9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| political | 13 | involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | calling a meeting is a political act in itself |
| potential | 11 | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | - |
| policeman | 15 | a member of a police force | - |
| possessed | 12 | influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | by love possessed |
| pointless | 11 | not having a point especially a sharp point | my pencils are all pointless |
| poisoning | 12 | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance | - |
| poisonous | 11 | having the qualities or effects of a poison | - |
| pollution | 11 | the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | - |
| powerless | 14 | lacking power | - |
| portfolio | 14 | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio |
| postponed | 14 | - | - |
| porcelain | 13 | ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic | - |
| polishing | 15 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
| populated | 14 | furnished with inhabitants | the area is well populated |
| potassium | 13 | a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | - |
| portrayed | 15 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
| polygraph | 20 | a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
| posterity | 14 | all of the offspring of a given progenitor | we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity |
| porcupine | 15 | relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | - |
| portrayal | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
| polluting | 12 | - | - |
| polyester | 14 | a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer | - |
| pondering | 13 | deeply or seriously thoughtful | - |
| pollyanna | 14 | - | - |
| poppycock | 26 | senseless talk | - |
| posterior | 11 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | the mood posterior to |
| potpourri | 13 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | - |
| posturing | 12 | adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
| pompadour | 16 | French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) | - |
| poorhouse | 14 | an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless | - |
| porphyria | 19 | a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion | - |
| pocketful | 20 | the quantity a pocket will hold | - |
| politburo | 13 | the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
| polarized | 21 | - | - |
| pocketing | 18 | - | - |
| ponderosa | 12 | common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature | - |
| polythene | 17 | a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation | - |
| polonaise | 11 | a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt | - |
| possessor | 11 | a person who owns something | - |
| pollinate | 11 | fertilize by transfering pollen | - |
| popularly | 16 | among the people | this topic was popularly discussed |
| pointedly | 15 | in such a manner as to make something clearly evident | he pointedly ignored the question |
| ponderous | 12 | slow and laborious because of weight | ponderous prehistoric beasts |
| potentate | 11 | a ruler who is unconstrained by law | - |
| pomposity | 18 | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | - |
| posthaste | 14 | - | - |
| postulate | 11 | maintain or assert | - |
| potboiler | 13 | a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) | - |
| poignancy | 17 | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | a moment of extraordinary poignancy |
| pollutant | 11 | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil | - |
