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English words: Pokésona to police commissioner

300 English words, part 117 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words Pokésona to police commissioner

  1. Pokésona noun /ˌpəʊ.keɪˈsəʊ.nə/: An original character or fursona that is a Pokémon, whether based on an existing one or fanmade.
  2. PokéStop noun: An area where players can collect items while playing Pokémon Go.
  3. PokéTuber noun: A YouTube personality who makes videos about Pokémon.
  4. pokeweed noun /ˈpoʊkˌwid/: A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.
  5. pokey adjective, noun /ˈpoʊ.ki/: Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.
  6. pokeyman noun: A Pokémon.
  7. pokeymans noun: plural of Pokeyman
  8. Pokhara proper noun: A city in Nepal.
  9. pokie noun /ˈpəʊki/: Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines.
  10. pokie machine noun: Synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).
  11. pokies noun: plural of pokie
  12. pokily adverb: In a poky way.
  13. pokiness noun: The state or condition of being poky.
  14. poking adjective, noun, verb /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/: The act by which something is poked.
  15. poking-stick noun: A small metal rod that was heated and used to adjust the plaits of ruffs on clothing.
  16. pokingly adverb: So as to poke out or protrude.
  17. pokkah boeng noun: A disease of sugar cane caused by the fungus Fusarium moniliforme.
  18. Pokolbin proper noun: A locality in the Cessnock council area and the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  19. Pokomo noun: A member of a Bantu ethnic group of southeastern Kenya.
  20. Pokorny proper noun: A surname from Czech.
  21. Pokot noun: A member of a people living in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda.
  22. pokrovskite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
  23. poky adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of pokie (gambling machine).
  24. poky bonnet noun: Synonym of poke bonnet.
  25. pol noun, suffix /pɑl/: A politician.
  26. pol. cons. noun: Abbreviation of political consultation(s).
  27. /pol/lack noun: A habitual poster on the /pol/ - Politically Incorrect board on 4chan; a member of the /pol/ community.
  28. Pol Potism noun: The political philosophy of Pol Pot.
  29. Pol Potist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Pol Potism.
  30. /pol/tard noun: A habitual poster on the /pol/ - Politically Incorrect board on 4chan; a member of the /pol/ community.
  31. pola adjective, noun: Polarizing.
  32. Polab noun: Synonym of Polabian.
  33. Polabian noun /pəʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/: A Polabian Slav; one of a number of Lechite tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is now eastern Germany.
  34. polac noun /ˈpəʊlæk/: A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
  35. polacanthid noun: Any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.
  36. polacca noun: Alternative form of polacre.
  37. polacre noun: A 17th-century three-masted merchant ship.
  38. Polan proper noun: A surname.
  39. Polana proper noun: A colony in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
  40. Polanco proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
  41. Poland proper noun /ˈpəʊ.lənd/: A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.
  42. Poland China noun: A large, mostly black domestic pig of a breed from Ohio, United States, deriving from many breeds including the Berkshire and Hampshire.
  43. Poland syndrome noun: A rare birth defect characterized by underdevelopment or absence of the pectoralis on one side of the body, and usually also webbing of the fingers of the...
  44. Polandball noun: Poland as a countryball.
  45. Polander noun: An inhabitant of Poland, a person native to Poland, or a person of Polish origin.
  46. Polandish adjective: Polish.
  47. polane noun: polonium hydride, PoH₂ or H₂Po
  48. Polanski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  49. Polanskian adjective: Of or relating to Roman Polanski (born 1933), French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor.
  50. Polansky proper noun /pəˈlænski/: A surname.
  51. Polanyian adjective: Of or relating to Michael Polanyi (1891–1976), Hungarian polymath who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy.
  52. polao noun: Alternative form of pilaf.
  53. polar adjective, noun /ˈpəʊ.lə/: Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
  54. polar antonym noun: gradable antonym
  55. polar area diagram noun: A form of pie chart in which each sector has the same angle, the proportions being indicated by the radius of each sector.
  56. polar axis noun: Of an equatorial mounting, the axis of rotation that is positioned parallel to the axis of the Earth, allowing a telescope to be turned in an hour angle or...
  57. polar bar chart noun: Synonym of polar area diagram.
  58. polar bear noun: A white, semi-aquatic, hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.
  59. polar bear dip noun: Synonym of polar bear plunge.
