8-letter words starting with PO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PO. This section showcases how PO at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| possible | 12 | existing in possibility | possible uses of nuclear power |
| position | 10 | a condition or position in which you find yourself | the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils |
| powerful | 16 | strong enough to knock down or overwhelm | - |
| possibly | 15 | by chance | we may possibly run into them at the concert |
| positive | 13 | involving advantage or good | a plus (or positive) factor |
| politics | 12 | social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power | office politics is often counterproductive |
| pointing | 11 | - | - |
| portrait | 10 | any likeness of a person, in any medium | the photographer made excellent portraits |
| pounding | 12 | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | the pounding of feet on the hallway |
| postcard | 13 | a card for sending messages by post without an envelope | - |
| policies | 12 | - | - |
| postpone | 12 | hold back to a later time | let's postpone the exam |
| porridge | 12 | soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick | - |
| politely | 13 | in a polite manner | the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...' |
| portland | 11 | freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains | - |
| polished | 14 | (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | polished rice |
| portable | 12 | a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried | - |
| polluted | 11 | rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | polluted lakes and streams |
| ponytail | 13 | a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail | - |
| powdered | 15 | consisting of fine particles | powdered cellulose |
| poaching | 16 | cooking in simmering liquid | - |
| popsicle | 14 | ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick | in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly |
| pointers | 10 | - | - |
| poignant | 11 | arousing affect | poignant grief cannot endure forever |
| polarity | 13 | a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil |
| polygamy | 19 | the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
| populace | 14 | people in general considered as a whole | - |
| poultice | 12 | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | - |
| populate | 12 | be an inhabitant of or reside in | - |
| postmark | 16 | stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | - |
| populist | 12 | someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
| porthole | 13 | an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | - |
| potbelly | 15 | slang for a paunch | - |
| poetical | 12 | of or relating to poetry | - |
| porpoise | 12 | any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth | - |
| poisoner | 10 | someone who kills with poison | - |
| polonium | 12 | a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor | - |
| positron | 10 | an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation | - |
| polisher | 13 | a power tool used to buff surfaces | - |
| polyglot | 14 | a person who speaks more than one language | - |
| populous | 12 | densely populated | - |
| postcode | 13 | a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail | - |
| polemics | 14 | the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors | - |
| pouncing | 13 | - | - |
| polluter | 10 | a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | - |
| polymath | 18 | a person of great and varied learning | - |
| poppadom | 17 | - | - |
| populism | 14 | the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite | - |
| polarize | 19 | cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | - |
| politico | 12 | a person active in party politics | - |
| pollywog | 17 | a larval frog or toad | - |
| poolroom | 12 | a room with pool tables where pool is played | - |
| poorness | 10 | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | - |
| porphyry | 21 | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals | - |
| postural | 10 | of or relating to or involving posture | postural exercises |
| potently | 13 | in a manner having a powerful influence | Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind |
| poundage | 12 | placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | - |
| poaceous | 12 | - | - |
| poachers | 15 | - | - |
| poachier | 15 | - | - |
| poblanos | 12 | - | - |
| pochards | 16 | - | - |
| pochayed | 19 | - | - |