| postnatal | 11 | occurring immediately after birth | postnatal development |
| polemical | 15 | of or involving dispute or controversy | - |
| polymorph | 21 | an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites | - |
| polyvinyl | 20 | - | - |
| postdated | 13 | - | - |
| poachable | 18 | - | - |
| poachiest | 16 | - | - |
| poachings | 17 | - | - |
| pochaying | 20 | - | - |
| pochettes | 16 | - | - |
| pocketers | 17 | - | - |
| pockmanky | 26 | - | - |
| pockmarks | 23 | - | - |
| podagrous | 13 | - | - |
| podcasted | 15 | - | - |
| podcaster | 14 | - | - |
| podginess | 13 | - | - |
| podiatric | 14 | - | - |
| podiuming | 15 | - | - |
| podocarps | 16 | - | - |
| podomeres | 14 | - | - |
| podsolise | 12 | - | - |
| podsolize | 21 | - | - |
| podzolise | 21 | - | - |
| podzolize | 30 | - | - |
| poechores | 16 | - | - |
| poenology | 15 | the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation | - |
| poetaster | 11 | - | - |
| poetastry | 14 | - | - |
| poetesses | 11 | - | - |
| poeticals | 13 | - | - |
| poeticise | 13 | - | - |
| poeticism | 15 | - | - |
| poeticize | 22 | - | - |
| poeticule | 13 | - | - |
| poetisers | 11 | - | - |
| poetising | 12 | - | - |
| poetizers | 20 | - | - |
| poetizing | 21 | - | - |
| poetresse | 11 | - | - |
| poetships | 16 | - | - |
| pogroming | 15 | - | - |
| pogromist | 14 | - | - |
| poignance | 14 | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | - |
| poinadoes | 12 | - | - |
| poinciana | 13 | small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications | - |
| poindings | 13 | - | - |
| pointable | 13 | - | - |
| pointelle | 11 | - | - |
| pointiest | 11 | - | - |
| pointille | 11 | - | - |
| pointings | 12 | - | - |
| pointlike | 15 | - | - |
| pointsman | 13 | a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic | - |
| pointsmen | 13 | - | - |
| poisoners | 11 | - | - |
| poitrines | 11 | - | - |
| pokeberry | 20 | - | - |
| pokelogan | 16 | - | - |
| pokeroots | 15 | - | - |
| pokerwork | 22 | - | - |
| pokeweeds | 19 | - | - |
| polarised | 12 | - | - |
| polariser | 11 | - | - |
| polarises | 11 | - | - |
| polarizer | 20 | - | - |
| polarizes | 20 | - | - |
| poldering | 13 | - | - |
| poleaxing | 19 | - | - |
| polemarch | 18 | - | - |
| polemised | 14 | - | - |
| polemises | 13 | - | - |
| polemists | 13 | - | - |
| polemized | 23 | - | - |
| polemizes | 22 | - | - |
| polestars | 11 | - | - |
| polianite | 11 | - | - |
| policemen | 15 | - | - |
| policiers | 13 | - | - |
| policings | 14 | - | - |
| polishers | 14 | - | - |
| politesse | 11 | courtesy towards women | - |
| politicks | 17 | - | - |
| politicly | 16 | - | - |
| politicos | 13 | - | - |
| politique | 20 | - | - |
| pollarded | 13 | - | - |
| pollaxing | 19 | - | - |
| pollenate | 11 | fertilize by transfering pollen | - |
| pollening | 12 | - | - |
| pollicies | 13 | - | - |
| pollinise | 11 | - | - |
| pollinium | 13 | a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids) | - |
| pollinize | 20 | - | - |
| polliwigs | 15 | - | - |
| polliwogs | 15 | - | - |
| pollsters | 11 | - | - |
| polltaker | 15 | - | - |
| pollucite | 13 | a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium | - |
| pollusion | 11 | - | - |
| polluters | 11 | - | - |
| pollutive | 14 | - | - |
| pollywigs | 18 | - | - |
| pollywogs | 18 | - | - |
| polonised | 12 | - | - |
| polonises | 11 | - | - |
| polonisms | 13 | - | - |
| poloniums | 13 | - | - |
| polonized | 21 | - | - |
| polonizes | 20 | - | - |
| poltroons | 11 | - | - |
| polverine | 14 | - | - |
| polyacids | 17 | - | - |
