Words in english starting with P

• poised — Adjective – English ～ marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer"
• poised — Adjective – English ～ in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
• poison bush — Noun – English ～ either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
• poison — Noun – English ～ anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
• poison ivy — Noun – English ～ dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant; "my poison ivy is drying up"
• poison mercury — Noun – English ～ climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
• poison-berry — Noun – English ～ Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
• poison dogwood — Noun – English ～ smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
• poison camas — Noun – English ～ a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
• poison arrow plant — Noun – English ～ medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
• poison milkweed — Noun – English ～ milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
• poison gas — Noun – English ～ a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare
• poison hemlock — Noun – English ～ large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
• poison parsley — Noun – English ～ large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
• poison oak — Noun – English ～ dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant
• poison oak — Noun – English ～ climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
• poison pea — Noun – English ～ any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
• poison ash — Noun – English ～ smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
• poison — Noun – English ～ any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
• poison bush — Noun – English ～ any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods

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