A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.
A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
Marijuana.
A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
A plaster cast.
Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
A crucible: a melting pot.
Ruin or deterioration.
To put (something) into a pot.
To secure; gain; win; bag.
To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
To preserve by bottling or canning.
To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
To be capable of being potted.
To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
To shoot with a firearm.
To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
To score (a drop goal).