(economics) The threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.

plural of poverty

A powdered form of polyvinylpyrrolidone that is used as a dispersing and suspending agent in drugs.

plural of povidone

(chiefly UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The inability of a household to keep adequately warm at a reasonable cost.

A self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

(linguistics) The idea that human language cannot be learned by young children with what information they are given, unless they already have an innate knowledge of language or universal grammar.

A Croatian potica.

Any of several grasses that grow in poor or sandy soil.