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Poleaxe
- noun - a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick
- an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
- fell with or as if with a poleax
Pollage
- - A head or poll tax; hence, extortion.
Pulsate
- verb - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
Release
- noun - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
- eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
- euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
Saltate
- verb - leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion"
- move by saltation; "The sand grains are saltated by the wind"
Salvage
- noun - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
- property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
- the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
Selvage
- noun - border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
- the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
Solvate
- noun - a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
- cause a solvation in (a substance)
- undergo solvation or convert into a solvate
Sulcate
- adjective - having deep narrow furrows or grooves