| Potomac |
a U.S. river that flows from West Virginia along the border of Washington, DC, and into the Atlantic. |
| potpie |
a pie made with meat or poultry, vegetables, and sauce, topped with a single pastry crust and baked in a deep oven dish. |
| potpourri |
a collection or combination of miscellaneous, unrelated elements or objects. [3 definitions] |
| pot roast |
a whole cut of meat, usu. chuck or round steak, that is braised or stewed, usu. in a covered pot and with vegetables. |
| potsherd |
a fragment of broken pottery, esp. one with archaeological significance. |
| potshot |
a shot fired randomly at game, esp. in disregard of hunting laws or the rules of the sport. [4 definitions] |
| pottage |
a thick soup made with vegetables and sometimes meat. |
| potted |
placed or kept in a pot. [3 definitions] |
| potter |
one who makes pottery. |
| potter's field |
an area set aside for the burial of the friendless poor or unknown individuals. |
| potter's wheel |
a device consisting of a horizontal disk made to rotate by foot or motor power, that enables a potter to create cylindrical or rounded shapes in clay. |
| pottery |
ceramic ware such as mugs, plates, bowls, and vases. [2 definitions] |
| pottle |
formerly, a unit of capacity equal to two quarts. [2 definitions] |
| potty |
a removable pot that fits under a small open seat, used in the toilet training of a child. [2 definitions] |
| pouch |
a bag made in a variety of sizes and shapes, usu. of a sturdy material, and used to carry loose substances and articles such as tobacco or letters. [6 definitions] |
| pouchy |
like a pouch; baggy. |
| pouf |
a late eighteenth-century hairstyle, characterized by high rolls or puffs of hair. [3 definitions] |
| poulard |
a fat young hen, esp. one spayed to improve the flesh for food. |
| poult |
any young fowl, esp. a turkey. |
| poultice |
a soft, usu. heated mass of moist meal, leaves, or the like that is spread on a cloth and applied to a sore or inflamed area of the body as a therapy. [2 definitions] |
| poultry |
collectively, domestic fowls, esp. those that are raised as a source of meat and eggs, such as chickens and turkeys, or the meat from these fowls. |