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POISE

“POISE” is a valid word.

7 Scrabble points
8 Words with Friends
5 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
  2. a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
  3. great coolness and composure under strain

verb

  1. be motionless, in suspension
  2. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
  3. cause to be balanced or suspended

< 5-letter words: POISE

4-letter words 8

  • poseaffected manners intended to impress others
  • piesdish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  • pesothe basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
  • piso
  • sipe
  • poisHawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
  • opes
  • eposa body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme

3-letter words 12

  • piedish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
  • sipa small drink
  • ops(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
  • psia unit of pressure
  • sei
  • ope
  • poiHawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
  • soppiece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
  • pis
  • ose
  • oes
  • pesthe part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

2-letter words 9

  • ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • sothe syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
  • sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • esa radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
  • op
  • pithe ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
  • pethe 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  • osa mouth or mouthlike opening
  • oe