| COMPOUND | • compound n. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined. • compound n. An enclosure for secure storage. • compound n. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices. |
| EXPOUNDS | • expounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound. • EXPOUND v. to explain in detail. |
| GEEPOUND | • geepound n. Synonym of slug (“unit of mass”). • GEEPOUND n. a unit of mass. |
| IMPOUNDS | • impounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound. • IMPOUND v. to seize and retain in legal custody. |
| LISPOUND | • lispound n. (Historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds. • LISPOUND n. (Dutch) a varying weight, 12 to 34 pounds, used in Orkney and Shetland, also LISPUND. |
| POUNCERS | • pouncers n. Plural of pouncer. • POUNCER n. one that pounces. |
| POUNCETS | • pouncets n. Plural of pouncet. • POUNCET n. (Shakespeare) a box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. |
| POUNCING | • pouncing v. Present participle of pounce. • pouncing n. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. • pouncing n. Decorative perforation of cloth. |
| POUNDAGE | • poundage n. (Countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds. • poundage n. (Countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling. • poundage n. (Countable) a weight measured in pounds. |
| POUNDALS | • poundals n. Plural of poundal. • POUNDAL n. a unit of force, the force imparting to one pound mass an acceleration of one foot per second. |
| POUNDERS | • pounders n. Plural of pounder. • POUNDER n. a specimen weighing a pound. |
| POUNDING | • pounding v. Present participle of pound. • pounding n. An act in which something or someone is pounded. • pounding adj. Characterized by heavy or loud throbs. |
| PROPOUND | • propound v. (Transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate. • PROPOUND v. to propose. |