Poise

Noun

 * 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)  A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
 * 6)  Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.

Verb

 * 1) To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
 * 2) To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
 * 3)  To be of a given weight; to weigh.
 * 4)  To add weight to, to weigh down.
 * 5)  To hold (something) with: or against: something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.

Adverbs for Poise
courageously; impolitely; viciously; intentionally; deliberately; rudely; roughly; ungraciously; bluntly; brusquely; dogmatically; significantly; curtly; crisply; sententiously; bitingly; incisively; impressively.

Adjectives for Poise
calm; serene; contemplative; aristocratic; swerveless; exquisite; intellectual; aloof; physical; domineering; admirable; culminating; coquettish; calculating; mental; dangerous; sturdy; equal.

Verbs for Poise
acquire—; admire—;  affect—;  attain—; envy—; exhibit—; lack—; maintain—; practise—; recover—; regard with—; restore—; school in—; shatter—; value—; — assures; —conquers; —controls; —impress¬es ; —polishes ; —tones.

Thesaurus
gesture, gesture language, gestures, goings-on, grace, guise, hand signal, hang, hover, hubris, identity, imperturbability, integrate, justice, kinesics, kite, leave the ground, level, level head, levelheadedness, levelness, likeness, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motion, motions, movement, movements, moves, observable behavior, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pantomime, par, parallelism, parity, pattern, plane, pomposity, port, pose, positiveness, possession, posture, practice, praxis, prepare, presence, presence of mind, pride, procedure, proceeding, proportion, reserve, restraint, sang-froid, security, sedateness, self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-control, self-importance, self-possession, self-reliance, self-restraint, serenity, settled belief, shrug, sign language, soar, social science, spire, square, stabilitate, staidness, stance, stasis, steady, strike a balance, style, subjective certainty, support, sureness, surety, symmetry, tact, tactics, take off, tone, tranquillity, trust, uphold, way, way of life, ways, well-regulated mind, zoom, accommodate, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adjust, affectation, air, aplomb, arrogance, aspire, assurance, assuredness, back, balance, ballast, bearing, beck, beckon, become airborne, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, belief, body language, calmness, cancel, carriage, certitude, charade, chironomy, claw skyward, cocksureness, coequality, coextension, compensate, comportment, composure, conduct, confidence, confidentness, control, conviction, cool, coolness, coordinate, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, courage, culture pattern, custom, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, demeanor, deportment, dignity, diplomacy, doing, doings, dumb show, equability, equality, equalize, equanimity, equate, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, even, even up, evenness, faith, fit, float, fly, fly aloft, folkway, gain altitude, gesticulation,

Etymology
From a combination of pois:,  pois: and  poise:,  poise:.

Derived terms

 * centipoise

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: itsevarmuus, arvokkuus, luontevuus


 * French: l'assurance, aisance, le sang-froid


 * Finnish: poisi


 * Serbo-Croatian: poaz

Verb

 * Russian: изготавливаться