| 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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