| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| polander | noun | A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole. |
| polarchy | noun | See Polyarchy. |
| polarily | adverb | In a polary manner; with polarity. |
| polarity | noun | That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc., A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n. |
| polarize | verb t. | To communicate polarity to. |
| poledavy | noun | A sort of coarse canvas; poldway. |
| poleless | adjective | Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot. |
| polemics | noun | The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy. |
| polemist | noun | A polemic. |
| polestar | noun | Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North., A guide or director. |
| policate | adjective | Same as Pollicate. |
| policing | present participle & vb. noun | of Police |
| policial | adjective | Relating to the police. |
| policied | adjective | Policed., of Policy |
| policies | plural | of Policy |
| polished | imp. & past participle | of Polish, Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. |
| polisher | noun | One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing. |
| politely | adverb | In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy., In a polite manner; with politeness. |
| politics | noun | The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals., The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery. |
| politize | verb i. | To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do. |
| politure | verb | Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne. |
| polities | plural | of Polity |
| pollened | adjective | Covered with pollen. |
| pollenin | noun | A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. |
| pollices | plural | of Pollex |
| pollinia | plural | of Pollinium |
| polliwig | noun | Alt. of Polliwog |
| polliwog | noun | A tadpole; — called also purwiggy and porwigle. |
| polluted | imp. & past participle | of Pollute, Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. |
| polluter | noun | One who pollutes. |
| pollywog | noun | A polliwig. |
| polonese | adjective & noun | See Polonaise. |
| poltroon | noun | An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch., Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly. |
| polyacid | adjective | Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; — said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases. |
| polyacra | plural | of Polyacron |
| polyfoil | noun | Same as Multifoil. |
| polygala | noun | A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort. |
| polygamy | noun | The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; — opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry., The state or habit of having more than one mate., The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers. |
| polygeny | noun | The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; — opposed to monogenesis. |
| polyglot | adjective | Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible., Versed in, or speaking, many languages., One who speaks several languages., A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages. |
| polygony | noun | Any plant of the genus Polygonum. |
| polygram | noun | A figure consisting of many lines. |
| polygyny | noun | The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives. |
| polylogy | noun | Talkativeness. |
| polymnia | noun | See Polyhymnia. |
| polyneme | noun | Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish. |
| polyonym | noun | An object which has a variety of names., A polynomial name or term. |
| polypary | noun | Same as Polypidom. |
| polypean | adjective | Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps. |
| polypide | noun | One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa. |
| polypier | noun | A polypidom. |
| polypite | noun | One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian., Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa., A fossil coral. |
| polypode | noun | A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody., An animal having many feet; a myriapod. |
| polypody | noun | Any plant of the genus Polypodium. |
| polypoid | adjective | Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts., Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus. |
| polypori | plural | of Polyporus |
| polypous | adjective | Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus. |
| polytomy | noun | A division into many members. |
| polytype | noun | A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief., Of or pertaining to polytypes; obtained by polytyping; as, a polytype plate., To produce a polytype of; as, to polytype an engraving. |
| polyzoan | noun | Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa., A polyzoon. |
| polyzoon | noun | One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan. |