| poison sumac |
a shrub native to swamps of eastern North America bearing pinnate leaves resembling those of sumac and clumps of grayish white berries and secreting an oil that causes a severe rash on contact. |
| poke |
to jab or prod, esp. with a slender or sharp object. [12 definitions] |
| poke around |
to look through things or search for something, especially in a casual, haphazard, or secretive manner. |
| poke bonnet |
a bonnet with a brim that projects out at the front. |
| poke fun at |
to tease or mock. |
| poker1 |
someone or something that pokes, esp. a long, pointed metal rod for stirring up a fire. |
| poker2 |
any of several card games that involve gambling on the value of the players' hands. |
| pokeweed |
a tall North American herb that has edible shoots, bears white flowers and deep purple berries, and has a poisonous root; pokeroot. |
| pokey |
variant of poky. |
| poky |
(informal) slow-moving. [2 definitions] |
| Poland |
a central European country on the Baltic Sea between Germany, Ukraine, and Belarus. |
| Poland China |
one of a North American breed of large black hogs with white markings. |
| polar |
of, pertaining to, or near one end of the axis of a spherical body, esp. the North Pole or South Pole of the earth. [3 definitions] |
| polar bear |
a large white bear that lives in arctic regions. |
| polar circle |
either the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle. |
| polarimeter |
an instrument for measuring the degree of polarization of light. [2 definitions] |
| Polaris |
a variable binary star near the north celestial pole in the constellation Ursa Minor, having a magnitude of 2.1; North Star. |
| polariscope |
an instrument used to view, measure, or analyze polarized light, or through which to view things in polarized light. |
| polarity |
the state or condition of having positive and negative poles or of being oriented toward a particular pole. [2 definitions] |
| polarization |
a condition, or production of a condition, in which similar vibrations of light waves or the like move in one plane or direction. [2 definitions] |
| polarize |
to cause similar vibrations of (light waves or the like) to move in one plane or direction. [3 definitions] |