  60. polar bear hunting noun: The knockout game (form of assault) when perpetrated by black people against white people.
  61. polar bear-like adjective: Alternative form of polar bearlike
  62. polar bear plunge noun: An outdoor plunge or swim in the middle of winter, often through ice.
  63. polar bear swim noun: Synonym of polar bear plunge.
  64. polar bearlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of polar bears.
  65. polar body noun: One of the small cells that are by-products of the meiosis that forms an egg.
  66. polar cap noun: A high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice.
  67. polar circle noun: Either of the two parallels of the Earth located at the latitude of 66° 33′ 44″ N and 66° 33′ 44″ S.
  68. polar cod noun: A north Atlantic fish of the family Gadidae (cod, haddock, whitings and pollock), Boreogadus saida.
  69. polar cone noun: Relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S.
  70. polar coordinates noun: The coordinates of a point in a plane, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin and the angle measured counterclockwise from the x-axis to a line...
  71. polar covalent bond noun: A covalent bond in which the electrons are not shared equally, giving the bond some ionic character
  72. polar desert noun: A region of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate.
  73. polar dog noun: A husky.
  74. polar equation noun: An equation defining a curve in terms of radius and angle.
  75. polar fleece noun: A soft napped insulating fabric made from polyethylene terephthalate or other synthetic fiber.
  76. polar fox noun: The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).
  77. polar ice noun: Permanent sea ice found in the Arctic and Antarctic
  78. polar lights noun: The aurora borealis or aurora australis.
  79. polar mesospheric cloud noun: A noctilucent cloud viewed from outer space.
  80. polar moment of inertia noun: A measure of a body's resistance to twisting; a measure of torsional strength.
  81. polar night noun: A period of continual darkness that occurs in winter in the polar regions of Earth, during which the sun never rises above the horizon.
  82. polar opposite noun: The complete opposite, opposite in every way.
  83. polar question noun: A question which has only two possible responses: yes (affirmative) or no (negative).
  84. polar star noun: Synonym of pole star.
  85. polar stratospheric cloud noun: A relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid...
  86. polar T3 syndrome noun: A condition found in polar explorers, caused by a decrease in the thyroid hormone T₃, resulting in cognitive impairment and mood disturbance.
  87. polar vortex noun: A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.
  88. polar wander noun: The motion of a pole in relation to a fixed frame of reference.
  89. polar willow noun /ˈpəʊ̯lə(ɹ)ˈwɪl.əʊ/: A willow of species Salix polaris, of circumpolar distribution.
  90. polar wolf noun: Synonym of Arctic wolf (“Canis lupus arctos”).
  91. polarchy noun: Alternative form of polyarchy.
  92. polari verb: To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.
  93. polaric adjective: polar
  94. polarigenic adjective: That generates polarization
  95. polarilocular adjective: divided into two locules separated by a central septum with a perforation or isthmus.
  96. polarily adverb /pəʊˈlæɹɪli/: In a polary manner; with polarity.
  97. polarimeter noun: An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through a sample of an optically active compound.
  98. polarimetric adjective: Of or pertaining to polarimetry, or measured using a polarimeter
  99. polarimetrically adverb: In a polarimetric manner
  100. polarimetry noun: The measurement of the polarization of electromagnetic radiation
  101. polarisability noun: Alternative spelling of polarizability.
  102. polarisable adjective: Alternative spelling of polarizable.
  103. polarisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarization.
  104. polarisation time noun: Alternative form of polarization time.
  105. polariscope noun: A polarimeter.
  106. polariscopic adjective: polarimetric
  107. polariscopically adverb: By means of polariscopy.
  108. polariscopist noun: One who uses a polariscope.
  109. polariscopy noun: The art or process of making observations with a polariscope.
  110. polarise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize.
  111. polarised adjective, verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarized.
  112. polariser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarizer.
  113. polarising adjective, verb: That polarises.
  114. polarisomal adjective: Relating to polarisomes
  115. polarisome noun: A protein complex that controls cell polarity
  116. polaristic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition.
  117. polaristrobometer noun: An early, highly precise form of polarimeter and saccharimeter that measures the angle of rotation of polarized monochromatic light by optically active...
  118. polarite noun: An opaque, yellow-white mineral with a metallic lustre, having the chemical formula (Pd,(Bi,Pb)).
