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PM abbreviation 1 paymaster

2 police magistrate

3 postmaster

4 post meridiem — often not cap. and often punctuated

5 postmortem

6 prime minister

7 provost marshal

pmk abbreviation postmark

PMS noun : PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

pmt abbreviation payment

pneu·mat·ic adjective 1 : of, relating to, or using air or wind

2 : moved by air pressure

3 : filled with compressed air

— pneu·mat·i·cal·ly adverb

pneu·mo·coc·cus noun, plural -coc·ci : a bacterium that causes pneumonia

— pneu·mo·coc·cal adjective

pneu·mo·co·ni·o·sis noun : a disease of the lungs caused by habitual inhalation of irritant mineral or metallic particles

pneu·mo·nia noun : an inflammatory disease of the lungs

Po symbol polonium

PO abbreviation 1 petty officer

2 post office

1poach verb [ORIGIN: ME pocchen, fr. MF pocher, fr. OF poché poached, lit., bagged, fr. poche bag, pouch, of Gmc origin]

: to cook (as an egg or fish) in simmering liquid

2poach verb : to hunt or fish unlawfully

— poach·er noun

POB abbreviation post office box

po·bla·no noun, plural -nos : a heart-shaped usu. mild chili pepper esp. when fresh and dark green

po'boy variant of POOR BOY

pock noun : a small swelling on the skin (as in smallpox); also : a spot suggesting this

1pocket noun 1 : a small bag open at the top or side inserted in a garment

2 : supply of money

3 : RECEPTACLE, CONTAINER

4 : a small isolated area or group

5 : a small body of ore

— pock·et·ful noun

Synonyms

finances, fund, resources, wherewithal—more at FUND

2pocket verb 1 : to put in or as if in a pocket

2 : to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully : STEAL

3 : to set aside : SUPPRESS

Synonyms

[2] appropriate, filch, hook, misappropriate, nip, pilfer, purloin, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve—more at STEAL

[3] choke, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallow—more at SUPPRESS

3pocket adjective 1 a : small enough to fit in a pocket

b : having comparatively little size or slight dimensions : SMALL

2 : carried in or paid from one's own pocket

Synonyms

dwarf, dwarfish, fine, little, pygmy, slight, small, undersized—more at SMALL

1pocketbook noun 1 : a receptacle for carrying money and often other small objects

2 : financial resources

Synonyms

bag, handbag, purse—more at PURSE

2pocketbook adjective : relating to money

pocket gopher noun : GOPHER 2

pock·et·knife noun : a knife with a folding blade to be carried in the pocket

pocket veto noun : an indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive through retention of the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature

pock·mark noun : a pit or scar caused by smallpox or acne; also : an imperfection or depression like a pockmark

— pock·marked adjective

Synonyms

blemish, defect, deformity, disfigurement, fault, flaw, imperfection, mark, scar—more at BLEMISH

po·co adverb [ORIGIN: It, little, fr. L paucus]

: SOMEWHAT — used to qualify a direction in music <~ allegro>

po·co a po·co adverb : little by little : GRADUALLY — used as a direction in music

pod noun 1 : a dry fruit (as of a pea) that splits open when ripe

2 : an external streamlined compartment (as for a jet engine) on an airplane

3 : a compartment (as for personnel, a power unit, or an instrument) on a ship or craft

Synonyms

[1, 2, 3] armor, capsule, case, casing, cocoon, cover, housing, husk, jacket, sheath, shell—more at CASE

POD abbreviation pay on delivery

po·di·a·try noun : the medical care and treatment of the human foot

— po·di·a·trist noun

po·di·um noun, plural podiums or po·dia 1 : a dais esp. for an orchestral conductor

2 : LECTERN

Synonyms

dais, platform, rostrum, stage, stand—more at PLATFORM

POE abbreviation port of entry

po·em noun : a composition in verse

Synonyms

lyric, song, verse; also rhyme; ballad, lay; elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, haiku, jingle, lament, limerick, ode, psalm, sonnet; blank verse,