a female cheerleader, especially one who waves a pompon{5} while performing a cheering routine.

Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

Grand and dignified; in grand style.

Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

See Pontine.

Same as Pomewater.

A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditure of one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One poncelet equals g watts, when g is the value of the acceleration of gravity in centimeters.

A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.

To ponder.

To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over.

The quality or state of being ponderable.

Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.

Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma.

Weight; gravity.

Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system.

To have weight or influence.

The act of weighing.

One who ponders.

Deliberating.

The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold.

Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.

In a ponderous manner.

The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchid/; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish.

Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers.

An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the Court of Exchequer. An obsolete writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.

Western; occidental.

A fabric of undyed silk from India and China.

A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burmah.

Any large ape; especially, the chimpanzee and the orang-outang.

To pierce with a poniard; to stab.

The capability of being placed or located.

A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.

A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.

An iron rod used by glass makers for manipulating the hot glass; -- called also, puntil, puntel, punty, and ponty. See Fascet.

Of or pertaining to the Pontus, Euxine, or Black Sea.

A high priest; a pontiff.

A high priest. One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus. The chief priest. The pope.

Relating to, or consisting of, pontiffs or priests.

A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff.

The state and government of the pope; the papacy.

In a pontifical manner.

To perform the duty of a pontiff.

Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

Papal; pontifical.

One who adheres to the pope or papacy; a papist.

Same as Pontee.

Of or pertaining to the pons Varolii. See Pons.

Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.

The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously.

See Pontoon.

A wooden flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building bridges quickly for the passage of troops.

The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.

A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.

See Pontee.

A small horse.

Excrement; feces; -- informal baby talk sometimes used as a euphemism.

To round one's lips as if intending to kiss.

A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois.

Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.

To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.

To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

A stick for stirring a tan vat.

The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits.

A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia f/tida; -- called also peon.

A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil cake, under Cake.

To break over the poop or stern, as a wave. To strike in the stern, as by collision.

Having a poop; furnished with a poop.

Tired; exhausted; fatigued.

The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.

Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

A bird of the Western United States (Phal/noptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.

The bar-tailed godwit.

A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.

A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.

Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly.

See pop corn under pop, n..

Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity.

A petty or deputy pope.

A word variously explained as /a little puppet,/ /a little doll,/ or /a young butterfly./ Cf. Popet.

The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

A puppet.

A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.

Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously.

Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.

Apoplexy.

A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.

Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.

Popliteal.

See Raskolnik.

A dagger.

See Puppet.

Mingled or interspersed with poppies.

a. n. from Pop.

a small plastic bead with opposed holes and protuberant knobs, so shaped that the beads may be fastened to each other in chains and detached easily, and can be used to form variable-length chains for use as necklaces, bracelets, or other ornamental objects. Also called poppet and poppit bead.

The poplar.

Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.

A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

Populace.

Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.

The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

One who popularizes.

In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.

The quality or state of being popular; popularity.

To propagate.

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

One who populates.

Slaughter of the people.