<B>pome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fruit consisting of firm, juicy flesh surrounding a core that contains several seeds. Apples, pears, and quinces are pomes. adj. <B>pomelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pomegranate">
<B>pomegranate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a reddish-yellow fruit with a thick skin and with many seeds enveloped in a juicy red pulp. The pulp has a pleasant, slightly sour taste. The pomegranate is a large, roundish, many-celled berry. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree it grows on. It is a tropical Asian and African tree, widely cultivated in subtropical regions. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Australian Slang.) a British immigrant; pommy. </DL>
<B>Pomeranian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Pomerania, on the south coast of the Baltic Sea, or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Pomerania. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a breed of small dogs, weighing from 3 to 7 pounds, with a sharp nose, pointed ears, and long, thick, silky hair. It is related to the chow and the spitz. </DL>
<A NAME="pomfret">
<B>pomfret, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fish of the Indian and Pacific oceans, used as food. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of sea bream found near Bermuda. </DL>
<A NAME="pomiculture">
<B>pomiculture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cultivation or growing of fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="pomiculturist">
<B>pomiculturist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who cultivates or raises fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="pomiferous">
<B>pomiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing pomes or pomelike fruits. </DL>
<A NAME="pomme">
<B>pomme</B> or <B>pommee, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Heraldry.) having arms that terminate in knobs, globes, or balls. <BR> <I>Ex. a cross pomme.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pommel">
<B>pommel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-meled,</B> <B>-meling</B> or (especially British) <B>-melled,</B> <B>-melling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the part of a saddle that sticks up at the front. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rounded knob on the end of the hilt of a sword, dagger, or the like. Also, <B>pummel.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to pummel; beat with the fists; strike or beat. noun <B>pommeler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pommelhorse">
<B>pommel horse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gymnasium horse for swinging and balancing feats or exercises. <BR> <I>Ex. Nor do women perform on the pommel horse (the leather apparatus with two handholds on top) or the horizontal bar (Grace Lichtenstein).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pommy">
<B>pommy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian Slang.) a British immigrant who has recently come to Australia; pomegranate. </DL>
<A NAME="pomo">
<B>Pomo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mo</B> or <B>-mos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a North American Indian tribe that once occupied the Russian River valley of northwestern California. The Pomo are noted for their excellent basketry. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Hokan language of this tribe. </DL>
<A NAME="pomological">
<B>pomological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with pomology. adv. <B>pomologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pomologist">
<B>pomologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in pomology. </DL>
<A NAME="pomology">
<B>pomology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of science that deals with fruits and fruit growing. </DL>
<A NAME="pomona">
<B>Pomona, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) the goddess of fruits and fruit trees, wooed and wedded by Vertumnus, the god of the seasons. </DL>
<A NAME="pomonaglass">
<B>Pomona glass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of glassware made in the United States in the late 1880's, consisting of clear glass etched and tinted after being blown into a mold. </DL>
<A NAME="pomp">
<B>pomp, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a stately display; splendor; magnificence. <BR> <I>Ex. The king was crowned with great pomp.</I> (SYN) flourish, grandeur. <DD><B> 2. </B>a showy display; boastful show. <BR> <I>Ex. the pomps and vanities of the world.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) a triumphal or ceremonial procession or pageant. <BR> <I>Ex. The heavens ... rung ... While the bright pomp ascended jubilant (Milton).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to dress with pomp. </DL>
<A NAME="pompadour">
<B>Pompadour, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or named after the Marquise de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV of France. </DL>
<A NAME="pompadour">
<B>pompadour, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an arrangement of a woman's hair, in which it is puffed high over the forehead. <DD><B> 2. </B>an arrangement of a man's or woman's hair in which it is brushed straight up and back from the forehead. <DD><B> 3. </B>the hair so arranged. <DD><B> 4. </B>a shade of crimson or pink. <DD><B> 5. </B>a fabric with small floral designs of bright colors, especially crimson. </DL>
<A NAME="pompano">
<B>pompano, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos</B> or (collectively) <B>-no.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of food fishes of the West Indies and the coasts of southern North America. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar fish of the California coast. </DL>
