| politburo | (noun) the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
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| politeness | (noun) the act of showing regard for others | Synonyms: civility |
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| (noun) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | Synonyms: niceness |
| politesse | (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, gallantry |
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| politicalness | (noun) The state or quality of concerning or being related to politics, the art and process of governing. | - |
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| politician | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politico |
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| (noun) a leader engaged in civil administration | - |
| (noun) a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways | - |
| politico | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: pol, political leader, politician |
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| politics | (noun) the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs | - |
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| (noun) the activities and affairs involved in managing a state or a government | - |
| (noun) the study of government of states and other political units | Synonyms: government, political science |
| (noun) the opinion you hold with respect to political questions | Synonyms: political sympathies |
| (noun) social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power | Synonyms: political relation |
| polity | (noun) shrewd or crafty management of public affairs | - |
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| (noun) a politically organized unit | - |
| (noun) the form of government of a social organization | Synonyms: civil order |
| polka | (noun) a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time | - |
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| (noun) music performed for dancing the polka | - |
| poll | (noun) the counting of votes (as in an election) | - |
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| (noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: crown, pate |
| (noun) the part of the head between the ears | - |
| (noun) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people | Synonyms: canvass, opinion poll, public opinion poll |
| (noun) a tame parrot | Synonyms: poll parrot |
| pollack | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollock |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollock |
| pollard | (noun) a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed | - |
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| (noun) a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage | - |
| pollen | (noun) the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant | - |
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| pollenation | (noun) transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | Synonyms: pollination |
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| pollex | (noun) the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | Synonyms: thumb |
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| pollination | (noun) transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant | Synonyms: pollenation |
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| pollinator | (noun) an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another | - |
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| pollinium | (noun) a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids) | - |
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| pollinosis | (noun) a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen | Synonyms: hay fever |
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| polliwog | (noun) a larval frog or toad | Synonyms: pollywog, tadpole |
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| pollock | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollack |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollack |
| pollotarianism | (noun) the practice of following a diet that includes chicken or other poultry, but not meat from mammals. | - |
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| polls | (noun) the place where people vote | - |
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| pollster | (noun) someone who conducts surveys of public opinion | Synonyms: canvasser, headcounter, poll taker |
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| pollucite | (noun) a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium | - |
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| pollutant | (noun) waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil | - |
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| polluter | (noun) a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment | Synonyms: defiler |
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| pollution | (noun) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | Synonyms: contamination |
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| (noun) undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities | - |
| (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: befoulment, defilement |
| pollyfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: parrotfish, polly fish |
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| pollywog | (noun) a larval frog or toad | Synonyms: polliwog, tadpole |
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| polo | (noun) a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball | - |
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| polonaise | (noun) a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt | - |
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| polonium | (noun) a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor | Synonyms: atomic number 84, Po |
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| polony | (noun) another name for Bologna sausage | - |
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| poltergeist | (noun) a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder | - |
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| poltroon | (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: craven, recreant |
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| poltroonery | (noun) abject pusillanimity | - |
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| polyamide | (noun) a polymer containing repeated amide groups | Synonyms: polymeric amide |
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| polyandrist | (noun) a woman with two or more husbands | - |
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| polyandry | (noun) the state of having more than one husband at a time | - |
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| polyanthus | (noun) florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose | Synonyms: Primula polyantha |
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| polyarteritis | (noun) inflammation of several arteries | - |
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| polybutene | (noun) a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber | Synonyms: polybutylene |
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| polybutylene | (noun) a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber | Synonyms: polybutene |
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| polychaete | (noun) chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | Synonyms: polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm |
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| polychete | (noun) chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | Synonyms: polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete worm |
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| polychrome | (noun) a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors | - |
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| polycythemia | (noun) a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood | - |
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| polydactyly | (noun) birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes | Synonyms: hyperdactyly |
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| polydipsia | (noun) excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction) | - |
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| polyelectrolyte | (noun) an electrolyte of high molecular weight | - |
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| polyester | (noun) any of a large class of synthetic fabrics | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant | - |
| (noun) a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer | - |
| polyethylene | (noun) a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation | Synonyms: polythene |
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| polyfoam | (noun) a foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics | Synonyms: polyurethane foam |
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| polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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| polygamy | (noun) the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
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| polygene | (noun) a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations | - |
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| polyglot | (noun) a person who speaks more than one language | Synonyms: linguist |
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| polygon | (noun) a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides | Synonyms: polygonal shape |
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| polygraph | (noun) a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
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| polygynist | (noun) a man with two or more wives | - |
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| polygyny | (noun) a form of polygamy in which a man has multiple wives | - |
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| polyhedron | (noun) a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces | - |
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| polyhidrosis | (noun) excessive and profuse perspiration | Synonyms: hyperhidrosis, hyperidrosis |
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| polymastigote | (noun) flagellates with several flagella | - |
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| polymath | (noun) a person of great and varied learning | - |
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| polymer | (noun) a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers | - |
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| polymerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
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| polymerisation | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerization |
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| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| polymetry | (noun) The combining of different metres simultaneously. | - |
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| polymorph | (noun) an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites | - |
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| polymorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: pleomorphism |
| (noun) (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on | - |
| polymyositis | (noun) myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
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| polymyxin | (noun) any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium | - |
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| polyneuritis | (noun) inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) | Synonyms: multiple neuritis |
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| polynomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: multinomial |
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| polynucleotide | (noun) (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule | - |
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| polynya | (noun) a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) | - |
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| polyoma | (noun) a virus that can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice | Synonyms: polyoma virus |
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| polyose | (noun) any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | Synonyms: polysaccharide |
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| polyp | (noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth | - |
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| (noun) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane | Synonyms: polypus |
| polypectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a polyp | - |
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| polypeptide | (noun) a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids | - |
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| polyphone | (noun) a letter that has two or more pronunciations | Synonyms: polyphonic letter |
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| polyphony | (noun) music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments | Synonyms: concerted music, polyphonic music |
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| polyphosphate | (noun) a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid | - |
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| polyplacophore | (noun) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | Synonyms: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle |
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| polyploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes | - |
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| polyploidy | (noun) the condition of being polyploid | - |
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| polypody | (noun) any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium | - |
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| polypore | (noun) woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent | Synonyms: pore fungus, pore mushroom |
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| polypropene | (noun) a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material | Synonyms: polypropylene |
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| polypropenonitrile | (noun) acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan) | Synonyms: Acrilan |
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| polypropylene | (noun) a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material | Synonyms: polypropene |
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| polyptoton | (noun) repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence | - |
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| polypus | (noun) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane | Synonyms: polyp |
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| polysaccharide | (noun) any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | Synonyms: polyose |
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| polysemant | (noun) a word having more than one meaning | Synonyms: polysemantic word, polysemous word |
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| polysemy | (noun) the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | Synonyms: lexical ambiguity |
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