5 Letter Words That Start With PO

point

Noun : A small dot or mark.

Noun : Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

Noun : A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

power

Noun : The ability to do or undergo something.

Noun : (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

Noun : (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

posit

Noun : Something that is posited; a postulate.

Verb : Assume the existence of; to postulate.

Verb : Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

pound

Noun : Various non-English units of measure

Noun : A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

Noun : A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

poppy

Noun : Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

Noun : A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.

Noun : (chiefly Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

poise

Noun : A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

Noun : Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Noun : Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.

pouch

Noun : A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Noun : (zoology) An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

Noun : Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.

posse

Noun : A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

Noun : (now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.

Noun : (US) A search party.

porch

Noun : (architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

Noun : A portico; a covered walk.

Noun : The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

poach

Verb : (transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).

Verb : (intransitive) To be cooked in such manner.

Noun : The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

poker

Noun : A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.

Noun : (historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.

Noun : One who pokes.

polyp

Noun : (medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

Noun : (zoology) A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

polar

Adjective : Of or having a pole or polarity, as:

Adjective : (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

Adjective : (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

poser

Noun : (Britain) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

Noun : Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

Noun : Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

potus

Noun : (US) Acronym of President of the United States.

pooch

Noun : (slang) A dog.

Noun : A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Noun : (countable) A bulge, an enlarged part.

potto

Noun : A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa.

Noun : (now rare) The kinkajou.

Noun : A village in North Yorkshire

polka

Noun : A lively dance originating in Bohemia.

Noun : The music for this dance.

Noun : A polka jacket.

ponce

Noun : (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.

Noun : Synonym of kept man.

Noun : Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.

potty

Noun : A chamber pot.

Noun : A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.

Noun : (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.

porgy

Noun : Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the seabream.

Noun : In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).

porno

Adjective : Pornographic.

Noun : (uncountable) Pornography.

Noun : (countable) A pornographic film.

poilu

Noun : (historical) A French infantryman during the First World War

poesy

Noun : A poem.

Noun : The art or composition of poetry.

Noun : (archaic) The class of literature comprising poems.

podge

Noun : (UK, informal) a fat person

Noun : (UK, dialect) A puddle; a plash.

Noun : (UK, dialect) porridge

pokey

Adjective : of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)

Adjective : (slang) slow

Adjective : (slang, of a car) fast

ponzi

Adjective : (finance) Pertaining to a scheme whereby investors' returns are paid for directly by later investors' investments, giving the false impression that the investment is viable.

Noun : A Ponzi scheme.

posey

Adjective : (Britain, informal) Pretentious; posturing.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.

polis

Noun : (historical) A Greek city-state.

Noun : (uncountable, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside) The police.

Noun : (countable, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside) A police officer.

polio

Noun : (countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

Noun : (uncountable) Abbreviation of poliomyelitis. [(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.]

pop up

Verb : (intransitive) To come up with a "pop" sound.

Verb : (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning.

Verb : (intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen.

posed

Adjective : (obsolete) Firm; determined; fixed.

Adjective : (often in combinations) Holding a certain pose

poult

Noun : A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

potch

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To thrust.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To trample.

Noun : (chiefly Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.

porta

Noun : (anatomy) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilum.

Noun : (anatomy) The foramen of Monro.

Noun : A surname.

polly

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew, nickname for Mary created by rhyming with Molly.

Noun : A common name for a pet parrot.

Noun : (UK, slang) A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.

poles

Noun : Poles, or Polish people, are a West Slavic nationGerard Labuda.

Noun : people native to Poland.

pouty

Adjective : Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person)

Adjective : Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth)

Adjective : Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality)

poona

Noun : Former name of Pune.

poses

Noun : (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Verb : (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.

Verb : (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).

posts

Noun : (networking) An HTTP request method used to send an arbitrary amount of data to a web server.

Verb : (computing) To successfully perform a power-on self-test.

Noun : A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

pocus

Noun : (medicine, uncountable) Abbreviation of point-of-care ultrasound.

pompa

Noun : A surname.

popup

Noun : Alternative form of pop-up [(Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.]

poole

Noun : A town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England.

Noun : A civil parish (served by Worleston and District Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6455).

Noun : A census-designated place in Webster County and Henderson County, Kentucky, United States.

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pongo

Noun : (Britain, military slang) A soldier.

Noun : A canyon or gorge in South America especially cutting through a ridge or mountain range.

