English words: politicospeak to poltergoose

300 English words, part 119 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 31 have a page of their own.

English words politicospeak to poltergoose

politicospeak noun: Synonym of politicianese.
politics noun, verb /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/: A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.
politics of envy noun: Politics characterized by envy for a different person or group.
politicspeak noun: Synonym of politicianese.
politiquera noun: One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.
politisation noun: politicization
politispeak noun: Synonym of politicianese.
politist noun: A person who is not a politician but has political influence.
politix noun: Informal spelling of politics.
politization noun: The act or process of politizing.
politize verb: To make political; to politicize.
Politkovskaya proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Политко́вская (Politkóvskaja); Female equivalent of Politkovsky (“Политко́вский (Politkóvskij)”).
Polito proper noun: A surname from Italian.
politocracy noun: Government that is in some manner chosen by the governed citizens.
politocratic adjective: Pertaining to the role of citizens in the organization and choice of government.
politological adjective: relating to politology.
politologist noun: A person who studies politology; a political scientist.
politology noun: The branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics...
politonym noun: A name referring to members of a political entity.
politotdel noun: A political department of the former Soviet Union.
politrickster noun: A crooked or devious politician, especially one who does not keep promises.
politruk noun: A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization; political commissar.
politure noun /ˈpɒlit͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/: polish; gloss
polity noun /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ti/: Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
Politzer bag noun: A soft rubber bulb used to inflate the middle ear by increasing air pressure in the nasopharynx.
politzerization noun: The inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.
politzerize verb: To carry out politzerization on.
Polizzi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
polje noun: An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of...
polk verb: To dance the polka.
polka noun, verb /ˈpɒl.kə/: A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
polka dot noun, verb /ˈpɒl.kə ˌdɒt/: Alternative form of polka dot.
polka-dot plant noun: A tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya
polka-dot wasp moth noun: A species of erebid moth, Syntomeida epilais. It has white polka-dots on its wings, mimicking a dangerous wasp, while in fact being a harmless moth.
polka dotted adjective, verb: Having a regular pattern of round dots (polka dots).
polka jacket noun: A tight-fitting knitted jacket worn by women. It was fashionable in the 19th century.
polka-like adjective: Similar to polka.
polka-mazurka noun: A dance that is musically similar to a mazurka, but which is danced more like a polka.
polkabilly noun: A music genre that combines polka with punk, rockabilly and other genres of rock music.
polkadot noun, verb: Alternative form of polka dot.
polkalike adjective: Alternative spelling of polka-like.
polkamania noun: Enthusiasm for the polka dance.
polkanovite noun: A hexagonal-dipyramidal gray mineral containing arsenic and rhodium.
polki adjective: Of diamonds: unfaceted.
polkist noun: A polka-dancer.
polkovicite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral brownish gray mineral containing germanium, iron, lead, and sulfur.
poll adjective, noun, verb /pɔl/: A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
poll book noun: An electoral register, formerly used to record votes at an election.
poll card noun: An informational document sent to all registered voters shortly before an election.
poll evil noun: An inflammation identical to fistulous withers except that it is on the poll of a horse.
poll parrot noun, verb: A tame parrot.
poll tax noun: A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
poll worker noun: A volunteer who oversees ballot polling during an election.
pollable adjective: Capable of being polled.
pollack noun, verb: Alternative spelling of pollock.
pollack whale noun: sei whale
Pollackesque adjective: Resembling the paintings of Jackson Pollack.
pollage noun /ˈpoʊlɪd͡ʒ/: A poll tax, one charged for each person.
Pollak proper noun: A surname.
pollakiuria noun: Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine.
pollam noun: A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
pollan noun: A freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring
pollarchy noun: government by the mob or masses; mobocracy
pollard noun, verb /ˈpɒl.əd/: A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
Pollard script noun: An abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet, designed for use with the Miao language A-Hmao.
pollarded adjective, verb: That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth
pollaxe noun: Alternative form of poleaxe.
pollbook noun: A book in which the results of a poll are written down.
