<B>potholed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many potholes. <BR> <I>Ex. potholed streets.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potholer">
<B>potholer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who explores caves as a sport or hobby; spelunker. </DL>
<A NAME="pothook">
<B>pothook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hook for hanging a pot or kettle over an open fire. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rod with a hook for lifting hot pots, or the like. <DD><B> 3. </B>an S-shaped stroke in writing, especially one made by children in learning to write. </DL>
<A NAME="pothouse">
<B>pothouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tavern or alehouse. </DL>
<A NAME="pothunter">
<B>pothunter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who shoots anything he comes upon regardless of the rules of sport. <BR> <I>Ex. flocks [of birds] that have escaped the murderous gun of the pothunter (George W. Cable).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who takes part in contests merely to win prizes. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who hunts for food or for profit. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who digs up or hunts for archaeological objects as a hobby; amateur archaeologist. </DL>
<A NAME="pothunting">
<B>pothunting, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> hunting as a pothunter. </DL>
<A NAME="potiche">
<B>potiche, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tiches.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vase or jar of Chinese or Japanese style with a rounded or polygonalbody narrowing at the top. </DL>
<A NAME="potichomania">
<B>potichomania, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or process of imitating Japanese or other painted porcelain by coating the inner surface of glass vessels with designs painted on paper or linen. </DL>
<A NAME="potion">
<B>potion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a drink, especially one used as a medicine or poison, or in magic. <BR> <I>Ex. a pitchlike potion of gin and molasses ... a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs (Herman Melville). You promised me that your charms and potions would secure me her acceptance (Nicholas P. S. Wiseman).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of drink or beverage. <BR> <I>Ex. As to the intoxicating potion sold for wine, it is a vile, unpalatable, and pernicious sophistication (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potiphar">
<B>Potiphar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an officer of Pharaoh, who owned Joseph as a slave. Potiphar's wife tried to seduce Joseph (in the Bible, Genesis 39:1-20). </DL>
<A NAME="potlatch">
<B>potlatch, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a gift or present among certain American Indians of the northern Pacific coast. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>Potlatch.</B> a ceremonial festival among these Indians at which gifts are bestowed on the guests. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a feast at which presents are given and received. <BR> <I>Ex. That night there was a grand wedding and a potlatch (Jack London).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to give or hold a potlatch. <BR> <I>Ex. Accession to political position requires potlatching; no one may inherit rank, found a household, or otherwise acquire rank without giving an elaborate potlatch (Beals and Hoijer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potlead">
<B>potlead, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a form of graphite or black lead, used to coat the bottom of a racing boat to reduce the friction of the water. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to treat (a boat) with potlead. </DL>
<A NAME="potlicker">
<B>potlicker</B> or <B>potlikker, </B>noun. <B>=pot liquor.</B></DL>
<A NAME="potline">
<B>potline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a series of electrolytic cells in which aluminum is produced from alumina dissolved in a cryolite solution. </DL>
<A NAME="potliquor">
<B>pot liquor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the liquid in which meat or vegetables have been cooked, used as broth, for gravy, or stock for soup. </DL>
<A NAME="potluck">
<B>potluck, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>whatever food happens to be ready or on hand for a meal. <BR> <I>Ex. Come in the house and take potluck with me. Lapham's idea of hospitality was still to bring a heavy-buying customer home to potluck (William D. Howells).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) whatever happens or is available by chance. <BR> <I>Ex. If there won't be lamps at the auction I'll take potluck.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potman">
<B>potman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a man who works as a potboy. </DL>
<A NAME="potmarigold">
<B>pot marigold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a calendula whose flower heads are sometimes used for seasoning. </DL>
<A NAME="potofgold">
<B>pot of gold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rich source of profits. <BR> <I>Ex. A down-at-the-heels dowager of industrial high society has discovered a pot of gold in the corporate attic (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potoo">
<B>potoo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large goatsucker of the West Indies and Central America. </DL>
<A NAME="potoroo">
<B>potoroo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-roos</B> or (collectively) <B>-roo.</B> <B>=kangaroo rat.</B></DL>
<A NAME="potpie">
<B>potpie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a baked meat pie. <DD><B> 2. </B>a stew, as of chicken or veal, with dumplings. </DL>
<A NAME="polywater">
<B>polywater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a supposedly new type of water that is denser than ordinary water and does not freeze, thought to have been discovered by a Russian scientist in the 1960's but shown to be only ordinary water containing ionic impurities that cause it to have unusual properties; anomalous water; orthowater. </DL>
