Nouns

potherb

noun

any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or fl...

potholer

noun

a person who explores caves

pothouse

noun

tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms;...

pothook

noun

an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire

pothunter

noun

a nonprofessional archeologist

potlatch

noun

a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern...

potman

noun

a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and...

potoroo

noun

Australian rat kangaroos

potsherd

noun

a shard of pottery

pottage

noun

thick (often creamy) soup

pottle

noun

a pot that holds 2 quarts

poudrin

noun

small crystals of ice

poulenc

noun

French pianist and composer (1899-1963)

poulterer

noun

a dealer in poultry and poultry products

poultryman

noun

a dealer in poultry and poultry products

pourboire

noun

a relatively small amount of money given for services render...

poundal

noun

a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an accelerat...

pouter

noun

someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

powerboat

noun

a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine

powys

noun

British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary...

poyang

noun

a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang...

pozsony

noun

capital and largest city of Slovakia

practician

noun

someone who practices a learned profession

praenomen

noun

the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome

praetor

noun

an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic

praetorship

noun

the office of praetor

pragmatics

noun

the study of language use

prairial

noun

ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); th...

prajapati

noun

Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahm...

prakrit

noun

any of the modern Indic languages

praseodymium

noun

a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rar...

pratincole

noun

Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs;...

praxiteles

noun

ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)

preachment

noun

a sermon on a moral or religious topic

prebend

noun

the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon

prebendary

noun

a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church

precambrian

noun

the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phaneroz...

precedency

noun

status established in order of importance or urgency

precentor

noun

the musical director of a choir

preceptor

noun

teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge...

preciosity

noun

the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined

precipitancy

noun

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn...

precipitateness

noun

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn...

precipitin

noun

an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with it...

precipitousness

noun

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn...

precociousness

noun

intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental sche...

precocity

noun

intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental sche...

predestinarian

noun

anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to...

preeminence

noun

high status importance owing to marked superiority

preemptor

noun

someone who acquires land by preemption