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Poker AlumrootnounMWEplant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper partverified
Poker FacenounMWEa face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)verified
Poker GamenounMWEany of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking handverified
Poker HeucheranounMWEplant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper partverified
Pokeweed FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigmaverified
Polar BodynounMWEa small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discardedverified
Polar CoordinatenounMWEeither of two values that locate a point on a plane by its distance from a fixed pole and its angle from a fixed line passing through the poleverified
Pole HorsenounMWEthe horse having a starting position next to the inside rail in a harness raceverified
Pole JumpnounMWEa competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long poleverified
Pole JumpingnounMWEa competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long poleverified
Pole VaultnounMWEa competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long poleverified
Pole VaultingnounMWEa competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long poleverified
Polecat WeednounMWEdeciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spatheverified
Police CommissionernounMWEa civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the policeverified
Police CourtnounMWEa court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offensesverified
Police DepartmentnounMWEthe department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crimeverified
Police HeadquartersnounMWEa station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular districtverified
Police PrecinctnounMWEa precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police forceverified
Police SquadnounMWEa small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crimeverified
Police StatenounMWEa country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)verified
Police StationnounMWEa station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular districtverified
policies and controlsnounMWEA program that focuses on the policies and management of those policies.verified
policy and procedurenounMWEA set of policies are principles, rules, and guidelines formulated or adopted by an organization to reach its long-term goals and typically published in a booklet or other form that is widely accessible. Policies and procedures are designed to influence and determine all major decisions and actions, and all activities take place within the boundaries set by them. Procedures are the specific methods employed to express policies in action in day-to-day operations of the organization. Together, policies and procedures ensure that a point of view held by the governing body of an organization is translated into steps that result in an outcome compatible with that view.verified
Policy Approving AuthoritynounMWEFirst level of the PKI Certification Management Authority that approves the security policy of each PCA.verified
Policy Certification AuthoritynounMWESecond level of the PKI Certification Management Authority that formulates the security policy under which it and its subordinate CAs will issue public key certificates.verified
Policy Management AuthoritynounMWEBody established to oversee the creation and update of Certificate Policies, review Certification Practice Statements, review the results of CA audits for policy compliance, evaluate non-domain policies for acceptance within the domain, and generally oversee and manage the PKI certificate policies. For the FBCA, the PMA is the Federal PKI Policy Authority.verified
Policy MappingnounMWERecognizing that, when a CA in one domain certifies a CA in another domain, a particular certificate policy in the second domain may be considered by the authority of the first domain to be equivalent (but not necessarily identical in all respects) to a particular certificate policy in the first domain.verified
Policy-Based Access ControlnounMWEA form of access control that uses an authorization policy that is flexible in the types of evaluated parameters (e.g., identity, role, clearance, operational need, risk, and heuristics).verified
Poliovirus VaccinenounMWEvaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitisverified
Political Action CommitteenounMWEcommittee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidatesverified
Political BossnounMWEa leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointmentsverified
Political CommissarnounMWEan official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unitverified
Political ContributionnounMWEa contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political partyverified
Political CorrectitudenounMWEavoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated againstverified
Political CorrectnessnounMWEavoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated againstverified
Political DonationnounMWEa contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political partyverified
Political EconomynounMWEthe branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their managementverified
Political HacknounMWEa politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public endsverified
Political IncorrectnessnounMWEthe use of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult groups who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated againstverified
Political LibertynounMWEone's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the countryverified
Political OrientationnounMWEan orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nationverified