Noun : (Britain, slang) A lazy, good for nothing person.

poove

Noun : (slang, derogatory, rare) Synonym of poof (“male homosexual”)

poems

Noun : A literary piece written in verse.

Noun : A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.

Noun : A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

ponte

Noun : A surname.

poxed

porny

Adjective : (informal) Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic.

podia

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

Noun : (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.

Noun : (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.

pored

Adjective : Having or furnished with pores

pooka

Noun : A fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.

Noun : A convenient storage location or hiding spot created by the arrangement or form of surrounding objects

poets

Noun : The 26th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

porte

Noun : (now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

porky

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of pork.

Adjective : (slang) Rather fat; chubby.

Noun : (Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.

polls

Noun : (politics, government) A place where votes are cast in elections.

pores

Noun : A tiny opening in the skin.

Noun : By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

Verb : To study meticulously; to go over again and again.

potts

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States.

Noun : A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

podgy

Adjective : (informal) Slightly fat.

Adjective : (archaic, of food) Stodgy.

ports

Noun : A commune of the Indre-et-Loire department, France

Noun : A comarca in the Valencian Community in Spain

porto

Noun : An apéritif made from port.

Noun : Synonym of port.

Noun : A city and municipality, the district capital of Porto district, Portugal

poler

Noun : One who propels a boat using a pole.

Noun : A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.

Noun : (obsolete) An extortioner.

poked

Verb : To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.

Verb : To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.

Verb : (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.

poake

Noun : Obsolete form of poke. [A prod, jab, or thrust.]

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ponca

Noun : A member of a Native American people of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan-language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Noun : A small city, the county seat of Dixon County, Nebraska, United States.

poppa

Noun : (US, colloquial, sometimes childish) father, papa.

ponty

Noun : Alternative form of punty [(glassblowing) A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.]

Noun : Short for Pontypridd. [A town in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0790).]

poori

Noun : A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan.

pools

Noun : A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

Noun : Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Noun : A supply of resources.

poled

Adjective : (of walking routes) Marked with poles.

ponza

Noun : An island off the coast of Lazio, Italy, in the Pontine Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

porus

Noun : A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

Adjective : Misspelling of porous. [Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.]

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poofy

Adjective : (slang) Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.

Adjective : Capable of making a poofing sound.

Adjective : (derogatory, slang) Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture

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pommy

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, often derogatory) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.

Adjective : (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory) English; British.

Adjective : (heraldry) Alternative form of pommee [(heraldry, of a cross) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; having round shapes on the extremities.]

pooja

Noun : A female given name from Hindi

Noun : Alternative form of puja [A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.]

posix

Noun : (computing) Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface: a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between UNIX variants.

pomme

Noun : (heraldry) A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple.

poset

Noun : (set theory, order theory) A partially ordered set.

pocky

Adjective : Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.

pogey

Noun : (chiefly historical, countable) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc.

Noun : (Canada, slang, uncountable, often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.

podex

Noun : (anatomy) anus, rectum, fundament

poley

Adjective : (UK, dialect, archaic) Without horns; polled.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of poly (Teucrium polium). [(informal) A polytechnic.]

poopy

Adjective : (slang) Depressed, weak, or worthless.

Adjective : (informal, slang) Dirty with feces.

Adjective : (informal, slang) Resembling or characteristic of feces.

poncy

Adjective : (chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, derogatory, informal) Of, relating to, or (supposedly) characteristic of a ponce.

Adjective : Intended to impress others, particularly in an excessively refined or ostentatious manner; affected, pretentious.

Adjective : Chiefly of a male person: effeminate; gay, homosexual.

poind

Noun : (obsolete, Scotland) A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized

Verb : (obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner.

porse

poche

Noun : A surname.

pogue

Noun : (Ireland) A kiss.

Noun : (dated, slang) A purse; hence, money.

Noun : (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.

posen

Noun : Dated form of Poznan. [A city in west-central Poland]

ponzu

Noun : A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the 橙 (daidai), an Asian variety of bitter orange, mixed with soy sauce.

potoo

Noun : (birds) Any species of the genus Nyctibius related to the nightjars (same order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.

pogge

Noun : A scorpaeniform fish native to the waters of northern Europe, Agonus cataphractus

pours

Verb : (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

Verb : (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

poulp

Noun : Alternative form of poulpe [(archaic) An octopus.]

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