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Pows
A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
📖 Definitions of "Pows"
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A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
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A formal election.
"The student council had a poll to see what people want served in the cafeteria."
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A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
"The polls close at 8 p.m."
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(now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
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A pet parrot.
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(Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
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The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
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A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
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An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pows"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prisoner of warnoun | A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. |
| captivenoun | One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. |
| captives | a 1994 British romantic crime drama film directed by Angela Pope and written by the Dublin screenwriter Frank Deasy. |
| capturedverb | That has been captured. |
| detaineesnoun | Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement. |
| domesticnoun | A maid or household servant. |
| familynoun | A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. |
| hostagesnoun | people seized by a criminal abductor in order to compel another party. |
| pgsnoun | (US, military) Initialism of prompt global strike. |
| prisonernoun | A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence. |
| prisonersnoun | a 1982 American-New Zealand drama film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tatum O'Neal, Colin Friels and David Hemmings. |
| pwsnoun | Initialism of Prader-Willi syndrome. [A human disease caused by deletion of part of chromosome 15, and manifested by intellectual disability, a constant feeling of hunger, and other problems.] |
| warnoun | (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces. |
| roopnoun | Hoarseness. |
| voltanoun | (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated). |
| kaanoun | a fictional character from The Jungle Book stories written by Rudyard Kipling. |
| khonoun | A Dardic ethnic group of about 230,000 people, located primarily in Pakistan, with a small population in Afghanistan. They speak the Dardic Khowar language and their main religion is Islam. |
| crumpnoun | The sound of a muffled explosion. |
| hondonoun | A city, the county seat of Medina County, Texas, United States. Possibly named after the Hondo Creek. |
| mukhanoun | A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Му́ха (Múxa). |
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