  119. polariton noun: Any of a class of quasiparticles comprising elements of electromagnetic waves and excited states of matter.
  120. polaritonic adjective: Of or pertaining to polaritons.
  121. polaritonics noun: The design and construction of devices employing polaritons.
  122. polarity noun /pəˈlæɹɪti/: The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
  123. polarity item noun: A lexical item that can appear only in environments associated with a particular grammatical polarity.
  124. polarity therapy noun: A form of energy medicine based on the idea that a person's health is subject to positive and negative electromagnetic charges.
  125. polarizability noun: The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.
  126. polarizable adjective: Able to be polarized
  127. polarizance noun: The ability to produce polarized light
  128. polarization noun /ˌpoʊlərɪˈzeɪʃən/: The production or the condition of polarity.
  129. polarization charge noun: An electric charge that appears on the surface or within a dielectric material due to the polarization process induced by an external electric field.
  130. polarization time noun: The amount of time allocated for the alignment of the spins of an atom of hydrogen with the static magnetic field during a measurement of nuclear magnetic...
  131. polarization vector noun: One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame.
  132. polarize verb /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/: To cause to have a polarization.
  133. polarized adjective, verb /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪzd/: Having a distinctive polarization.
  134. polarized light noun: light in which the electric and magnetic fields each vibrate in a single plane
  135. polarizer noun: One who polarizes; one who divides a group or community into two extremes.
  136. polarizing adjective, verb /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪzɪŋ/: Characterized by strong, divided opinions among people; divisive.
  137. polarly adverb: In a polar manner
  138. polarogram noun: A plot of current against potential produced by polarography.
  139. polarograph noun: Any of several instruments used in polarography
  140. polarographic adjective: Related to polarography
  141. polarographical adjective: Alternative form of polarographic.
  142. polarographically adverb: By means of polarography
  143. polarography noun: An electrochemical technique for the analysis of redox reactions.
  144. polaroid noun, verb: Alternative letter-case form of polaroid.
  145. polaron noun: The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the...
  146. polaronic adjective: Of or pertaining to polarons.
  147. polaroplast noun: An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm...
  148. polarotactic adjective: That is attracted to polarized light, typically reflected from a surface
  149. polarotaxis noun: orientation of an organism in line with the plane of polarization of polarized light
  150. polarward adjective, adverb: In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.
  151. polary adjective /ˈpoʊləɹi/: Tending towards a pole.
  152. polaski noun: A fire fighting hand tool consisting of ax or adz head on a wooden handle, used to dig a fireline.
  153. polatouche noun: A Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans, syn. Sciuropterus volans), native to much of boreal Eurasia, from Finland east.
  154. polatuzumab vedotin noun: A CD79b-directed antibody-drug conjugate medication used for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
  155. polcalcin noun: A calcium-binding protein associated with chenopod pollinosis
  156. poldavis noun: Alternative form of poledavy.
  157. poldavy noun: Alternative form of poledavy.
  158. polder noun, verb /ˈpəʊldə/: An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  159. polder model noun: A form of consensus decision-making characterised by cooperation despite significant differences among parties.
  160. polderization noun: The process of forming polders.
  161. polderize verb: To convert land into polder
  162. poldervaartite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
  163. poldine noun: A particular antimuscarinic.
  164. pole noun, verb /pəʊl/: Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
  165. pole arctic noun: The pole star.
  166. pole-axe noun: Alternative spelling of poleaxe.
  167. pole barn noun: A pole building that is a barn.
  168. pole bean noun: A type of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), that grows as a climbing or vining plant and must be trained to grow upright on supports such as poles, stakes,...
  169. pole building noun: A building constructed around a frame of timbers.
  170. pole cat noun: Alternative form of polecat
  171. pole chain noun: A chain that joins a wagon's pole to a horse's collar.
  172. pole charge noun: Synonym of Bangalore torpedo.
  173. pole cleaver noun: Synonym of voulge.
  174. pole corn noun: Synonym of sweet corn.
  175. pole-crab noun: The metal socket at the front end of a carriage pole, having a loop on either side, and sometimes a hook in front, to which the horses are attached.
  176. pole dance noun, verb: A form of dancing and acrobatics centred on a pole, practiced as a gymnastic or erotic activity.
  177. pole dancer noun: A performer who dances and acts out acrobatics on a vertical pole.
