Poecilocapsus
genus Poecilocapsus noun a genus of Miridae

Poecilogale
genus Poecilogale noun muishonds

poem
verse form noun a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Poephila
genus Poephila noun grassfinches

poet
noun a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

poet laureate
noun the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain; `the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions`

poetess
noun a woman poet

poetic
poetical adjective characteristic of or befitting poetry; `poetic diction`

poetic justice
just deserts noun an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

poetic license
noun license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work

poetic rhythm
rhythmic pattern noun (prosody) a system of versification

poetically
adverb in a poetic manner; `poetically expressed`

poetics
noun study of poetic works

pogge
armed bullhead noun northern Atlantic sea poacher

pogo stick
noun plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring; propelled by jumping

pogonia
noun any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower

pogonion
noun the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin

Pogonophora
phylum Pogonophora noun beard worms

Pogostemon
genus Pogostemon noun genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil

pogrom
noun organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

poi
noun Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment

poignance
poignancy noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; `a moment of extraordinary poignancy`

poignant
adjective keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; `poignant anxiety`

poikilotherm
ectotherm noun an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals

poikilothermic
poikilothermous adjective of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment

Poinciana
subgenus Poinciana noun small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications

poinciana
Poinciana gilliesii noun a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

poinsettia
Christmas star noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

point
pointedness noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

point
noun a wall socket

point after
point after touchdown noun in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown

point duty
noun the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection

point lace
noun lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern

point man
noun a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol

point mutation
gene mutation noun a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

point of honor
noun a concern that seriously reflects on your honor

point of order
noun a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure

point of view
viewpoint noun a mental position from which things are viewed; `we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians`; `teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events`

point out
verb point out carefully and clearly

point source
noun a spatially constricted by concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution)

point system
noun a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules

point woman
noun a woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise

point-and-shoot camera
noun a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus