(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

(figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized. / (figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions. / (archaic) A corporation.

(Britain) a short radio or television broadcast made by a political party

Of or having a pole or polarity. / (geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Alternative spelling of pollock

Alternative spelling of pollock

the production or the condition of polarity / (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points

simple past tense and past participle of polish off (to remove polish; or to finish something)

(archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.