| polar | (adjective) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles | - |
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| (adjective) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles | - |
| (adjective) having a pair of equal and opposite charges | - |
| (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy |
| (adjective) being of crucial importance | Synonyms: pivotal |
| (adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, diametrical, opposite |
| polarographic | (adjective) of or involving polarography | - |
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| polemic | (adjective) of or involving dispute or controversy | Synonyms: polemical |
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| polemical | (adjective) of or involving dispute or controversy | Synonyms: polemic |
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| polemoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae | - |
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| polished | (adjective) perfected or made shiny and smooth | - |
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| (adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | Synonyms: milled |
| (adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: refined, urbane |
| (adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: dressed |
| polite | (adjective) showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. | - |
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| (adjective) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | Synonyms: civil |
| (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel |
| politic | (adjective) marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness | - |
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| (adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: bland, smooth, suave |
| political | (adjective) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to the profession of governing | - |
| polluted | (adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | Synonyms: contaminated |
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| pollyannaish | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat |
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| poltroon | (adjective) characterized by complete cowardliness | - |
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| polyandrous | (adjective) having more than one husband at a time | - |
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| polyatomic | (adjective) of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two atoms | - |
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| polychromatic | (adjective) (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength | - |
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| (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromic |
| polychrome | (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychromatic, polychromic |
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| polychromic | (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychromatic, polychrome |
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| polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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| polydactyl | (adjective) of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits | Synonyms: polydactylous |
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| polydactylous | (adjective) of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits | Synonyms: polydactyl |
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| polyestrous | (adjective) having more than one period of estrus per year | Synonyms: polyoestrous |
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| polygamous | (adjective) having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals | - |
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| (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: heteroicous, polyoicous |
| polygenic | (adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes | - |
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| polyglot | (adjective) having a command of or composed in many languages | - |
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| polygonal | (adjective) having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons | - |
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| polygynous | (adjective) having more than one wife at a time | - |
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| polyhedral | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron | - |
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| polymeric | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a polymer | - |
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| polymorphemic | (adjective) consisting of two or more morphemes | - |
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| polymorphic | (adjective) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population | Synonyms: polymorphous |
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| (adjective) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
| (adjective) having or occurring in several distinct forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
| polymorphous | (adjective) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population | Synonyms: polymorphic |
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| (adjective) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms | Synonyms: polymorphic |
| (adjective) having or occurring in several distinct forms | Synonyms: polymorphic |
| polynomial | (adjective) having the character of a polynomial | Synonyms: multinomial |
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| polyoestrous | (adjective) having more than one period of estrus per year | Synonyms: polyestrous |
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| polyoicous | (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: heteroicous, polygamous |
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| polypetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals | - |
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| polyphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: multiphase |
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| polyphonic | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: contrapuntal |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony | Synonyms: polyphonous |
| (adjective) having two or more phonetic values | - |
| polyphonous | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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| polyploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes | - |
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| polysemantic | (adjective) of words; having many meanings | Synonyms: polysemous |
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| polysemous | (adjective) of words; having many meanings | Synonyms: polysemantic |
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| polysyllabic | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| (adjective) having or characterized by words of more than three syllables | - |
| polysynthetic | (adjective) forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning | Synonyms: agglutinative |
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| polytheistic | (adjective) worshipping or believing in more than one god | - |
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| polytonal | (adjective) using more than one key or tonality simultaneously | - |
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| polyunsaturated | (adjective) (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds | - |
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| polyvalent | (adjective) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher | Synonyms: multivalent |
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| (adjective) containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen | - |