Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Polarizer (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

(1) - Polatouche (n.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.

(1) - Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.

(1) - Pole (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.
(2) - Pole (n.) The firmament; the sky.
(3) - Pole (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
(4) - Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
(5) - Pole (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
(6) - Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
(7) - Pole (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
(8) - Pole (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
(9) - Pole (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
(10) - Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.
(11) - Pole (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
(12) - Pole (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.