10-letter words containing po
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polar axis — the fixed line, usually horizontal, from which the angle made by the radius vector is measured in a polar coordinate system.
- polar bear — a large white bear, Ursus maritimus, of the arctic regions.
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- polar star — north star
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polarizing — to cause polarization in.
- polarogram — the record produced by the action of a Polarograph.
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- pole piece — a piece of magnetic material at a pole of a permanent magnet or of an electromagnet, shaped to control the magnetic flux distribution in the vicinity of the pole.
- pole plate — (in a trussed roof) a plate resting upon the beams and supporting common rafters near their lower ends.
- pole vault — sports event: high jump using a pole
- pole-vault — to execute a pole vault.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemicize — to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy.
- polemology — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- polemonium — a member of the genus Polemonium
- police car — squad car.
- police dog — a dog trained to assist the police.
- policlinic — a department of a hospital at which outpatients are treated.
- poliovirus — any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.
- polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polka dots — Polka dots are very small spots printed on a piece of cloth.
- pollaiuolo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1429–98, Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith.
- pollen sac — one of the cavities in an anther in which pollen is produced.
- pollenizer — a plant which provides pollen
- pollenosis — hay fever.
- pollinator — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- pollinosis — hay fever.
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polo stick — a stick used to strike the ball in the game of polo
- poltoratsk — a city in and the capital of Turkmenistan, in the S central part, near the Iranian border.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polychroic — having many colours
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.