Polle syndrome noun: Münchausen syndrome by proxy
polled adjective, verb /pəʊld/: Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off.
polledness noun: The quality of being polled; absence of horns in an animal.
pollee noun: Someone who participates in a poll.
pollen noun, verb /ˈpɒlən/: A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.
pollen basket noun: An arrangement of hairs on part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees used in transporting pollen.
pollen count noun: the measurement of the number of grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air
pollen counter noun: A device used to measure the amount of pollen in the air, to determine the pollen count.
pollen grain noun: A single male reproductive particle of which the pollen of a plant consists.
pollen granule noun: Synonym of pollen grain.
pollen parent noun: The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.
pollen season noun: The time when certain plants produce large quantities of pollen, in temperate climate zones usually in spring or summer.
pollen spore noun: Synonym of pollen grain.
pollen tube noun: The tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect...
pollen vortex noun: An unusually high concentration of pollen in the air over a relatively short period of time.
pollen wasp noun: Any wasp in the vespid subfamily Masarinae, which are unique among the vespids in feeding their larvae with pollen and nectar, instead of with insects.
pollenarious adjective /ˌpɒlənˈnɛəɹi.əs/: Consisting of meal or pollen.
pollenate verb: Alternative form of pollinate.
pollenation noun: Alternative form of pollination.
pollency noun: Power.
pollened adjective, verb: Covered with pollen.
polleniferous adjective: Synonym of polliniferous (“producing pollen”).
pollenigerous adjective: Alternative form of pollinigerous.
pollenin noun: A substance found in the pollen of certain plants.
pollenine noun: Alternative form of pollenin.
pollenise verb: Alternative form of pollenize.
polleniser noun: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollenivorous adjective: That feeds on pollen, pollenophagous
pollenization noun: pollination
pollenize verb: To pollinate
pollenizer noun: A plant that provides pollen.
pollenless adjective: Lacking pollen.
pollenlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of pollen.
pollenophagous adjective: That feeds on pollen
pollenosis noun: Alternative form of pollinosis.
pollenproof adjective: Resistant to pollen.
pollent adjective: Powerful, strong.
polleny adjective: Resembling or covered with pollen.
poller noun: one who polls or lops trees
pollera noun: A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
pollercoaster noun: A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results.
Pollet proper noun: A surname from French.
pollex noun: The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the...
Polley proper noun: A surname.
pollical adjective: of the thumb
pollicate adjective, verb /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/: To gesture with the thumb.
pollicipedid noun: Any member of the family Pollicipedidae of barnacles in the order Pedunculata.
pollicisation noun: Alternative form of pollicization.
pollicitation noun: A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise.
pollicization noun: A plastic surgery technique in which a thumb is created from an existing finger, typically by migrating the index finger to the position of the thumb.
pollie noun: A politician.
pollies noun: Army uniform made from polyester.
Pollina proper noun: A surname.
pollinar adjective: Relating to pollen.
pollinarium noun /ˌpɒlɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/: The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
pollinastanol noun: A sterol present in the tobacco plant
pollinate adjective, verb /ˈpɒlɪneɪt/: To apply pollen to (a stigma).
pollinating adjective, verb: That pollinates, or leads to pollination
pollination noun /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/: The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
pollinator noun /ˈpɒlɪˌneɪtə(ɹ)/: the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect
pollinatory adjective /ˈpɑ.lə.nəˌtoɹ.i/: Pertaining to a pollinator
pollinctor noun: undertaker
polling noun, verb: The action of taking a poll.
polling booth noun: A voting booth.
polling day noun: The day voting takes place in a local, general, or national election, apart from postal votes made beforehand.
polling place noun: A place where voters cast their ballots in elections.
polling station noun: a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station
pollinial adjective: Of or pertaining to a pollinium, or large coherent mass of pollen grains.
polliniate adjective: Forming pollinia, coherent masses of pollen dispersed as a single unit.
pollinic adjective: Of or relating to pollen.
pollinical adjective: Alternative form of pollinic.
pollinide noun: A single antheridial corpuscle.
polliniferous adjective: Producing pollen
pollinigerous adjective: Bearing or producing pollen.
polliniser noun: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollinium noun: A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination.
pollinivore noun /pɒˈlɪnɪvɔː(ɹ)/: Any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.
pollinivorous adjective: Feeding on pollen.
pollinivory noun: The consumption of pollen by animals.
pollinization noun: pollination
pollinize verb: Alternative form of pollenize.
pollinizer noun: Alternative form of pollenizer.
pollinodial adjective: Of or relating to the pollinodium.
pollinodium noun: Synonym of antheridium.
pollinoid noun: Synonym of spermatium.
pollinophagy noun: Alternative form of palynophagy.
pollinose adjective: Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen.
pollinosis noun /ˌpɒləˈnəʊsɪs/: An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever.
pollinosity noun: The ultramicroscopic surface pubescence of a fly.