| polyamide | 17 | a polymer containing repeated amide groups | - |
| polyamine | 16 | - | - |
| polyamory | 19 | - | - |
| polyandry | 18 | polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband at a time | - |
| polyantha | 17 | - | - |
| polyanthi | 17 | - | - |
| polyarchy | 22 | - | - |
| polyaxial | 21 | - | - |
| polyaxons | 21 | - | - |
| polybasic | 18 | - | - |
| polybrids | 17 | - | - |
| polycarpy | 21 | - | - |
| polychete | 19 | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | - |
| polyconic | 18 | - | - |
| polydemic | 19 | - | - |
| polygalas | 15 | - | - |
| polygamic | 19 | - | - |
| polygenes | 15 | - | - |
| polygenic | 17 | of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes | - |
| polyglots | 15 | - | - |
| polyglott | 15 | - | - |
| polygonal | 15 | having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons | polygonal structure |
| polygonum | 17 | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions | - |
| polyhedra | 18 | - | - |
| polyimide | 17 | - | - |
| polylemma | 18 | - | - |
| polymasty | 19 | - | - |
| polymaths | 19 | - | - |
| polymathy | 22 | - | - |
| polymeric | 18 | of or relating to or consisting of a polymer | a polymeric compound |
| polymyxin | 26 | any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium | - |
| polyomino | 16 | - | - |
| polyonyms | 19 | - | - |
| polyonymy | 22 | - | - |
| polyparia | 16 | - | - |
| polyphagy | 23 | - | - |
| polyphase | 19 | of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | - |
| polyphone | 19 | a letter that has two or more pronunciations | `c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell' |
| polyphons | 19 | - | - |
| polyphony | 22 | music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments | - |
| polypides | 17 | - | - |
| polypidom | 19 | - | - |
| polypills | 16 | - | - |
| polypites | 16 | - | - |
| polyploid | 17 | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes | - |
| polypneas | 16 | - | - |
| polypneic | 18 | - | - |
| polypores | 16 | - | - |
| polyposes | 16 | - | - |
| polyposis | 16 | - | - |
| polyptych | 24 | - | - |
| polypuses | 16 | - | - |
| polysemes | 16 | - | - |
| polysemic | 18 | - | - |
| polysomes | 16 | - | - |
| polysomic | 18 | - | - |
| polystyle | 17 | - | - |
| polytonal | 14 | using more than one key or tonality simultaneously | exciting rhythms and polytonal harmonies |
| polytyped | 20 | - | - |
| polytypes | 19 | - | - |
| polytypic | 21 | - | - |
| polyurias | 14 | - | - |
| polywater | 17 | - | - |
| polyzoans | 23 | - | - |
| polyzoary | 26 | - | - |
| polyzonal | 23 | - | - |
| polyzooid | 24 | - | - |
| pomaceous | 15 | - | - |
| pomanders | 14 | - | - |
| pomatumed | 16 | - | - |
| pommeling | 16 | - | - |
| pommelled | 16 | - | - |
| pomoerium | 15 | - | - |
| pompeying | 19 | - | - |
| pompholyx | 28 | - | - |
| pompilids | 16 | - | - |
| pompously | 18 | in a pompous manner | he pompously described his achievements |
| pomwaters | 16 | - | - |
| ponderate | 12 | - | - |
| ponderers | 12 | - | - |
| pondokkie | 20 | - | - |
| pondweeds | 16 | - | - |
| poniarded | 13 | - | - |
| pontianac | 13 | - | - |
| pontianak | 15 | - | - |
| pontifice | 16 | - | - |
| pontified | 15 | - | - |
| pontifies | 14 | - | - |
| pontlevis | 14 | - | - |
| pontoneer | 11 | - | - |
| pontonier | 11 | - | - |
| pontooned | 12 | - | - |
| pontooner | 11 | - | - |
| ponyskins | 18 | - | - |
| ponytails | 14 | - | - |
| poolhalls | 14 | - | - |
| poolrooms | 13 | - | - |
| poolsides | 12 | - | - |
| poontangs | 12 | - | - |
| poorboxes | 20 | - | - |
| poorliest | 11 | - | - |
| poormouth | 16 | - | - |