  178. pole dancing noun, verb: Dancing, usually erotic, which involves swinging around a fixed pole.
  179. pole face noun: The terminating surface of a magnetic pole of a magnet or electromagnet.
  180. pole fitness noun: A program of exercise centered around a gymnastics performed on a pole.
  181. pole guard noun: A device that protects a worker from accidentally touching a bare conductor.
  182. pole hammer noun: Synonym of war hammer.
  183. pole head noun: Alternative form of polehead.
  184. pole hook noun: A hook that is attached to a pole and used to suspend or hold an object.
  185. pole hound noun: Of a wagon, one of the two hounds attached to the back end of a drop-tongue, or pole.
  186. pole jam noun: A trick where the skateboarder skates over a bent pole.
  187. pole lathe noun: A simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened to the...
  188. pole of cold noun: Either of the places in the southern and northern hemispheres where the lowest air temperatures have been recorded.
  189. pole-pad noun: A protective pad that is installed on the pole of basketball hoop to keep a player safe during gameplay.
  190. pole piece noun: Alternative form of polepiece.
  191. pole-pin noun: Of a carriage, a metal pin that is passed through the futchels and rear end of the pole, to keep the latter from being drawn out.
  192. pole-pin-strap noun: The small piece of leather that is passed through an eye in the top of the pole-pin of a carriage, to keep it in place.
  193. pole plate noun: A horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters, differing from the plate in that it is not resting on the wall.
  194. pole position noun: The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line.
  195. pole ring noun: Of a carriage, a metal ring that is attached to the pole-crab to hold a pole-chain, when one is used.
  196. pole-screen noun: Alternative form of polescreen.
  197. pole-sitter noun: Alternative form of polesitter.
  198. pole-socket noun: Of a carriage, the iron socket that is frequently attached to the transom of the front gearing, into which the rear end of the pole is inserted.
  199. pole star noun /ˈpəʊl stɑː/: The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.
  200. pole-stop noun: Of a carriage, an iron hook that is passed down through the rear end of the pole between the futchels, and in front of a small bar, to keep the pole from...
  201. pole-strap noun: Synonym of polepiece (“a heavy strap which attaches the end of a carriage pole to the collar of a draught animal”).
  202. pole-timber noun: Alternative form of poletimber.
  203. pole up one's ass noun: Synonym of stick up one's ass.
  204. pole vault noun, verb: a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and...
  205. pole vaulter noun: Alternative spelling of pole vaulter.
  206. pole vaulting noun, verb: The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition
  207. pole weapon noun: Synonym of polearm.
  208. poleá noun: a sweet flour and milk porridge typical of western Andalusia, whose origin is probably linked to subsistence food
  209. polearm noun /ˈpoʊlˌɑɹm/: A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.
  210. polearmed adjective: Armed with a polearm.
  211. poleax noun, verb: Alternative spelling of poleaxe.
  212. poleaxe noun, verb /ˈpoʊlˌæks/: An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle.
  213. poleboat noun: A barge; a kind of boat propelled by the use of a pole.
  214. polecat noun /ˈpəʊlkæt/: Any of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae.
  215. polecatweed noun: Synonym of skunk cabbage.
  216. poled adjective, verb: Marked with poles.
  217. poled route noun: A walking track marked with poles.
  218. poledavis noun: Alternative form of poledavy.
  219. poledavy noun: A sort of coarse canvas.
  220. polegada noun: A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.
  221. polegar noun: Alternative form of poligar.
  222. Polegate proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5804).
  223. polehead noun: The portion of a mast above the crossbar that holds the sail, which sometimes support a flag or topsail.
  224. poleine noun: Alternative form of poleyn (“knee armor”).
  225. poleless adjective /ˈpəʊl.ləs/: Without a pole.
  226. polelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a pole (upright stick or mast).
  227. polem- prefix: War, battle, fight.
  228. poleman noun: One who propels a boat using a pole.
  229. polemarch noun /ˈpɑləˌmɑɹk/: The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
  230. polemic adjective, noun /pəˈlɛmɪk/: A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
  231. polemical adjective, noun /pəˈlɛmɪkəl/: Being an attempt to evaluate the arguments comprehensively.
  232. polemically adverb: In a polemical manner.
  233. polemician noun: polemicist
  234. polemicisation noun: UK standard spelling of polemicization.
  235. polemicise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polemicize.
