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11-letter words starting with po

  • port arthur — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
  • port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
  • port neches — a town in SE Texas.
  • port number — port
  • port orange — a city in E Florida.
  • port talbot — a port in SE Wales, in Neath Port Talbot county borough on Swansea Bay: established as a coal port in the mid-19th century; large steelworks; ore terminal. Pop: 35 633 (2001)
  • port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • portability — the state or quality of being portable.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
  • porterville — a town in central California.
  • portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
  • porto rican — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
  • porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
  • portraitist — a person who makes portraits.
  • portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
  • positioning — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
  • possessable — capable of being possessed
  • possessedly — in a possessed manner
  • possessions — wealth or property
  • possibilism — the theory in geography that human behaviour, and therefore culture, is not merely determined by the environment but by human agency, as a theory it is directly opposed to determinism
  • possibilist — of or relating to the geographical theory of possibilism
  • possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
  • post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
  • post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • post-crisis — a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
  • post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • post-mortem — discussion of recent event
  • post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
  • postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
  • postcollege — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
  • postconcert — occurring after a concert
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
  • postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
  • postel, jon — Jon Postel
  • posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • posterities — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
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