, n. flower, nosegay, boutonniere, bouquet.
pot, n. kettle; chamber-pot, jorden, urinal; jardiniere.
potboy, n. menial, scullion.
potent, a. powerful, forcible, cogent, effective, strong.
pother, n. confusion, commotion, flutter, bustle, stir.
potter, v. trifle, pother.
potter's wheel. jigger, throw.
pouch, n. bag, sack; paunch; marsupium.
poultice, n. cataplasm.
pound, v. beat; comminute, pulverize, bray, triturate; maul, belabor;
impound.
pound, n. pinfold; sixteen ounces (avoir.); twelve ounces (troy);
sovereign, $4.86.
pounder, n. pestle.
pour, v. decant.
pouring, n. decantation.
poverty, n. penury, indigence, need, destitution, privation,
neediness, impecuniosity, pauperism; deficiency, paucity, infecundity,
dearth, lack, meagerness, sterility, barrenness. Associated Words:
impoverish, impoverishment.
powder, n. dust, pulverulence; cosmetic, rouge; pounce;
efflorescence.
powder, v. pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.
powdery, a. friable, loose; dusty, pulverized, pulverulent, mealy.
power, n. potency, might, cogency, efficacy, force; armipotence,
omnipotence; influence, sway, command, domination, authority; faculty,
endowment, gift.
powerful, a. mighty, potent, drastic, efficacious, intense, strong,
dynamic, puissant, effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian,
invincible, cogent, commanding.
powerless, a. impotent. See weak.
pox, n. syphilis.
practicability, n. feasibility.
practicable, a. feasible.
practical, a. pragmatical. Antonyms: impractical, Utopian,
chimerical.
practice, n. custom, usage, habit; exercise, application, drill,
rehearsal.
practice, v. exercise, apply, do, train, drill, rehearse.
praise, n. commendation, laudation, approbation, encomium, panegyric,
eulogy, applause, laud, acclaim, eclat, plaudit, compliment, acclamation,
puff, flattery; worship, homage, glorification; paean. Antonyms:
condemnation, dispraise, disapprobation, disparagement, denunciation,
animadversion, stricture.
praise, v. laud, extol, commend, eulogize, panegyrize, applaud;
magnify, glorify. Antonyms: condemn, denounce, disparage, deprecate,
criticize.
praiser, n. eulogist, panegyrist, extoller, encomiast, lauder.
praiseworthy, a. laudable, commendable. Antonyms: illaudable,
unpraiseworthy, indign.
prance, v. cavort.
prank, n. trickpracticable, a. feasible.
practical, a. pragmatical. Antonyms: impractical, Utopian,
chimerical.
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