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POM

Abbreviation for:
pain on motion
Pommy, see there
pre-optic medial nucleus
prescription-only medicine
proopiomelanotropin
purulent otitis media

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Australia's human rights chiefs recently ruled it was permissible to use Pom to describe English people - but it could be racist if uttered with other coarse language.

It's not racist to call an Englishman 'Pom' Sheriff's ruling over cop slur

Gently separate the two rings and with another piece of wool tie tightly through the middle to hold the pom pom together and stop it unravelling.

SUNDAY CWTCH; Do something different this weekend with Rachel Mainwaring

The Poms also received medals for their third place finish.

P'ville Poms medal at state Poms

Embroidered pom pom floor seat, PS25, George at Asda Put your feet up in style with this eye-catching pouffe.

Power to the pom poms; Pom poms are having a moment and you'll find them on everything from lampshades to throws. Give your home a burst of colour with these bright little balls, write AMBER GRAAFLAND and DIDI DANSO

where the eigenvalues reflect the energies in different POMs and are arranged in descending order as follows:

Comparison of Damage Detection Methods Depending on FRFs within Specified Frequency Ranges

New Look's are a bargain buy at PS22.99 8 cushion pull It's sofa so good if you add this pom pom pillow, PS19, M&Co, mandco.com 9 water buy Little girls will love this bobbly bikini (5-12 years), PS14, Accessorize 10 wrap things up A scarf is an easy way to rock pom poms, PS12, BHS

pick up the pom pom trend

Glue a 1-inch pom pom to the inside bottom of the eggshell for your chick's body.

Ready, set, create! Peek-a-boo chick

More recently, McNair, Heuchert, and Shilony (2003) document the use of the POMS in more than 5000 studies in a wide variety of research domains.

Full-scale and short-form of the Profile of Mood States: a factor analytic comparison

However, the process is inefficient and requires a large amount of POMs, he says.

Chemists try for cleaner papermaking. (Science News of the week)

Last week, 40 pom poms were hung from trees, railings and signposts and scattered in an array of pubs and shops for people to find.