porometer
A device that measures the areas of the pores of a leaf (by measuring the amount of gas passing through it)

porometers
plural of porometer

poroscope
A device for measuring porosity.

poroscopes
plural of poroscope

porosimeter
A device that measures the porosity of materials

porosimeters
plural of porosimeter

portables
plural of portable

portafilter
A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
A similar-shaped device but without a bottom opening, used to backflush or clean an espresso machine.

portafilters
plural of portafilter

portal
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

portals
plural of portal

portcrayon
Obsolete form of porte-crayon.

portcrayons
plural of portcrayon

portmapper
A software service that maps programs to the ports they will use to communicate over a network.

portmappers
plural of portmapper

portscanner
A software program that performs portscans.

portscanners
plural of portscanner

poruwa
A decorated wooden platform used for traditional Sinhalese wedding ceremonies.

poruwas
plural of poruwa

positioner
That which positions.
That which positions.
That which positions.

positioners
plural of positioner

posser
A tool for possing, or agitating laundry in a tub. It usually takes the form a bell shape or a circular plate with holes and vertical handle attached at the centre.
One who posses.

possers
plural of posser

possessive
Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
Unwilling to yield possession of.

possessives
plural of possessive

possibles
plural of possible
The essential personal equipment carried by an American frontiersman

postbag
A bag used for carrying post (mail).

postbags
plural of postbag

postcard
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

postcards
plural of postcard

postcardware
A software product whose author requests as payment a postcard from the user's hometown.

postprocessor
A program, module, etc. that processes the output of another.

postprocessors
plural of postprocessor

postroom
mailroom

potabilizer
An apparatus for purifying water to a degree that makes it safe to drink.

potabilizers
plural of potabilizer

potamometer
An instrument for measuring the velocity of the current in a river or stream.

potamometers
plural of potamometer

potance
Alternative form of potence (“stud in clock or watch mechanism”).

potances
plural of potance

potcher
A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper
The operator of such a machine; a potcherman

potchers
plural of potcher

potentiogalvanostat
Any device that delivers a constant electric current at a constant voltage

potentiogalvanostats
plural of potentiogalvanostat

potentiostat
A device that maintains a constant potential during the course of a coulometric titration.

potentiostats
plural of potentiostat

potetometer
An instrument for measuring the amount of water given off by the leaves of plants.

potetometers
plural of potetometer

pothanger
pothook (hook used to suspend a cooking-pot)

pothangers
plural of pothanger

potholder
An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

potholders
plural of potholder

pothook
An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.
A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.

pothooks
plural of pothook

potjie
A lidded round-bottomed pot used for cooking in South Africa.

potjies
plural of potjie

potometer
A device used for measuring the rate of water uptake of a leafy shoot due to photosynthesis and transpiration.

potometers
plural of potometer

potpourri
A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
A medley of songs or music.
A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.
A ragout or stew of meat and vegetables.

potpourris
plural of potpourri

pottant
encapsulant

pottlepot
A pot or vessel containing two quarts (four pints), especially one used to hold alcohol.
An alcoholic, a drunkard.

pottlepots
plural of pottlepot

poud
Alternative spelling of pood.

pouds
plural of poud

powderizer
A machine that powderizes.

powderizers
plural of powderizer

power tool
Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.
A very obnoxious person.

power tools
plural of power tool

powerbank
A portable device used to charge mobile phones and tablet computers.

powerbanks
plural of powerbank

powerplay
Alternative spelling of power play.

powerplays
plural of powerplay

poy
A support structure.
A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers.
A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.

poys
plural of poy

pozzolana
A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.

pozzolanas
plural of pozzolana

pozzolona
Alternative form of pozzolana.

pozzuolana
Alternative spelling of pozzolana.

pozzuolanas
plural of pozzuolana

prac
A practical.

pracs
plural of prac

practical
Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.

practicals
plural of practical

praeabdomen
Archaic form of preabdomen.

pragma
A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
In early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any recipient, and may specify that the HTTP response should not be cached.
A practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).

pragmas
plural of pragma

pragmata
plural of pragmatum

pragmatum
A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.

pramitol
A nonselective herbicide used for long-term weed control.

praxinoscope
An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of a series of pictures and an arrangement of mirrors in a horizontally rotating box.

praxinoscopes
plural of praxinoscope

prayer
A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
An act of praying.
The specific words or methods used for praying.
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
A request; a petition.
The remotest hope or chance.

prayerbook
Alternative spelling of prayer book.

prayerbooks
plural of prayerbook

prayermat
Alternative spelling of prayer mat.

prayermats
plural of prayermat

prayers
plural of prayer