Select Search ----- All Bartleby.com ----- All Reference ----- Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Brewer's Phrase & Fable Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough ----- All Verse ----- Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. ----- All Nonfiction ----- Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals ----- All Fiction ----- Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary > Entry Index > Page 209   PREVIOUS NEXT   CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.   2000.   Entry Index   polyposis to porterhouse   polyposis polypropylene polyprotic polyptych polyrhythm polyribonucleotide polyribosome polysaccharide polysemous polysepalous polysome polysomic polysorbate polyspermy polystichous polystyrene polysulfide polysyllabic polysyllable polysynaptic polysyndeton polysynthetic polytechnic polytene polytetrafluoroethylene polytheism polythene polytocous polytonality polytrophic polytypic polyunsaturated polyurethane polyuria polyvalent polyvinyl polyvinyl chloride polyzoan polyzoarium polyzoic pomace pomace fly pomaceous pomade pomander pome pomegranate pomelo Pomerania Pomeranian pomiculture pomiferous pommel pommel horse pommy pomo Pomo pomology Pomona Pomona pomp pompadour Pompadour pompano Pompano Beach pompano dolphin Pompeian red Pompeii pompelmous Pompey Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond pompon pompous Ponape Ponca Ponce Ponce de León, Juan Ponchielli, Amilcare poncho pond pond apple pond cypress ponder ponderable ponderosa pine ponderous Pondicherry pond lily pond scum pondweed pone pongee pongid poniard pons Pons, Lily pons asinorum Ponselle, Rosa Melba pons Varolii Ponta Delgada Ponta Grossa Lake Pontchartrain pontes Pontiac Pontiac Pontianak pontifex pontiff pontifical Pontifical Mass pontificate pontifices pontil pontine Pontine Marshes Pontius Pilate Pont l'Évêque pontonier pontoon pontoon bridge Pontoppidan, Henrik Pontus Pontypool pony pony express ponytail Ponzi scheme pooch1 pooch2 pood poodle poof1 poof2 pooh Pooh-Bah pooh-pooh pooka pool1 pool2 Poole poolroom poolside pool table poon Poona poontang poop1 poop2 poop3 poop4 poop5 poop deck pooper-scooper poor poor box poor boy poor farm poorhouse poori poorish poor law poorly poormouth poor white pop1 pop2 pop3 POP pop. pop art Popayán popcorn popcorn flower pope Pope, Alexander Pope, John popedom popery pope's nose popeyed pop fly popgun popinjay popish poplar poplin popliteal Popocatépetl Popol Vuh popover poppa popper Popper, Karl Raimund poppet poppet valve popping popple1 popple2 poppy poppycock Popsicle pop-top populace popular popular front popularity popularize populate population population control population explosion population genetics populism populist Populist Party populous Populuxe pop-up pop wine porbeagle porcelain porcelain enamel porcelain flower porch porcine porcino porcupine porcupine fish Porcupine River pore1 pore2 pore fungus porgy Pori poriferan poriferous pork pork barrel pork belly porker porkpie porky1 porky2 porn pornography poromeric porosity porous porphyria porphyrin porphyritic porphyroid porphyropsin porphyry porpoise porrect porridge porringer port1 port2 port3 port4 port5 Port. portabella portable portage Portage portal portal system portal tomb portal-to-portal portal vein portamento Port Apra Port Arthur portative Port-au-Prince Port Charlotte portcullis port de bras Port du Salut Porte porte bouquet porte-cochère Port Elizabeth portend portent portentous porter1 porter2 porter3 Porter, Cole Albert Porter, Edwin Stanton Porter, Katherine Anne Porter, Rodney Robert Porter, William Sydney porterage porteress porterhouse   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.   CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD   PREVIOUS NEXT     Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com