1. The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
   - North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar

Derived forms: Polarises

Type of: loadstar, lodestar, variable, variable star

Part of: Dipper, Little Bear, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor

Encyclopedia: Polaris

• Pandanales
• pandanus
• Pandanus tectorius
• pandar
• Pandean
• pandean pipe
• pandect
• pandemic
• pandemonium
• pander
• panderer
• pandiculation
• Pandion
• Pandion haliaetus
• Pandionidae
• pandit
• Pandora
• Pandora's box
• pandowdy
• pandurate
• pandurate leaf
• panduriform
• panduriform leaf
• pane
• pane of glass