| pochette | 15 | - | - |
| pochoirs | 15 | - | - |
| pockards | 17 | - | - |
| pocketed | 17 | - | - |
| pocketer | 16 | - | - |
| pockiest | 16 | - | - |
| pockmark | 22 | a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease | - |
| pockpits | 18 | - | - |
| pocosens | 12 | - | - |
| pocosins | 12 | - | - |
| pocosons | 12 | - | - |
| podagral | 12 | - | - |
| podagras | 12 | - | - |
| podagric | 14 | - | - |
| podargus | 12 | type genus of the Podargidae | - |
| podcasts | 13 | - | - |
| poddiest | 12 | - | - |
| poddling | 13 | - | - |
| podestas | 11 | - | - |
| podgiest | 12 | - | - |
| podiatry | 14 | the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | - |
| podiumed | 14 | - | - |
| podocarp | 15 | any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed | - |
| podology | 15 | - | - |
| podomere | 13 | - | - |
| podsolic | 13 | - | - |
| podzolic | 22 | - | - |
| poechore | 15 | - | - |
| poematic | 14 | - | - |
| poesying | 14 | - | - |
| poetised | 11 | - | - |
| poetiser | 10 | a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | - |
| poetises | 10 | - | - |
| poetized | 20 | - | - |
| poetizer | 19 | a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | - |
| poetizes | 19 | - | - |
| poetless | 10 | - | - |
| poetlike | 14 | - | - |
| poetries | 10 | - | - |
| poetship | 15 | - | - |
| pogonias | 11 | - | - |
| pogonips | 13 | - | - |
| pogromed | 14 | - | - |
| poignado | 12 | - | - |
| poinders | 11 | - | - |
| poinding | 12 | - | - |
| pointels | 10 | - | - |
| pointier | 10 | - | - |
| pointman | 12 | - | - |
| pointmen | 12 | - | - |
| poisoned | 11 | - | - |
| poissons | 10 | - | - |
| poitrels | 10 | - | - |
| poitrine | 10 | - | - |
| pokefuls | 17 | - | - |
| pokerish | 17 | - | - |
| pokeroot | 14 | - | - |
| pokeweed | 18 | perennial of the genus Phytolacca | - |
| pokiness | 14 | - | - |
| polaccas | 14 | - | - |
| polacres | 12 | - | - |
| polarise | 10 | cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | - |
| polarons | 10 | - | - |
| poldered | 12 | - | - |
| poleaxed | 18 | - | - |
| poleaxes | 17 | - | - |
| polecats | 12 | - | - |
| poleless | 10 | - | - |
| polemise | 12 | engage in a controversy | - |
| polemist | 12 | a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | - |
| polemize | 21 | engage in a controversy | - |
| polentas | 10 | - | - |
| polestar | 10 | the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it | - |
| poleward | 14 | - | - |
| policers | 12 | - | - |
| policier | 12 | - | - |
| policing | 13 | - | - |
| polishes | 13 | - | - |
| politest | 10 | - | - |
| politick | 16 | engage in political activities | This colleague is always politicking |
| polities | 10 | - | - |
| polkaing | 15 | - | - |
| pollacks | 16 | - | - |
| pollards | 11 | - | - |
| pollaxed | 18 | - | - |
| pollaxes | 17 | - | - |
| pollened | 11 | - | - |
| pollical | 12 | - | - |
| pollices | 12 | - | - |
| pollicie | 12 | - | - |
| pollings | 11 | - | - |
| pollinia | 10 | - | - |
| pollinic | 12 | - | - |
| pollists | 10 | - | - |
| polliwig | 14 | - | - |
| polliwog | 14 | a larval frog or toad | - |
| pollocks | 16 | - | - |
| pollster | 10 | someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | a pollster conducts public opinion polls |
| pollutes | 10 | - | - |
| pollywig | 17 | - | - |
| poloidal | 11 | - | - |
| poloists | 10 | - | - |
| polonies | 10 | - | - |
| polonise | 10 | - | - |
| polonism | 12 | - | - |
| polonize | 19 | - | - |
| poltfeet | 13 | - | - |
| poltfoot | 13 | - | - |
| poltroon | 10 | an abject coward | - |
| polyacid | 16 | - | - |
| polyadic | 16 | - | - |
| polyarch | 18 | - | - |
| polyaxon | 20 | - | - |
| polybags | 16 | - | - |
| polybrid | 16 | - | - |
| polycots | 15 | - | - |
| polydrug | 15 | - | - |
| polyenes | 13 | - | - |
| polyenic | 15 | - | - |
| polygala | 14 | type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot | - |
| polygams | 16 | - | - |
| polygene | 14 | a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations | - |
| polygeny | 17 | - | - |
| polygons | 14 | - | - |
| polygony | 17 | - | - |
| polygyne | 17 | - | - |
| polygyny | 20 | polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time | - |
| polymers | 15 | - | - |
| polymery | 18 | - | - |
| polynias | 13 | - | - |
| polynyas | 16 | - | - |
| polyomas | 15 | - | - |
| polyonym | 18 | - | - |
| polypary | 18 | - | - |
| polypeds | 16 | - | - |
| polyphon | 18 | - | - |
| polypide | 16 | - | - |
| polypill | 15 | - | - |
| polypine | 15 | - | - |
| polypite | 15 | - | - |
| polypnea | 15 | - | - |