| poortiths | 14 | - | - |
| poorwills | 14 | - | - |
| pootering | 12 | - | - |
| pooveries | 14 | - | - |
| popehoods | 17 | - | - |
| popelings | 14 | - | - |
| popeships | 18 | - | - |
| popinacks | 19 | - | - |
| popinjays | 23 | - | - |
| popjoying | 24 | - | - |
| popliteal | 13 | of or relating to the area behind the knee joint | - |
| popliteus | 13 | - | - |
| poppadoms | 18 | - | - |
| poppadums | 18 | - | - |
| poppering | 16 | - | - |
| poppliest | 15 | - | - |
| poppyhead | 22 | - | - |
| poppyseed | 19 | - | - |
| popsicles | 15 | - | - |
| popstrels | 13 | - | - |
| poptastic | 15 | - | - |
| populaces | 15 | - | - |
| populates | 13 | - | - |
| populisms | 15 | - | - |
| populists | 13 | - | - |
| porbeagle | 14 | voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific | - |
| porchetta | 16 | - | - |
| porchless | 16 | - | - |
| porcupiny | 18 | - | - |
| poriferal | 14 | - | - |
| poriferan | 14 | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | - |
| porkiness | 15 | - | - |
| porklings | 16 | - | - |
| porkwoods | 19 | - | - |
| porlocked | 18 | - | - |
| pornomags | 14 | - | - |
| porogamic | 16 | - | - |
| poromeric | 15 | - | - |
| poroscope | 15 | - | - |
| poroscopy | 18 | - | - |
| porpesses | 13 | - | - |
| porphyric | 21 | - | - |
| porphyrin | 19 | any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues | - |
| porphyrio | 19 | Old World purple gallinules | - |
| porpoised | 14 | - | - |
| porpoises | 13 | - | - |
| porporate | 13 | - | - |
| porrected | 14 | - | - |
| porrenger | 12 | - | - |
| porridges | 13 | - | - |
| porringer | 12 | a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) | the child was eating pottage from a porringer |
| portables | 13 | - | - |
| portaging | 13 | - | - |
| portagues | 12 | - | - |
| portances | 13 | - | - |
| portapack | 19 | - | - |
| portapaks | 17 | - | - |
| portatile | 11 | - | - |
| portative | 14 | - | - |
| portended | 13 | - | - |
| porterage | 12 | the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
| porteress | 11 | - | - |
| portering | 12 | - | - |
| portesses | 11 | - | - |
| portfires | 14 | - | - |
| portholes | 14 | - | - |
| porthoses | 14 | - | - |
| porthouse | 14 | - | - |
| porticoed | 14 | marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | - |
| porticoes | 13 | - | - |
| portiered | 12 | - | - |
| portieres | 11 | - | - |
| portigues | 12 | - | - |
| portioned | 12 | - | - |
| portioner | 11 | - | - |
| portlands | 12 | - | - |
| portlasts | 11 | - | - |
| portliest | 11 | - | - |
| portoises | 11 | - | - |
| portolani | 11 | - | - |
| portolano | 11 | - | - |
| portolans | 11 | - | - |
| portouses | 11 | - | - |
| portraits | 11 | - | - |
| portrayer | 14 | a painter or drawer of portraits | - |
| portreeve | 14 | - | - |
| portulaca | 13 | a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers | - |
| portulans | 11 | - | - |
| porwiggle | 16 | - | - |
| poshteens | 14 | - | - |
| posidrive | 15 | - | - |
| posigrade | 13 | - | - |
| positions | 11 | - | - |
| positiver | 14 | - | - |
| positives | 14 | - | - |
| positrons | 11 | - | - |
| posologic | 14 | - | - |
| possesses | 11 | - | - |
| posseting | 12 | - | - |
| possibler | 13 | - | - |
| possibles | 13 | - | - |
| possuming | 14 | - | - |
| postaxial | 18 | - | - |
| postbases | 13 | - | - |
| postboxes | 20 | - | - |
| postbuses | 13 | - | - |
| postcards | 14 | - | - |
| postcavae | 16 | - | - |
| postcaval | 16 | - | - |
| postcavas | 16 | - | - |
| postcoded | 15 | - | - |
| postcodes | 14 | - | - |
| postcrash | 16 | - | - |
| postdates | 12 | - | - |
| postering | 12 | - | - |
