Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
(2) - Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
(3) - Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
(4) - Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(5) - Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
(6) - Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
(7) - Poise (v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(8) - Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
(9) - Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
(10) - Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

(1) - Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.

(1) - Poison (v. i.) To act as, or convey, a poison.
(2) - Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
(3) - Poison (n.) To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
(4) - Poison (n.) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.
(5) - Poison (n.) That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
(6) - Poison (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.

(1) - Poisoner (n.) One who poisons.

(1) - Poisonous (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.