bacillus (any rod-shaped bacterium)

iron (golf club)

a rigid bar used to exert pressure or lift a weight, including tools like pry bars or crowbars

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

a tall pole used to support overhead power lines, telephone wires, or street lights

a long, slender piece of wood, metal, or other material such as a stick or club

a mechanical component such as a push rod or tappet used to transmit motion

screw; threaded rod

a tall pole used to support overhead power lines or telecommunication cables

a person's back, especially with regard to its posture or being kept straight

a lever used to operate or regulate a machine, vehicle, or aircraft

pole-vaulting

the act or profession of writing; used metonymically to refer to writing skill or a writer

A steelyard, a traditional type of balance used for weighing.

the barrel or handle of a writing pen

a horizontal bar, typically used in sports such as high jump or pole vault.

worm (mechanical engineering)

A commander without any soldiers; (figuratively) a leader without a team or a solo entrepreneur.

Bacillus subtilis

a lasso attached to a long wooden pole

the shaft of an arrow

the graduated horizontal beam or rod used in a traditional manual scale or steelyard

a source of support or strength that gives one confidence

(dialect) leg

A lever used to change gears in a motor vehicle or machinery.

to craft facile prose; to play around with words

Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces the neurotoxin botulinum.

A mechanical transmission assembly consisting of a worm and a matching worm gear, used to transmit motion between non-intersecting shafts.

(microbiology) Bacillus cereus

the use of borrowed capital for an investment to increase potential returns

chipper (golf)

The use of borrowed funds or debt to increase the potential return of an investment.

a die-hard fan; an extremely loyal supporter

electric trolley pole

deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

a structural or mechanical bar or rod positioned at the top, such as a crown bar used in tunneling or construction

driver (golf club)

the bacterium that causes bubonic plague

(golf) hole in one

spoon (golf)

backswing (golf)