| polypods | 16 | - | - |
| polypody | 19 | any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium | - |
| polypoid | 16 | - | - |
| polypore | 15 | woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent | - |
| polypous | 15 | - | - |
| polyseme | 15 | - | - |
| polysemy | 18 | the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | - |
| polysome | 15 | - | - |
| polysomy | 18 | congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells | - |
| polytene | 13 | - | - |
| polyteny | 16 | - | - |
| polytype | 18 | - | - |
| polyuria | 13 | renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes | - |
| polyuric | 15 | - | - |
| polyzoan | 22 | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | - |
| polyzoic | 24 | - | - |
| polyzoon | 22 | - | - |
| pomading | 14 | - | - |
| pomander | 13 | - | - |
| pomatoes | 12 | - | - |
| pomatums | 14 | - | - |
| pomelike | 16 | - | - |
| pomeroys | 15 | - | - |
| pomfrets | 15 | - | - |
| pommeled | 15 | - | - |
| pommetty | 17 | - | - |
| pomology | 16 | the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits | - |
| pompanos | 14 | - | - |
| pompelos | 14 | - | - |
| pompeyed | 18 | - | - |
| pompiers | 14 | - | - |
| pompilid | 15 | - | - |
| pompions | 14 | - | - |
| pompoons | 14 | - | - |
| pomwater | 15 | - | - |
| ponceaus | 12 | - | - |
| ponceaux | 19 | - | - |
| ponchoed | 16 | - | - |
| ponciest | 12 | - | - |
| pondages | 12 | - | - |
| ponderal | 11 | - | - |
| pondered | 12 | - | - |
| ponderer | 11 | a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | - |
| pondweed | 15 | submerged freshwater perennials | - |
| pongiest | 11 | - | - |
| poniards | 11 | - | - |
| pontages | 11 | - | - |
| pontifex | 20 | a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome | - |
| pontiffs | 16 | - | - |
| pontific | 15 | - | - |
| pontiles | 10 | - | - |
| pontoons | 10 | - | - |
| ponyskin | 17 | - | - |
| pooching | 16 | - | - |
| poofiest | 13 | - | - |
| pooftahs | 16 | - | - |
| poofters | 13 | - | - |
| poolhall | 13 | - | - |
| poolside | 11 | - | - |
| pooncing | 13 | - | - |
| poontang | 11 | - | - |
| poopiest | 12 | - | - |
| poorlier | 10 | - | - |
| poortith | 13 | - | - |
| poorwill | 13 | goatsucker of western North America | - |
| pootered | 11 | - | - |
| pootling | 11 | - | - |
| pooviest | 13 | - | - |
| popadums | 15 | - | - |
| popcorns | 14 | - | - |
| popedoms | 15 | - | - |
| popehood | 16 | - | - |
| popeless | 12 | - | - |
| popelike | 16 | - | - |
| popeling | 13 | - | - |
| poperies | 12 | - | - |
| poperins | 12 | - | - |
| popeseye | 15 | - | - |
| popeship | 17 | - | - |
| popettes | 12 | - | - |
| popinack | 18 | - | - |
| popinacs | 14 | - | - |
| popinjay | 22 | an archaic term for a parrot | - |
| popishly | 18 | like the Pope; in a popish manner | - |
| popjoyed | 23 | - | - |
| poplitei | 12 | - | - |
| poplitic | 14 | - | - |
| popovers | 15 | - | - |
| poppadum | 17 | - | - |
| poppiest | 14 | - | - |
| popplier | 14 | - | - |
| poppling | 15 | - | - |
| popsocks | 18 | - | - |
| popsters | 12 | - | - |
| popstrel | 12 | - | - |
| populars | 12 | - | - |
| porcinis | 12 | - | - |
| porifers | 13 | - | - |
| poriness | 10 | - | - |
| poristic | 12 | - | - |
| porkiest | 14 | - | - |
| porkling | 15 | - | - |
| porkpies | 16 | - | - |
| porkwood | 18 | - | - |
| porlocks | 16 | - | - |
| porniest | 10 | - | - |
| pornomag | 13 | - | - |
| porogamy | 16 | - | - |
| porosity | 13 | the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids | - |
| porously | 13 | - | - |
| porpesse | 12 | - | - |
| porrects | 12 | - | - |
| porridgy | 15 | - | - |
| porrigos | 11 | - | - |
| portably | 15 | - | - |
| portaged | 12 | - | - |
| portages | 11 | - | - |
| portague | 11 | - | - |
| portaled | 11 | - | - |
| portance | 12 | - | - |
| portapak | 16 | - | - |
| portases | 10 | - | - |
| portends | 11 | - | - |
| portents | 10 | - | - |
| porteous | 10 | - | - |
| portered | 11 | - | - |
| porterly | 13 | - | - |
| portesse | 10 | - | - |
| portfire | 13 | - | - |
| porthors | 13 | - | - |
| porticos | 12 | - | - |
| portiere | 10 | a heavy curtain hung across a doorway | - |
| portiest | 10 | - | - |
| portigue | 11 | - | - |
| portions | 10 | - | - |
| portlast | 10 | - | - |
| portless | 10 | - | - |
| portlier | 10 | - | - |
| portoise | 10 | - | - |
| portolan | 10 | - | - |
| portrays | 13 | - | - |
| portress | 10 | - | - |
| portside | 11 | - | - |
| portulan | 10 | - | - |
| posaunes | 10 | - | - |
| poseable | 12 | - | - |
| poserish | 13 | - | - |
| poseuses | 10 | - | - |
