| polecat | <zoology> A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odour. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. Origin: Probably fr. F. Poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| poledavy | A sort of coarse canvas; poldway. Origin: Etymology uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polehole | <oncogene> Drosophila homologue of the raf oncogene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polemic | 1. Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology. 2. Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer. Origin: Gr. Warlike, fr. War: cf. F. Polemique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polemoniaceous | <botany> Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polemonium | <botany> A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A kind of plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polemoscope | <instrument> An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; called also diagonal, or side, opera glass. Origin: Gr. War + -scope: cf. F. Polemoscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Polenske number | The number of milliliters of 0.1 n KOH required to neutralise the nonvolatile fatty acids obtained from 5 g of a saponified fat or oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poley | <botany> See Poly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poli lienalis inferior et superior | See: anterior extremity, posterior extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poli renalis inferior et superior | See: superior pole of kidney, inferior pole of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polianite | <chemical> Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz. Origin: Gr. To become gray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| policate | <zoology> Same as Pollicate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| police | Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order among the citisenry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| policeman | An instrument, usually a rubber-tipped rod, for removing solid particles from a glass container. (05 Mar 2000) |