<A NAME="pompeian">
<B>Pompeian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Pompeii, an ancient city of southeastern Italy, or its people. Pompeii was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Pompeii. </DL>
<B>pompion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) a pumpkin. </DL>
<A NAME="pompom">
<B>pom-pom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an automatic antiaircraft gun used especially on shipboard during World War II. It usually consisted of four gun barrels mounted as a unit, each with its own magazine of explosive shells. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various other automatic weapons, such as the Maxim one-pounder used in the Boer War or the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun used in World War I. </DL>
<A NAME="pompon">
<B>pompon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an ornamental tuft or ball of yarn, feathers, silk, or the like, worn on a hat or dress, on shoes, or on a costume. <BR> <I>Ex. The clown had large green pompons down his front in place of buttons.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a ball of wool, worn on the front or top of a certain kind of soldier's or sailor's hat. <DD><B> 3. </B>a kind of chrysanthemum or dahlia with very small, rounded flowers; fairy dahlia. </DL>
<A NAME="pomponed">
<B>pomponed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a pompon or pompons. <BR> <I>Ex. a pomponed cap.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pomposity">
<B>pomposity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>pompous quality. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pompous show of self-importance. </DL>
<A NAME="pompous">
<B>pompous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>trying to seem magnificent or very important; fond of display; acting too proudly; self-important. <BR> <I>Ex. The leader of the band bowed in a pompous manner.</I> (SYN) pretentious, grandiose, vain-glorious. <DD><B> 2. </B>overly flowery or high-flown; inflated. <BR> <I>Ex. pompous language.</I> (SYN) ostentatious, lofty. <DD><B> 3. </B>characterized by pomp; splendid; magnificent; stately. <BR> <I>Ex. It was a glorious spectacle ... to behold this pompous pageant issuing forth ... the pennons and devices ... fluttering above a sea of crests and plumes (Washington Irving).</I> adv. <B>pompously.</B> noun <B>pompousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ponce">
<B>ponce, </B>noun, verb, <B>ponced,</B> <B>poncing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> a pimp; procurer. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be or act as a pimp. <DD><B> 2. </B>to go about in a flashy, showy way. <BR> <I>Ex. I was invited to Cannes, but what do I want to go poncing about Cannes for? (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ponceau">
<B>ponceau, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the bright red color of the corn poppy; coquelicot. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several red coal-tar dyes. </DL>
<A NAME="poncelet">
<B>poncelet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a unit of power equivalent to 100 kilogram-meters per second. </DL>
<A NAME="poncho">
<B>poncho, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large piece of cloth, often waterproof, with a slit in the middle for the head to go through. Ponchos are worn in South America as cloaks. Waterproof ponchos are used in the armed forces and by hikers and campers. </DL>
<A NAME="pond">
<B>pond, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a body of still water, smaller than a lake. <BR> <I>Ex. a duck pond, a mill pond. In New Hampshire and beyond They like to call a lake a pond (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pondage">
<B>pondage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the capacity of a pond. </DL>
<A NAME="ponded">
<B>ponded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> confined in a pond; dammed up. <BR> <I>Ex. The storm water remained ponded for weeks (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ponder">
<B>ponder, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to consider carefully; think over. <BR> <I>Ex. pondering on his unhappy lot (Dickens).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to weigh (as a matter or words); meditate upon. <BR> <I>Ex. to ponder a problem.</I> noun <B>ponderer.</B> adv. <B>ponderingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ponderability">
<B>ponderability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the property of being ponderable. </DL>
<A NAME="ponderable">
<B>ponderable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be weighed or considered; appreciable. <BR> <I>Ex. Not all the advantages of a good education are ponderable.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ponderosapine">
<B>ponderosa pine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pine tree of western North America that grows to great size, valuable as a lumber source; western yellow pine. </DL>
<A NAME="ponderosity">
<B>ponderosity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ponderous character or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="ponderous">
<B>ponderous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very heavy. <BR> <I>Ex. a ponderous mass of iron.</I> (SYN) weighty, massive. <DD><B> 2. </B>heavy and clumsy. <BR> <I>Ex. A hippopotamus is ponderous.</I> (SYN) unwieldy, cumbersome. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) dull; tiresome. <BR> <I>Ex. The speaker talked in a ponderous way.</I> adv. <B>ponderously.</B> noun <B>ponderousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pondfish">
<B>pond fish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various fishes found in ponds, especially any of numerous small American freshwater sunfishes. </DL>