<A NAME="potroast">
<B>pot roast,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cut of beef browned in a pot and cooked slowly with only a little water. </DL>
<A NAME="potsherd">
<B>potsherd, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a broken piece of earthenware. </DL>
<A NAME="potshoot">
<B>potshoot, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-shot,</B> <B>-shooting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to shoot or attack with potshots. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm off potshooting eiders ... on the banks of the Northwest River (Dave Godfrey). (Figurative.) Even such ordinarily responsible papers as ... the weekly Observer have joined the raucous "popular" press in potshooting at an old friend (Time).</I> noun <B>potshooter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="potshot">
<B>potshot, </B>noun, verb, <B>-shotted,</B> <B>-shotting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a shot fired at game to get food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport. <DD><B> 2. </B>a quick shot at or attack against something from close range or from ambush and without careful aim. <BR> <I>Ex. Chinese Reds and their Nationalist enemies are taking potshots at each other between China's mainland and Quemoy (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a random or careless shot. <BR> <I>Ex. Ammunition, once scarce, is now plentiful enough to be wasted on potshots at coconuts (Time).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>Often, <B>potshots.</B> (Figurative.) random or scattered criticism. <BR> <I>Ex. Potshots are aimed at a few cherished military institutions, from security checks to the medical corps (Saturday Review). He is not afraid to take potshots at some of the widely-held theories of his associates (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to take potshots (at); potshoot. noun <B>potshotter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="potstill">
<B>pot still,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a still in which heat is applied directly to a pot which contains the mash. <BR> <I>Ex. Irish whiskey is made in a pot still, which is simply a pot surrounded byIrish anthracite coal from Kilkenny (Brendan Behan).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potstone">
<B>potstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of soapstone formerly used to make household utensils. </DL>
<A NAME="potsy">
<B>potsy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=hopscotch.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the pebble used in hopscotch. </DL>
<A NAME="pottage">
<B>pottage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thick soup of vegetables or of vegetables and meat. </DL>
<A NAME="potted">
<B>potted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>put into a pot. <BR> <I>Ex. a potted plant.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>cooked and preserved in pots or cans. <BR> <I>Ex. potted beef.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) drunk; intoxicated. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>shortened; condensed. <BR> <I>Ex. a potted biography.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>recorded; canned. <BR> <I>Ex. potted music.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potter">
<B>potter</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. </DL>
<A NAME="potter">
<B>potter</B> (2), intransitive verb, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter. <BR> <I>Ex. She potters about the house all day, but gets little done.</I> noun <B>potterer.</B> adv. <B>potteringly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pottersclay">
<B>potter's clay,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> clay that is free or nearly free from iron, suitable for making pottery. </DL>
<A NAME="pottersfield">
<B>potter's field,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of ground set aside for the burial of people who die without friends or money. <DD><B> 2. </B>a field bought for the 30 pieces of silver which Judas received for betraying Jesus, used as a burial place for strangers (in the Bible, Matthew 27:7-8). </DL>
<A NAME="pottersore">
<B>potter's ore,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coarsely grained galena, used to glaze pottery. </DL>
<A NAME="potterswheel">
<B>potter's wheel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded into pottery. </DL>
<A NAME="potterwasp">
<B>potter wasp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various solitary wasps that make vaselike mounds of mud and sand for their young. </DL>
<A NAME="pottery">
<B>pottery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-teries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>pots, dishes, or vases made from clay and hardened by heat. The finest type of pottery is called porcelain. All other pottery is called earthenware or stoneware. <DD><B> 2. </B>the art or business of making them; ceramics. <BR> <I>Ex. She has taken up pottery as a hobby.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where such pots, dishes, or vases are made. <BR> <I>Ex. Large potteries in Ohio and West Virginia make most of the stoneware produced today (Eugene F. Bunker, Jr.).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pottle">
<B>pottle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a former liquid measure equal to two quarts. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pot or tankard holding two quarts. <DD><B> 3. </B>the liquid in it. <DD><B> 4. </B>alcoholic liquor. <DD><B> 5. </B>a small wicker basket. <BR> <I>Ex. a pottle of fine strawberries (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="potto">
<B>potto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, sluggish, African mammal resembling a lemur. It spends most of its time in trees, and is unique in having the spines of its vertebrae exposed. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=kinkajou.</B> </DL>
