| pol | (noun) a person active in party politics | Synonyms: political leader, politician, politico |
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| polack | (noun) a person of Polish descent | - |
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| 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 |
| polarimeter | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polariscope |
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| polarisation | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarization |
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| (noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarization |
| polariscope | (noun) an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light | Synonyms: polarimeter |
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| polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
| polarity | (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: sign |
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| (noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | Synonyms: mutual opposition |
| polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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| (noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
| polarize | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarise |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarise |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarise |
| polarographic | (adjective) of or involving polarography | - |
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| polarography | (noun) an electrochemical method of chemical analysis | - |
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| polder | (noun) low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands) | - |
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| pole | (noun) a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic | - |
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| (noun) one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated | Synonyms: magnetic pole |
| (noun) a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting | - |
| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: terminal |
| (noun) one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | - |
| (noun) one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface | - |
| (noun) one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere | Synonyms: celestial pole |
| (noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet | Synonyms: perch, rod |
| (noun) a square rod of land | Synonyms: perch, rod |
| (verb) deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole | - |
| (verb) propel with a pole | Synonyms: punt |
| (verb) support on poles | - |
| polearm | (noun) a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user's effective range. | Synonyms: pole weapon |
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| poleax | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleaxe |
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| (noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleaxe |
| poleaxe | (noun) a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick | Synonyms: poleax |
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| (noun) an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade | Synonyms: poleax |
| (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleax |
| polecat | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius |
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| (noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | Synonyms: skunk, wood pussy |
| polemic | (adjective) of or involving dispute or controversy | Synonyms: polemical |
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| (noun) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) | - |
| (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemicist, polemist |
| polemical | (adjective) of or involving dispute or controversy | Synonyms: polemic |
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| polemically | (adverb) involving controversy | Synonyms: controversially |
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| polemicise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicize, polemise, polemize |
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| polemicist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemist |
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| polemicize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemise, polemize |
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| polemics | (noun) the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors | - |
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| polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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| polemist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemicist |
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| polemize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemise |
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| polemoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae | - |
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| polemonium | (noun) any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions | - |
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| polenta | (noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water | - |
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| poler | (noun) a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle | Synonyms: pole horse |
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| polestar | (noun) the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it | Synonyms: North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star |
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| police | (noun) the force of policemen and officers | Synonyms: constabulary, law, police force |
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| (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: patrol |
| policeman | (noun) a male member of a police force | - |
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| policewoman | (noun) a woman policeman | Synonyms: police matron |
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| policy | (noun) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group | - |
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| (noun) a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government | - |
| (noun) written contract or certificate of insurance | Synonyms: insurance, insurance policy |
| policyholder | (noun) a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written | - |
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| polio | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, poliomyelitis |
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| poliomyelitis | (noun) an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | Synonyms: acute anterior poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, polio |
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| poliosis | (noun) loss of color from the hair | - |
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| poliovirus | (noun) the virus causing poliomyelitis | - |
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| polish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness |
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| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement |
| (noun) a preparation used in polishing | - |
| (verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | Synonyms: brush up, polish up, round, round off |
| (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: down, fine-tune, refine |
| (verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen |
| 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 |
| polisher | (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: buffer |
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| polishing | (noun) the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | Synonyms: shining |
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| politburo | (noun) the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party | - |
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| 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 |
| politely | (adverb) in a polite manner | Synonyms: courteously |
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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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| 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 | - |
| politically | (adverb) with regard to social relationships involving authority | - |
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| (adverb) with regard to government | - |
| 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 | - |
| politicise | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicize |
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| politicize | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicise |
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| politick | (verb) engage in political activities | - |
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| 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 | - |
| (verb) dance a 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 |
| (verb) convert into a pollard | Synonyms: pollard |
| (verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | Synonyms: canvass |
| (verb) vote in an election at a polling station | - |
| (verb) get the votes of | - |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) convert into a pollard | Synonyms: poll |
| pollen | (noun) the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant | - |
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| pollenate | (verb) fertilize by transferring pollen | Synonyms: cross-pollinate, pollinate |
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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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| pollinate | (verb) fertilize by transferring pollen | Synonyms: cross-pollinate, pollenate |
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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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| pollute | (verb) make impure | Synonyms: contaminate, foul |
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| polluted | (adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | Synonyms: contaminated |
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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 |
| pollyannaish | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat |
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| 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 | (adjective) characterized by complete cowardliness | - |
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| (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: craven, recreant |
| 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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| polyandrous | (adjective) having more than one husband at a time | - |
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| polyandry | (noun) the state of having more than one husband at a time | - |
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