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Yes. The word poise is a Scrabble US word. The word poise is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

POISE,

4-letter words (10 found)

EPOS,OPES,PESO,PIES,PISE,PISO,POIS,POSE,SIPE,SPIE,

3-letter words (16 found)

IOS,ISO,OES,OIS,OPE,OPS,OSE,PES,PIE,PIS,POI,POS,PSI,SEI,SIP,SOP,

2-letter words (12 found)

ES,IO,IS,OE,OI,OP,OS,PE,PI,PO,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from poise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of poise

poise opise piose ipose oipse iopse posie opsie psoie spoie ospie sopie pisoe ipsoe psioe spioe ispoe sipoe oispe iospe osipe soipe isope siope poies opies pioes ipoes oipes iopes poeis opeis peois epois oepis eopis pieos ipeos peios epios iepos eipos oieps ioeps oeips eoips ieops eiops posei opsei psoei spoei ospei sopei poesi opesi peosi eposi oepsi eopsi pseoi speoi pesoi epsoi sepoi espoi osepi soepi oespi eospi seopi esopi piseo ipseo psieo spieo ispeo sipeo pieso ipeso peiso episo iepso eipso pseio speio pesio epsio sepio espio isepo siepo iespo eispo seipo esipo oisep iosep osiep soiep isoep sioep oiesp ioesp oeisp eoisp ieosp eiosp oseip soeip oesip eosip seoip esoip iseop sieop iesop eisop seiop esiop

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Definitions and meaning of poise

poise

Etymology

From Middle English poys, poyse, from Anglo-Norman pois, Middle French pois (“weight”) and Anglo-Norman poise, Middle French poise (“measure of weight”), from Latin pēnsāre (“to ponder, weight, think”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: poyz, IPA(key): /pɔɪz/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪz

Noun

poise (countable and uncountable, plural poises)

  1. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
  2. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
  3. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
  4. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
  5. (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
  6. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
  7. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
  8. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • peso
  • pansy
  • pensive
  • avoirdupois

Translations

Verb

poise (third-person singular simple present poises, present participle poising, simple past and past participle poised)

  1. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
  2. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
    • 1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden
      to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit
  3. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh. [14th–17th c.]
  4. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down. [16th–18th c.]
  5. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. [from 16th c.]
  6. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. [from 16th c.]
  7. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. [from 17th c.]
  8. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • poise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • speoi

Old French

Alternative forms

  • peise (Anglo-Norman)

Noun

poise oblique singular, f (oblique plural poises, nominative singular poise, nominative plural poises)

  1. weight
  2. a unit of measure of unknown value (which presumably varied because of the technology of the time)

Descendants

  • → English: poise

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (poise)

Portuguese

Verb

poise

  1. inflection of poisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org