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Pokey
- adjective - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
- wasting time
Polar
- adjective - being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
- extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
- having a pair of equal and opposite charges
- located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
- of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"
Poled
- verb - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
- support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"
Poler
- noun - a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
Poles
- noun - a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
- a native or inhabitant of Poland
- a square rod of land
- deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
- one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
- support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"
Polio
- noun - an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
POLIS
- unknown - an ancient Greek city-state
Polka
- noun - a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
- dance a polka
- music performed for dancing the polka