Pollio proper noun: A surname from Italian.
pollis noun: The police.
pollist noun: Synonym of pollster.
Pollitt proper noun: A surname.
polliwog noun: Alternative form of pollywog.
pollman noun: One who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours.
pollmeister noun: pollster
pollock noun, verb /ˈpɑlək/: Pollachius pollachius.
Pollockian adjective: Of or pertaining to Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American abstract expressionist painter.
polloi noun: Alternative form of hoi polloi.
Pollok proper noun: A surname.
Pollokshaws proper noun: A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661).
Pollokshields proper noun: A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5763).
pollotarian noun /ˈpɒləʊˈtɛəɹi.ən/: A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of chicken or other poultry such as turkey.
pollotarianism noun: A pollotarian diet.
polls noun, verb: plural of poll
pollster noun /ˈpoʊlstɚ/: A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.
polltaker noun: One who gathers responses to a poll.
polltaking noun: The gathering of responses to a poll.
pollucite noun: A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.
pollum noun: A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams.
polluosensitive adjective: sensitive to environmental pollution
polluosensitivity noun: The condition of being polluosensitive
pollutable adjective: Capable of being polluted.
pollutant noun /pəˈl(j)uːtənt/: A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
pollute adjective, verb /pəˈluːt/: To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
polluted adjective, verb: Made unclean or impure.
pollutedly adverb: In a polluted manner.
pollutedness noun: The state of being polluted.
polluter noun: A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject.
polluter pays principle noun: The principle that corporations and other entities polluting the environment should pay the full cost of the damage they inflict on society.
polluting adjective, verb: Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute.
pollutingly adverb: So as to pollute; in a polluting manner.
pollution noun /pəˈljuːʃən/: Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
pollution-free adjective: Synonym of environmentally friendly
pollution permit system noun: A system aimed at controlling pollution by allocating each firm a certain amount of pollution permits which allows them to pollute up to a certain limit. If...
pollutional adjective: Of or relating to pollution.
pollutionary adjective: Of or relating to pollution.
pollutionist noun: A person who tolerates pollution, especially if part of big business.
pollutionless adjective: Without pollution.
pollutive adjective: That causes environmental pollution; polluting
pollux noun: A variety of petalite always found with castor.
polluxite noun: pollux
polly noun: A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
Polly Crockett hat noun: A variant of the Davy Crockett hat, intended for women and made from white rabbit fur.
polly-fox verb: Alternative form of pollyfox.
Polly want a cracker phrase: A line stereotypically repeated by parrots that have been trained to talk.
Pollyanish adjective: Alternative form of Pollyannish.
pollyanna noun /ˌpɒliˈænə/: One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
Pollyanna creep noun: The practice of a government modifying the way that economic measures are calculated, in order to give a more optimistic impression of economic development.
pollyanna-ish adjective: Alternative form of Pollyannaish.
pollyannaish adjective: Unreasonably optimistic.
Pollyannaishly adverb: In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
Pollyannaism noun: Persistent irrational optimism.
pollyannish adjective: irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone
Pollyannism noun: Alternative form of Pollyannaism.
pollyblobs noun: Synonym of cowslip.
pollyfox verb: To equivocate; to dodge the issue.
pollywog noun, verb: A tadpole.
Polmadie proper noun: A mainly industrial area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5962).
Polman proper noun: A surname.
Polmont proper noun: A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9378).
polnoglasie noun: The phenomenon of disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages of Late Proto-Slavic closed syllable clusters involving a vowel *a,...
polo interjection, noun, verb /ˈpoʊloʊ/: A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
Polo kinase noun: An enzyme that regulates cell cycle progression.
polo neck noun /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌnɛk/: A high collar covering the neck.
polo neck sweater noun: Synonym of turtleneck sweater.
polo-necked adjective: Having a polo-neck.
polo-necked sweater noun: Alternative form of polo neck sweater.
polo player noun: A player of polo
polo pony noun: A horse used in the game of polo.
polo shirt noun /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/: A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the...
polo stick noun: The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.
polocrosse noun: A team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse.
polocyte noun: polar body
'pologies interjection: Pronunciation spelling of apologies (“my apologies”).
poloid noun: A closed loop that has been twisted in a third dimension.
poloidal adjective: Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a poloid.
poloidally adverb: In a poloidal manner
poloist noun: A polo player.
