paying much attention to outward appearance

rice with the husk or outer brown layers removed; white rice

present participle of polish off

(topology) A separable, completely metrizable topological space

To polish something to make it shiny. / (figuratively) To hone (one's skills).

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland. / (now possibly offensive, idiomatic) A deliberative body institutionally unable to reach a decision.

(now,, possibly offensive) A medical condition resulting from deficient hair care in which the uncombed hair becomes irreversibly entangled, forming a matted mass, which can become malodorous and encrusted or sticky.

A tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.

plural of polishing snake

(vulgar, slang, of a female) To masturbate by clitoral stimulation.