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2 : political affairs or business; especially : competition between groups or individuals for power and leadership

3 : political opinions

pol·i·ty noun, plural -ties : a politically organized unit; also : the form or constitution of such a unit

pol·ka noun [ORIGIN: Czech, fr. Polka Polish woman, fem. of Polák Pole]

: a lively couple dance of Bohemian origin; also : music for this dance

— polka verb

pol·ka dot noun : a dot in a pattern of regularly distributed dots

— polka–dot or polka–dot·ted adjective

1poll noun 1 : a person's head

2 : the casting and recording of votes; also : the total vote cast

3 : the place where votes are cast — usu. used in pl.

4 : a questioning of persons to obtain information or opinions to be analyzed

Synonyms

head, noggin, pate—more at HEAD

2poll verb 1 : to cut off or shorten a growth or part of : CLIP, SHEAR

2 : to receive and record the votes of

3 : to receive (as votes) in an election

4 : to question in a poll

Synonyms

canvass, solicit, survey—more at CANVASS

pol·lack or pol·lock noun, plural pollack or pollock : an important No. Atlantic food fish that is related to the cods; also : a related food fish of the No. Pacific

pol·len noun [ORIGIN: NL, fr. L, fine flour]

: a mass of male spores of a seed plant usu. appearing as a yellow dust

pol·li·na·tion noun : the carrying of pollen to the female part of a plant to fertilize the seed

— pol·li·nate verb

— pol·li·na·tor noun

poll·ster noun : one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll

poll tax noun : a tax of a fixed amount per person levied on adults and often linked to the right to vote

pol·lut·ant noun : something that pollutes

Synonyms

adulterant, contaminant, defilement, impurity—more at IMPURITY

pol·lute verb pol·lut·ed; pol·lut·ing : to make impure; especially : to contaminate (an environment) esp. with man-made waste

— pol·lut·er noun

— pol·lu·tion noun

Synonyms

befoul, contaminate, defile, foul, poison, taint—more at CONTAMINATE

polluted adjective : made unclean or impure

Synonyms

dilute, impure—more at IMPURE

pol·ly·wog or pol·li·wog noun : TADPOLE

po·lo noun [ORIGIN: Balti (Tibetan language of northern Kashmir), ball]

: a game played by two teams on horseback using long-handled mallets to drive a wooden ball

po·lo·ni·um noun [ORIGIN: NL, fr. ML Polonia Poland, birthplace of its discoverer, Mme. Curie]

: a radioactive metallic chemical element

pol·ter·geist noun [ORIGIN: G, fr. poltern to knock + Geist spirit]

: a noisy usu. mischievous ghost held to be responsible for unexplained noises

Synonyms

apparition, bogey, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, spook, vision, wraith—more at GHOST

pol·troon noun : a spiritless coward

Synonyms

chicken, coward, craven, dastard, recreant, sissy—more at COWARD

poly- combining form [ORIGIN: Gk, fr. polys many]

1 : many : several

2 : polymeric

poly·chlo·ri·nat·ed bi·phe·nyl noun : any of several industrial compounds that are toxic environmental pollutants

poly·clin·ic noun : a clinic or hospital treating diseases of many sorts

poly·es·ter noun : a polymer composed of ester groups used esp. in making fibers or plastics

poly·eth·yl·ene noun : a lightweight plastic resistant to chemicals and moisture and used chiefly in packaging

po·lyg·a·my noun : the practice of having more than one wife or husband at one time

— po·lyg·a·mist noun

— po·lyg·a·mous adjective

poly·glot adjective 1 : speaking or writing several languages

2 : containing or made up of several languages

— polyglot noun

poly·gon noun : a closed plane figure bounded by straight lines

— po·lyg·o·nal adjective

poly·graph noun : an instrument (as a lie detector) for recording variations of several bodily functions (as blood pressure) simultaneously

— po·lyg·ra·pher noun

poly·he·dron noun : a solid formed by plane faces that are polygons