All English words - page 4308

Meanings of Polonize:

verb

To make (a people, custom, language, etc.) polish; to give a polish character or identity to.

Meanings of Polony:

noun

Another term for bologna.

Meanings of Polos:

noun

A cylindrical headdress seen in some representations of greek goddesses.

Meanings of Pols:

noun

A politician.

Usage examples:

He was the kind of pol you could understand

Meanings of Polt:

noun

A blow, a hard knock.

verb

To beat, strike, thump; (english regional (south-west midlands)) specifically to knock (fruit) down from a tree.

Meanings of Poltergeist:

noun

A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about.

Usage examples:

Psychic investigators supposed gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost.

Meanings of Poltergeistism:

noun

The manifestation or activity of poltergeists.

Meanings of Poltergeists:

noun

A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about.

Usage examples:

Psychic investigators supposed gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost.

Meanings of Poltroon:

noun

An utter coward.

Usage examples:

Come on, you poltroons!

Meanings of Poltroonish:

adjective

Fearful, timid, cowardly.

Meanings of Poltroonism:

noun

Cowardice.

Meanings of Poltroons:

noun

An utter coward.

Usage examples:

Come on, you poltroons!

Meanings of Poly:

noun

Polyester.

Usage examples:

Stretch twill is a poly/rayon/lycroflex blend that is both comfortable and very flexible, and offer…

adjective

Polyamorous.

Usage examples:

The interviewer gently interrogates three poly groups.

combining form

Many; much.

Usage examples:

Polyandry

Meanings of Polyacid:

adjective

Of the nature of or relating to a polyacid.

noun

A compound which has more than one acidic group; especially an acid containing polymeric anions.

Meanings of Polyacrylamide:

noun

A synthetic resin made by polymerizing acrylamide, especially a water-soluble polymer used to form or stabilize gels and as a thickening or clarifying agent.

Usage examples:

Linear polyacrylamide is a very efficient neutral carrier

Meanings of Polyacrylonitrile:

noun

Any of the polymers of acrylonitrile, many of which are used commercially, especially as man-made fibres.

Meanings of Polyactinal:

adjective

(of a sponge spicule) having many rays; (of a sponge) having such spicules.

Meanings of Polyad:

noun

A group of more than two, or (sometimes more generally) of an indeterminate number of things, persons, etc.

Meanings of Polyadelphia:

noun

In the linnaean artificial system: the eighteenth class of plants, comprising those whose flowers have numerous stamens united by their filaments into three or more bundles.

Meanings of Polyadelphous:

adjective

Of stamens: partially united by their filaments into three or more groups. formerly also: †(in the linnaean artificial system) characteristic of or belonging to the class polyadelphia (obsolete).

Meanings of Polyadenous:

adjective

Having many glands.

Meanings of Polyadic:

adjective

Involving three or more quantities, elements, or individuals.

Usage examples:

The study of polyadic interactions in baboons

Meanings of Polyaemia:

noun

An abnormally large volume of blood in the body.

Meanings of Polyalcohol:

noun

A polyhydric alcohol.

Meanings of Polyalphabetic:

adjective

(of a code or cipher) employing more than one alphabet or set of symbols, so that each letter of the alphabet may be represented by any of two or more letters or other characters.