(now historical) A cosmetic face powder, originally made with powdered rice.

(embryogenesis) A depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the adenohypophysis.

Alternative form of penny wise and pound foolish

The plant shepherd's purse.

A young turkey.

(US, Canada, dialect) A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.

(sewing) A block of a hard material used to flatten seams by clapping or pounding the seam with the block against a hard surface.

(Britain) the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group

plural of retort pouch

A kind of food packaging resistant to heat sterilisation in a retort, often made from a laminate of flexible plastic and metal foils.