POA - abbr. (in the UK) Prison Officers' Association. ... [more]

poacher - v.tr. 1 cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water. 2 cook (fish etc.)... [more]

poacher - v. 1 tr. (also absol.) catch (game or fish ) illegally.... [more]

pochette - see POKE(2) )]... [more]

pock - n. (also pock-mark) 1 a small pus-filled spot on the skin, esp .... [more]

pocketable - n. & v. 1 a small bag sewn into or on clothing ,... [more]

pocketful - n. (pl. -fuls) as much as a pocket will hold. ... [more]

pocketless - n. & v. 1 a small bag sewn into or on clothing ,... [more]

pockety - n. & v. 1 a small bag sewn into or on clothing ,... [more]

pocky - n. (also pock-mark) 1 a small pus-filled spot on the skin, esp .... [more]

poco - adv. Mus. a little; rather (poco adagio). [It.]... [more]

poesy - n. archaic 1 poetry. 2 the art or composition... [more]

poetaster - see -ASTER]... [more]

poetically - adj. (also poetical) 1 a of or like poetry or poets. b written ... [more]

poeticize - v.tr. (also -ise) make (a theme) poetic. ... [more]

pogrom - n. an organized massacre (orig. of Jews in Russia). [Russ., = devastation f. gromit'... [more]

poignance - adj. 1 painfully sharp to the emotions or senses; deeply moving. 2 arousing sympathy.... [more]

poignancy - adj. 1 painfully sharp to the emotions or senses; deeply moving. 2 arousing sympathy.... [more]

poignant - adj. 1 painfully sharp to the emotions or senses; deeply moving. 2 arousing sympathy.... [more]

poignantly - adj. 1 painfully sharp to the emotions or senses; deeply moving. 2 arousing sympathy.... [more]

poikilothermal - n. an organism that regulates its body temperature... [more]

poikilotherm - n. an organism that regulates its body temperature... [more]

poikilothermia - n. an organism that regulates its body temperature... [more]

poikilothermic - n. an organism that regulates its body temperature... [more]

poikilothermy - n. an organism that regulates its body temperature... [more]

poilu - n. hist. a French private soldier, esp. as a nickname. [F, lit. hairy f. poil hair]... [more]

poinciana - n. any tropical tree of the genus Poinciana, with... [more]

poinsettia - n. a shrub, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with large... [more]

POINT - n. & v. 1 a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.... [more]

point - adv., prep., adj., & n. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off).... [more]

pointillist - n. Art a technique of impressionist painting using tiny ... [more]

pointillistic - n. Art a technique of impressionist painting using tiny ... [more]

pointillism - n. Art a technique of impressionist painting using tiny ... [more]

pointlessly - adj. 1 without a point. 2 lacking force, purpose, or meaning. 3 (in games) without... [more]

pointlessness - adj. 1 without a point. 2 lacking force, purpose, or meaning. 3 (in games) without... [more]

pointsman - n. (pl. -men) Brit. 1 a person in charge of railway points. 2 a policeman or traffic... [more]

pointy - adj. (pointier, pointiest) having a noticeably sharp end; pointed. ... [more]

poisoner - n. & v. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism... [more]

poisonous - n. & v. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism... [more]

poisonously - n. & v. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism... [more]

pokily - adj. (pokier, pokiest) (of a room etc.) small and cramped. pokily adv. pokiness... [more]

pokiness - adj. (pokier, pokiest) (of a room etc.) small and cramped. pokily adv. pokiness... [more]

polack - n. US sl. offens. a person of Polish origin. [F Polaque and G Polack f. Pol. Polak]... [more]

polarimeter - n. an instrument used to measure the polarization of light or the effect of a [more]

polarimetric - n. an instrument used to measure the polarization of light or the effect of a [more]

polarimetry - n. an instrument used to measure the polarization of light or the effect of a [more]

polariscopic - n. = POLARIMETER. polariscopic adj.... [more]

polariscope - n. = POLARIMETER. polariscopic adj.... [more]

polarity - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the tendency of a lodestone ,... [more]

polarizable - v. (also -ise) 1 tr. restrict the vibrations of (a transverse wave, esp. light)... [more]

polarization - v. (also -ise) 1 tr. restrict the vibrations of (a transverse wave, esp. light)... [more]

polarize - v. (also -ise) 1 tr. restrict the vibrations of (a transverse wave, esp. light)... [more]

polarizer - v. (also -ise) 1 tr. restrict the vibrations of (a transverse wave, esp. light)... [more]

polarly - 1 adj. a of or near a pole of the earth or a celestial... [more]

polarographic - n. Chem. the analysis by measurement of current-voltage relationships in electrolysis... [more]

polarography - n. Chem. the analysis by measurement of current-voltage relationships in electrolysis... [more]

pole - n. & v. 1 a long slender rounded piece of wood or metal ,... [more]

poleaxe - n. & v. 1 a battleaxe . 2 a butcher's axe. tr.... [more]

polecat - n. 1 Brit. a small European brownish-black fetid flesh-eating mammal, Mustela putorius,... [more]

polemic - n. & adj. 1 a controversial discussion. 2 Polit. a verbal or written attack, esp.... [more]

polemically - n. & adj. 1 a controversial discussion. 2 Polit. a verbal or written attack, esp.... [more]

polemicist - n. & adj. 1 a controversial discussion. 2 Polit. a verbal or written attack, esp.... [more]

polemics - n.pl. the art or practice of controversial discussion. ... [more]

polenta - n. porridge made of maize meal etc. [It. f. L, = pearl barley]... [more]

polestar - n. 1 Astron. a star in Ursa Minor now about 1 distant... [more]

poliomyelitis - n. Med. an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system [more]

polishable - adj. & n. 1 of or relating to Poland. 2 of the Poles or their ... [more]

polishable - v. & n. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smooth or glossy by rubbing. 2 (esp. as polished... [more]

polisher - adj. & n. 1 of or relating to Poland. 2 of the Poles or their ... [more]

polisher - v. & n. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smooth or glossy by rubbing. 2 (esp. as polished... [more]