A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
A gun.
Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A type of basic fishing rod.
Pole position.
For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z)→∞ as z→a.
A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
A penis.
A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
To furnish with poles for support.
To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
To convey on poles.
To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
To strike (the ball) very hard.
To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
A teasing joke.
A stalk of celery.
A single strand of hair.
Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.