Words Containing: P,O,U,N,D

• so unexpected as to have not been imagined

• An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• place or shut up in a pound

• heading in any direction that is conventionally up

• the act of pouncing

• move down on as if in an attack

• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

• 16 ounces avoirdupois

• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

• the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• move heavily or clumsily

• move rhythmically

• partition off into compartments

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

• place or shut up in a pound

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

• (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds

• a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

• the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold

• a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"

• the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police

• not arranged for pictorial purposes