  236. polemicism noun: The use of polemics.
  237. polemicist noun /pəˈlɛmɪsɪst/: A person who writes polemics.
  238. polemicization noun: The composure of a polemic.
  239. polemicize verb: To engage in argument.
  240. polemics noun /pəˈlɛm.ɪks/: The art or practice of making arguments or controversies.
  241. polemise verb: Alternative form of polemize.
  242. polemist noun: A polemicist
  243. polemize verb: To attack in speech or in writing.
  244. polemo- prefix: Alternative form of polem- (“war, battle, fight”).
  245. polemoir noun: A literary work fusing polemics with memoirism.
  246. polemologist noun: A student of or expert in polemology.
  247. polemology noun /ˌpɒləˈmɒləd͡ʒi/: The study of human conflict and war.
  248. polemomania noun: An obsession with, or craving for, war.
  249. Polemon proper noun /ˈpɒlɪmən/: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, notably borne by various ancient philosophers.
  250. polemoney noun: A poll tax imposed in Scotland by the Edinburgh parliament in 1693, 1695, and 1698.
  251. polemoniaceous adjective: Of or relating to the plant family Polemoniaceae.
  252. polemonium noun: Any of the genus Polemonium of gamopetalous perennial herbs.
  253. polemoscope noun: opera glasses or field glasses with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly in front.
  254. Polenske number noun: Synonym of Polenske value.
  255. Polenske value noun: A numerical indicator of how much volatile fatty acid can be extracted from fat through saponification, equal to the number of millilitres of 0.1 normal...
  256. polenta noun /pəˈlɛntə/: Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.
  257. polentalike adjective: Resembling polenta.
  258. polepiece noun: A structure composed of material of high magnetic permeability that serves to direct the magnetic field produced by a magnet.
  259. poler noun /ˈpəʊlə(ɹ)/: One who propels a boat using a pole.
  260. polerovirus noun: Any member of the plant virus genus Polerovirus in the family Luteoviridae.
  261. poles apart adjective: Totally opposite.
  262. polescreen noun: A screen mounted on a pole.
  263. Poleshuk noun: A member of an ethnic group descended from the people of Polesia.
  264. Polesian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Polesia.
  265. polesitter noun: A driver placed in pole position.
  266. polesman noun: Synonym of poleman (“one who propels a boat with a pole”).
  267. polespear noun: An underwater tool used in spearfishing, consisting of a pole, a spear tip, and a rubber loop.
  268. Poless noun: A female Pole; a Polish woman.
  269. Polessian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Polesian.
  270. polestar noun: Alternative form of pole star.
  271. Poleszuk noun: Alternative form of Poleshuk.
  272. poletimber noun: Wood cut from trees of sufficient diameter to form poles, but smaller than sawtimber.
  273. Poletti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  274. poleward adjective, adverb: Towards a (north or south) pole.
  275. polewards adjective, adverb: Towards a pole.
  276. polewig noun: sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus).
  277. poley adjective, noun: Without horns; polled.
  278. poleyn noun /ˈpɒlɪn/: The part of medieval armour that protected the knee.
  279. polhemusite noun: A tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing mercury, sulfur, and zinc.
  280. polhode noun /ˈpɒl.hoʊd/: The wobble of a spinning body.
  281. poli sci noun /ˈpɑ.liˌsaɪ/: Clipping of political science.
  282. poliad adjective: A nymph inhabiting a city.
  283. polianite noun: manganese dioxide, occurring in hard tetragonal crystals
  284. polianthoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  285. Policastro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  286. police noun, verb /pəˈliːs/: A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent,...
  287. police action noun: Military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.
  288. police ambulance noun: A police vehicle for transporting patients, especially prisoners.
  289. police and thief noun: The children's game of tag, with one team taking the role of police and the other the role of robbers.
  290. police barrier noun: A barrier erected by the police, usually as a checkpoint.
  291. police beat noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.
  292. police blotter noun: A register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
  293. police box noun: A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police.
  294. police brutality noun: The use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer...
  295. police burgh noun: A burgh of a kind that existed from 1833 to 1975, constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police, the local authority being the police...
  296. police captain noun: A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.
  297. police car noun: An automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.
  298. police chief noun: The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government.
  299. police clearance certificate noun: Synonym of certificate of conduct.
  300. police commissioner noun: A senior rank of a member of a police force.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.