| poshness | 13 | - | - |
| poshteen | 13 | - | - |
| posingly | 14 | - | - |
| positifs | 13 | - | - |
| positing | 11 | - | - |
| positons | 10 | - | - |
| posology | 14 | the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines | - |
| posseted | 11 | - | - |
| possumed | 13 | - | - |
| postages | 11 | - | - |
| postally | 13 | - | - |
| postanal | 10 | - | - |
| postbags | 13 | - | - |
| postbase | 12 | - | - |
| postboys | 15 | - | - |
| postburn | 12 | - | - |
| postcava | 15 | receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins | - |
| postcoup | 14 | - | - |
| postdate | 11 | be later in time | - |
| postdive | 14 | - | - |
| postdocs | 13 | - | - |
| postdrug | 12 | - | - |
| posteens | 10 | - | - |
| postered | 11 | - | - |
| posterns | 10 | - | - |
| postface | 15 | - | - |
| postfact | 15 | - | - |
| postfire | 13 | - | - |
| postform | 15 | - | - |
| postgame | 13 | - | - |
| postgrad | 12 | - | - |
| postheat | 13 | - | - |
| posthole | 13 | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post | - |
| postical | 12 | - | - |
| postiche | 15 | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | - |
| postiled | 11 | - | - |
| postings | 11 | - | - |
| postique | 19 | - | - |
| postlike | 14 | - | - |
| postlude | 11 | a voluntary played at the end of a religious service | - |
| postnati | 10 | - | - |
| postoral | 10 | - | - |
| postpaid | 13 | used especially of mail; paid in advance | - |
| postpose | 12 | place after another constituent in the sentence | Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them |
| postpunk | 16 | - | - |
| postrace | 12 | - | - |
| postriot | 10 | - | - |
| postshow | 16 | - | - |
| postsync | 15 | - | - |
| postteen | 10 | - | - |
| posttest | 10 | - | - |
| postured | 11 | - | - |
| posturer | 10 | someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others | - |
| postures | 10 | - | - |
| potables | 12 | - | - |
| potagers | 11 | - | - |
| potashed | 14 | - | - |
| potashes | 13 | - | - |
| potassas | 10 | - | - |
| potasses | 10 | - | - |
| potassic | 12 | - | - |
| potation | 10 | a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | - |
| potatoes | 10 | - | - |
| potatory | 13 | - | - |
| potboils | 12 | - | - |
| potbound | 13 | (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | - |
| potchers | 15 | - | - |
| potching | 16 | - | - |
| potences | 12 | - | - |
| potheads | 14 | - | - |
| potheens | 13 | - | - |
| potherbs | 15 | - | - |
| pothered | 14 | - | - |
| potholed | 14 | used of paved surfaces having holes or pits | - |
| potholer | 13 | a person who explores caves | - |
| potholes | 13 | - | - |
| pothooks | 17 | - | - |
| pothoses | 13 | - | - |
| pothouse | 13 | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | - |
| poticary | 15 | - | - |
| potiches | 15 | - | - |
| potlache | 15 | - | - |
| potlatch | 15 | a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) | - |
| potlines | 10 | - | - |
| potlucks | 16 | - | - |
| potoroos | 10 | - | - |
| potshard | 14 | - | - |
| potshare | 13 | - | - |
| potsherd | 14 | a shard of pottery | - |
| potshops | 15 | - | - |
| potshots | 13 | - | - |
| potstone | 10 | - | - |
| pottable | 12 | - | - |
| pottages | 11 | - | - |
| potteens | 10 | - | - |
| pottered | 11 | - | - |
| potterer | 10 | a person who putters about | - |
| pottiest | 10 | - | - |
| pouchful | 18 | - | - |
| pouchier | 15 | - | - |
| pouching | 16 | - | - |
| pouffier | 16 | - | - |
| pouffing | 17 | - | - |
| pouftahs | 16 | - | - |
| poufters | 13 | - | - |
| poulaine | 10 | - | - |
| poularde | 11 | - | - |
| poulards | 11 | - | - |
| poulders | 11 | - | - |
| pouldres | 11 | - | - |
| pouldron | 11 | - | - |
| poulters | 10 | - | - |
| pouncers | 12 | - | - |
| pouncets | 12 | - | - |
| poundals | 11 | - | - |
| pounders | 11 | - | - |
| pourable | 12 | - | - |
| pourings | 11 | - | - |
| poursews | 13 | - | - |
| poursued | 11 | - | - |
| poursues | 10 | - | - |
| poursuit | 10 | - | - |
| pourtray | 13 | - | - |
| pousadas | 11 | - | - |
| poussies | 10 | - | - |
| poussins | 10 | - | - |
| pouthers | 13 | - | - |
| poutiest | 10 | - | - |
| poutines | 10 | - | - |
| poutings | 11 | - | - |
| powderer | 14 | someone who applies or scatters powder | - |
| powering | 14 | - | - |
| powhiris | 16 | - | - |
| pownding | 15 | - | - |
| powsowdy | 20 | - | - |
| powtered | 14 | - | - |
| powwowed | 20 | - | - |
| poxvirus | 20 | any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates | - |
| poynting | 14 | - | - |
| poysoned | 14 | - | - |
| pozzolan | 28 | - | - |
