Newly wed wife to her husband:
"That is why I can"t stand you – you are so unpredictable. On Monday you liked the potatoes, Tuesday you liked the potatoes, Wednesday you liked the potatoes, Thursday you said you loved the potatoes preparation, Friday you liked the potatoes, Saturday you liked the potatoes and now all of a sudden on Sunday you say that you don"t like potatoes."
geol. —adj. Of the last epoch of the tertiary period. —n. This epoch. [greek pleion more, kainos new]
PLUGHOLE
n. Hole, esp. In a sink or bath, which can be closed by a plug.
PLUMBING
n. - system or apparatus of water-supply etc.
- work of a plumber.
- colloq. Lavatory installations.
PLUTONIC
adj. Formed as igneous rock by solidification below the surface of the earth. [latin pluto, god of the underworld]
PLYMOUTH
brethren n.pl. Calvinistic religious body with no formal creed and no official order of ministers. [plymouth in devon]
POIGNANT
adj. - painfully sharp to the emotions or senses; deeply moving.
- arousing sympathy.
- sharp or pungent in taste or smell.
- pleasantly piquant. poignance n. Poignancy n. Poignantly adv. [latin: related to *point]
POINTING
n. - cement filling the joints of brickwork.
- facing produced by this.
POLARITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 tendency of a magnet etc. To point with its extremities to the magnetic poles of the earth, or of a body to lie with its axis in a particular direction.
- state of having two poles with contrary qualities.
- state of having two opposite tendencies, opinions, etc.
- electrical condition of a body (positive or negative).
- attraction towards an object.
POLARIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 restrict the vibrations of (light-waves etc.) To one direction.
- give magnetic or electric polarity to.
- divide into two opposing groups. polarization n.
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