| posterise | 11 | - | - |
| posterize | 20 | - | - |
| postfaces | 16 | - | - |
| postfault | 14 | - | - |
| postfixal | 21 | - | - |
| postfixed | 22 | - | - |
| postfixes | 21 | - | - |
| postforms | 16 | - | - |
| postgrads | 13 | - | - |
| postheats | 14 | - | - |
| postholes | 14 | - | - |
| posthorse | 14 | - | - |
| posthouse | 14 | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders | - |
| postiches | 16 | - | - |
| posticous | 13 | - | - |
| postiling | 12 | - | - |
| postilion | 11 | someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) | - |
| postilled | 12 | - | - |
| postiller | 11 | - | - |
| postiques | 20 | - | - |
| postludes | 12 | - | - |
| postmarks | 17 | - | - |
| postnasal | 11 | - | - |
| postponer | 13 | someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) | - |
| postpones | 13 | - | - |
| postposed | 14 | - | - |
| postposes | 13 | - | - |
| postpunks | 17 | - | - |
| postrider | 12 | - | - |
| postsyncs | 16 | - | - |
| postteens | 11 | - | - |
| posttests | 11 | - | - |
| posttrial | 11 | - | - |
| posttruth | 14 | - | - |
| postulant | 11 | one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | - |
| postulata | 11 | - | - |
| posturers | 11 | - | - |
| posturise | 11 | - | - |
| posturist | 11 | - | - |
| posturize | 20 | - | - |
| postviral | 14 | - | - |
| postwoman | 16 | - | - |
| postwomen | 16 | - | - |
| potashing | 15 | - | - |
| potations | 11 | - | - |
| potatobug | 14 | - | - |
| potboiled | 14 | - | - |
| potencies | 13 | - | - |
| potentise | 11 | - | - |
| potentize | 20 | - | - |
| pothecary | 19 | - | - |
| potherier | 14 | - | - |
| pothering | 15 | - | - |
| potholder | 15 | an insulated pad for holding hot pots | - |
| potholers | 14 | - | - |
| potholing | 15 | - | - |
| pothouses | 14 | - | - |
| pothunter | 14 | a nonprofessional archeologist | - |
| potlaches | 16 | - | - |
| potometer | 13 | - | - |
| potshards | 15 | - | - |
| potshares | 14 | - | - |
| potsherds | 15 | - | - |
| potstones | 11 | - | - |
| potterers | 11 | - | - |
| potteries | 11 | - | - |
| pottering | 12 | - | - |
| pottiness | 11 | - | - |
| pottingar | 12 | - | - |
| pottinger | 12 | - | - |
| potwaller | 14 | - | - |
| pouchfuls | 19 | - | - |
| pouchiest | 16 | - | - |
| pouchlike | 20 | shaped like a pouch | - |
| pouffiest | 17 | - | - |
| poulaines | 11 | - | - |
| poulardes | 12 | - | - |
| pouldrons | 12 | - | - |
| poulterer | 11 | a dealer in poultry and poultry products | - |
| poulticed | 14 | - | - |
| poultices | 13 | - | - |
| poultries | 11 | - | - |
| pounching | 17 | - | - |
| poundages | 13 | - | - |
| poundcake | 18 | - | - |
| poundings | 13 | - | - |
| pourboire | 13 | a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | - |
| pouringly | 15 | - | - |
| pourpoint | 13 | - | - |
| poursewed | 15 | - | - |
| poursuing | 12 | - | - |
| poursuits | 11 | - | - |
| pourtrayd | 15 | - | - |
| pourtrays | 14 | - | - |
| pousowdie | 15 | - | - |
| poussette | 11 | - | - |
| poutassou | 11 | - | - |
| pouthered | 15 | - | - |
| poutingly | 15 | - | - |
| poverties | 14 | - | - |
| powderers | 15 | - | - |
| powderier | 15 | - | - |
| powdering | 16 | - | - |
| powderman | 17 | - | - |
| powdermen | 17 | - | - |
| powellise | 14 | - | - |
| powellite | 14 | - | - |
| powellize | 23 | - | - |
| powerband | 17 | - | - |
| powerboat | 16 | a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | - |
| powerplay | 19 | - | - |
| powfagged | 20 | - | - |
| powtering | 15 | - | - |
| powwowing | 21 | - | - |
| poysoning | 15 | - | - |
| pozidrive | 24 | - | - |
| pozzolana | 29 | - | - |
| pozzolans | 29 | - | - |
