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- BIALYA flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
- BIGOSA traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat
- BIGOSESA traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat
- BIRRStrength, vigor, energy.
- BOBACThe bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).
- BRISTLEA stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.
- DEPOLISHTo remove the polish from.
- DOOZYSomething that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
- FELLYThe rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
- GROSZA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
- HOOFThe tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- JHATKASThe instant decapitation method of animal slaughter, idealized as a non-ritual alternative to ritual slaughter (kutha) which is forbidden
- KNISHAn Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough
- LAPIDARYA person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
- LATKEA pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
- LECTORA lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
- MAZURKAA traditional Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
- NUDZHA whiner; a complainer.
- POLISHERA person who makes something smooth or shiny.
- POLISHMENTThe act of polishing
- POLITEWell-mannered, civilized.
- POSHAssociated with the upper classes.
- POULAINEA long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- REPOLISHTo polish again.
- RUGELACHA type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.
- SCHAVA kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
- SCHLUBA person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, unattractive or unkempt.
- SCUFFLEA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- SIMONIZETo polish to a high sheen with a wax-like substance.
- UNPOLISHTo deprive of polish
- UNPOLISHEDNot polished; not brought to a polish.
- VITAMINAny of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in
- ZLOTEplural of zloty
- ZLOTYThe currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
- ZLOTYCHplural of zloty