Polokwane proper noun /ˌpɒlə(ʊ)ˈkwɑːni/: A city, the capital of Limpopo, South Africa.
polonaise adjective, noun, verb /ˌpɒləˈneɪz/: Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
polonate noun: Any oxyanion of polonium; any salt containing such an anion.
polonchay noun: Chinese spinach
polone noun: A girl or woman.
polonese adjective, noun: Polish.
polonga noun: Russell's viper
Polonia proper noun /pəˈləʊ.nɪ.ə/: A symbolic depiction of Poland as a woman.
Polonial adjective: Of or relating to Polonius, a busybody character who makes poor judgments, in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Polonian adjective, noun: Of or from Poland.
Polonica noun: Literature on the subject of Poland or Polish people, especially regarding Polish culture, language, or literature.
polonide noun: Any binary compound of polonium and a more electropositive element.
poloniferous adjective: Containing or producing polonium.
Polonisation noun: Alternative form of Polonization.
Polonise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Polonize.
Polonism noun: A word or phrase characteristic of the Polish language.
Polonist noun: One who studies the Polish language.
Polonistics noun: Polish studies.
polonium noun /pəˈləʊ.nɪ.əm/: A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
polonium-210 noun: A radioactive isotope of polonium, 21084Po, having a half-life of 138 days; it as used as a reference alpha emitter in the calibration of radiation counters
Polonius noun: A busybody who makes poor judgments.
Polonization noun: The process of Polonizing.
Polonize verb: To make Polish as to custom, culture, language, or style; to adapt to the norms of the Republic of Poland.
Polonized adjective, verb: Made Polish.
Polonnaruwa proper noun: Polonnaruwa, a city in Sri Lanka
Polonophile noun /pɒlɒnoʊfil/: A person who admires Poland or its culture, cuisine, history or people.
Polonophilia noun: Liking of the Polish people.
Polonophobia noun: hatred of the Polish people.
Polonophobic adjective: showing Polonophobia.
Polonophone adjective, noun: Polish-speaking.
polony adjective, noun /pəˈloʊni/: A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.
polonyna noun: A montane meadow in the upper subalpine or alpine zones of the Carpathian Mountains.
polostick noun: Alternative spelling of polo-stick.
polotaswarf noun: The right of the Viking Varangian guard, upon the death of the Byzantine emperor, to remove from the royal palace as much treasure as they could carry in...
Polotsk proper noun /ˈpɒlətsk/: A city in Belarus.
Polovtsian adjective, noun /pə(ʊ)ˈlɒvtsɪən/: Synonym of Cuman.
poloxalene noun: A surface active drug.
poloxamer noun: Any of a family of copolymers of two long chains of ethylene oxide and a central chain of propylene oxide that are used as nonionic surfactants.
poloxamine noun: Any of a family of copolymers of three long chains of ethylene oxide and a single chain of propylene oxide that are used as nonionic surfactants
poloxin noun: The kinase inhibitor 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-1-[O-(2-methylbenzoyl)oxime]-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione
polpala noun: Ouret lanata, mountain knotgrass
Polperro proper noun: A large village, a civil parish and fishing harbour in south Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2050).
polpettine noun: Small Italian meatballs.
Polpotism noun: Alternative form of Pol Potism.
polrumptious adjective: Unruly, rowdy, restless.
pols noun: Abbreviation of pace-of-life syndrome.
POLSA noun: Acronym of police search advisor.
polsci noun: Abbreviation of political science.
polska noun: A kind of Nordic dance, usually danced with a partner in 3/4 meter.
Polski sklep noun: A shop selling Polish and Eastern European groceries; typically a small high street corner shop that also sells everyday products.
Polsky proper noun: A surname.
Polson proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
polster noun: A clump of moss; a glacier mouse.
polt noun: A hard knock.
polt foot adjective, noun: Alternative form of poltfoot.
polt-footed adjective: Alternative spelling of polt-foot.
Poltava proper noun /pɔ(ː)lˈtavə/: A city, the administrative centre of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
poltergeist noun /ˈpoʊl.tɚˌɡaɪst/: An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
poltergeistic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a poltergeist, poltergeists, or poltergeistism.
poltergeistism noun: The supposed manifestation of the presence of one or more poltergeists, especially as involving physical objects which move or fly about without warning.
poltergeistlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
poltergeisty adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
poltergoose noun: A ghost goose.

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.