English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 503 of 931

polloinoun

Alternative form of hoi polloi.

Pollokname

A surname.

Pollokshawsname

A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661).

pollotariannoun

A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of chicken or other poultry such as turkey.

pollotarianismnoun

A pollotarian diet.

pollsnoun

plural of poll

pollsternoun

A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.

pollstressnoun

Female equivalent of pollster.

polltakernoun

One who gathers responses to a poll.

polltakingnoun

The gathering of responses to a poll.

pollucitenoun

A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.

pollumnoun

A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams.

pollusionnoun

Obsolete form of pollution.

pollutableadj

Capable of being polluted.

pollutantnoun

A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

polluteverb

To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

pollutedadj

Made unclean or impure.

pollutedlyadv

In a polluted manner.

pollutednessnoun

The state of being polluted.

polluternoun

A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject.

pollutestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of pollute

pollutethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pollute

polluticiannoun

A politician who supports policies and initiatives that result in environmental damage.

pollutingadj

Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute.

pollutinglyadv

So as to pollute; in a polluting manner.

pollutionnoun

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.

pollution-freeadj

Synonym of environmentally friendly

pollutionaladj

Of or relating to pollution.

pollutionaryadj

Of or relating to pollution.

pollutionistnoun

A person who tolerates pollution, especially if part of big business.

pollutionlessadj

Without pollution.

pollutiveadj

That causes environmental pollution; polluting

Polluxname

One of the Dioscuri, son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Castor.

polluxitenoun

pollux

Pollyname

A female given name from Hebrew.

Polly Crockett hatnoun

A variant of the Davy Crockett hat, intended for women and made from white rabbit fur.

Polly want a crackerphrase

A line stereotypically repeated by parrots that have been trained to talk.

Pollyannaname

A female given name from Hebrew derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.

Pollyanna creepnoun

The practice of a government modifying the way that economic measures are calculated, in order to give a more optimistic impression of economic development.

Pollyannaishadj

Unreasonably optimistic.

Pollyannaishlyadv

In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.

Pollyannaismnoun

Persistent irrational optimism.

Pollyannishadj

irrepressibly or excessively optimistic; capable of seeing good in anyone

pollyfoxverb

To equivocate; to dodge the issue.

pollyspeaknoun

Political spin; speech used by a politician that is equivocal or mendacious.

pollywognoun

A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent.

Pollywoodname

The Punjabi film industry based in Amritsar, India.

polnoglasienoun

The phenomenon of disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages of Late Proto-Slavic closed syllable clusters involving a vowel *a, *o, *e followed by a liquid *r or *l.

polonoun

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 kinasenoun

An enzyme that regulates cell cycle progression.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 503. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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