Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z politispeak Synonym of politicianese. politist A person who is not a politician but has political influence. politization The act or process of politizing. politize To make political; to politicize. Politkovskaya A transliteration of the Russian surname Политко́вская (Politkóvskaja); Female equivalent of Politkovsky (“Политко́вский (Politkóvskij)”). Polito A surname from Italian. politocracy Government that is in some manner chosen by the governed citizens. politocratic Pertaining to the role of citizens in the organization and choice of government. politological relating to politology. politologist A person who studies politology; a political scientist. politology The branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed. politonym A name referring to members of a political entity. politotdel A political department of the former Soviet Union. politrickery Synonym of politricks. politricking Synonym of politricks. politricks Political trickery. politrickster A crooked or devious politician, especially one who does not keep promises. politruk A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization; political commissar. Politte A surname. politure polish; gloss polity Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion. politzerization The inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing. politzerize To carry out politzerization on. Polivka A surname from Czech. Poliwes A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines. Polizzi A surname from Italian. polje 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 Yugoslavia). polk To dance the polka. polka A lively dance originating in Bohemia. polkabilly A music genre that combines polka with punk, rockabilly and other genres of rock music. polkamania Enthusiasm for the polka dance. polkanovite A hexagonal-dipyramidal gray mineral containing arsenic and rhodium. polki Of diamonds: unfaceted. Polkinghorn A surname. polkist A polka-dancer. polkovicite An isometric-hexoctahedral brownish gray mineral containing germanium, iron, lead, and sulfur. Polkowice A town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. poll A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. pollable Capable of being polled. pollack A surname Pollackesque Resembling the paintings of Jackson Pollack. pollage A poll tax, one charged for each person. Pollak A surname. pollakiuria Abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine. pollam A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar. pollan A freshwater fish, Coregonus pollan, resembling a herring Pollanen A surname. pollarchy government by the mob or masses; mobocracy pollard A pruned tree; the wood of such trees. pollarded That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth pollbook A book in which the results of a poll are written down. polled Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off. polledness The quality of being polled; absence of horns in an animal. pollee Someone who participates in a poll. pollen A fine, granular substance produced in flowers. pollenarious Consisting of meal or pollen. pollenborne Of a virus, transmitted by pollen. pollency Power. pollened Covered with pollen. polleniferous Synonym of polliniferous (“producing pollen”). pollenin A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. pollenivorous That feeds on pollen, pollenophagous pollenization pollination pollenize To pollinate pollenizer A plant that provides pollen. pollenless Lacking pollen. pollenlike Resembling or characteristic of pollen. pollenophagous That feeds on pollen pollenproof Resistant to pollen. pollent Powerful, strong. polleny Resembling or covered with pollen. poller one who polls or lops trees pollera A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt. pollercoaster A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results. Pollestres A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia. Pollet A surname from French. pollex 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 alula or bastard wing. Polley A surname. pollical of the thumb pollicate To gesture with the thumb. pollicipedid Any member of the family Pollicipedidae of barnacles in the order Pedunculata. pollicitation A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. pollicization 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. Pollick A surname. pollie A politician. pollies Army uniform made from polyester. Pollina A surname. pollinar Relating to pollen. pollinarium The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium. pollinastanol A sterol present in the tobacco plant pollinate To apply pollen to (a stigma). pollinating That pollinates, or leads to pollination pollination The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc. pollinator the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect pollinatory Pertaining to a pollinator pollinctor undertaker polling The action of taking a poll. Pollinger A surname. Pollington A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119). pollinial Of or pertaining to a pollinium, or large coherent mass of pollen grains. polliniate Forming pollinia, coherent masses of pollen dispersed as a single unit. pollinic Of or relating to pollen. pollinide A single antheridial corpuscle. polliniferous Producing pollen pollinigerous Bearing or producing pollen. pollinium A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids, which is dispersed as a single unit during pollination. pollinivore Any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore. pollinivorous Feeding on pollen. pollinivory The consumption of pollen by animals. pollinization pollination pollinodial Of or relating to the pollinodium. pollinodium Synonym of antheridium. pollinoid Synonym of spermatium. pollinose Having the surface covered with a fine yellow dust, like pollen. pollinosis An allergy to grass and other pollen which causes cold symptoms in sufferers; hay fever. pollinosity The ultramicroscopic surface pubescence of a fly. Pollins A surname originating as a patronymic. Pollio A surname from Italian. pollis The police. pollist Synonym of pollster. Pollitt A surname. pollman One who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours. pollmeister pollster pollock Pollachius pollachius. Pollockian Of or pertaining to Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American abstract expressionist painter. Pollok A surname. Pollokshaws A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661). Pollokshields A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5763). pollotarian A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of chicken or other poultry such as turkey. pollotarianism A pollotarian diet. polls A place where votes are cast in elections. pollster A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls. polltaker One who gathers responses to a poll. polltaking The gathering of responses to a poll. pollucite A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes. pollum A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams. polluosensitive sensitive to environmental pollution polluosensitivity The condition of being polluosensitive pollutable Capable of being polluted. pollutant A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities. pollute To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. polluted Made unclean or impure. pollutedly In a polluted manner. pollutedness The state of being polluted. polluter A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject. pollutician A politician who supports policies and initiatives that result in environmental damage. polluting Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute. pollutingly So as to pollute; in a polluting manner. pollution Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. pollutional Of or relating to pollution.