| 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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