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- English Word Poicile Definition Alt. of Poecile
- English Word Poignancy Definition The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
- English Word Poignant Definition Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
- English Word Poignant Definition Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
- English Word Poignantly Definition In a poignant manner.
- English Word Poikilitic Definition See Poecilitic.
- English Word Poikilocyte Definition An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.
- English Word Poikilothermal Definition Alt. of Poikilothermic
- English Word Poikilothermic Definition Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal.
- English Word Poikilothermous Definition Poikilothermal.
- English Word Poinciana Definition A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments.
- English Word Poind Definition To impound, as cattle.
- English Word Poind Definition To distrain.
- English Word Poinder Definition The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
- English Word Poinder Definition One who distrains property.
- English Word Poinsettia Definition A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.
- English Word Point Definition To appoint.
- English Word Point Definition That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.
- English Word Point Definition An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.
- English Word Point Definition Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.