English words: Polycarpian to polyembryonic
300 English words, part 121 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 13 have a page of their own.
English words Polycarpian to polyembryonic
- Polycarpian adjective: Of or pertaining to Polycarp.
- polycarpic adjective: Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
- polycarpous adjective: Alternative form of polycarpic.
- polycarpy noun: The state of being polycarpous
- polycaryon noun: Alternative form of polykaryon.
- polycatechol noun: A polymeric derivative of catechol
- polycatenane noun: Any polymer containing a number of monomers linked in the fashion of a catenane.
- polycatenary adjective: Having multiple chains
- polycath noun: Alternative form of poly-cath.
- polycation noun: any cation having more than one positive charge
- polycationic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or containing a polycation.
- polycausal adjective: Having many causes.
- polycell noun: polychoron
- polycellular adjective: Synonym of multicellular.
- polycellulosomal adjective: Relating to polycellulosomes
- polycellulosome noun: A cluster of tightly-packed cellulosomes
- polycentral adjective: Having or relating to more than one centre.
- polycentric adjective, noun: Having many centres, especially centres of authority or control
- polycentrically adverb: In a polycentric manner.
- polycentricity noun: The quality of being polycentric.
- polycentrid noun: Any leaffish in the family Polycentridae.
- polycentrism noun: a political or cultural system which contains many different centres, especially centres of authority or control
- polycentrist noun: A proponent of polycentrism.
- polycentropodid noun: Any caddis fly in the family Polycentropodidae.
- polycephalic adjective: Having more than one head.
- polycephalous adjective: many-headed
- polycephaly noun: The condition of having more than one head
- polycerate adjective: having multiple pairs of horns.
- polyceratid noun: Any sea slug in the family Polyceratidae.
- polycerid noun: Any sea slug in the family Polyceridae.
- polychaeta noun: Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta
- polychaetan adjective: Relating to polychaetes
- polychaete noun /ˈpɒlɪkiːt/: Alternative spelling of polychete.
- polychaetologist noun: Any biologist whose speciality is polychetes
- polychaetotic adjective: Relating to worms of the class Polychaeta
- polychaetous adjective: Relating to polychaetes.
- polychalcogenide noun: Any compound of general formula REₙR having a chain of more than two chalcogen atoms.
- polychelating adjective: That forms multiple chelate bonds
- polychelid noun: Any crustacean in the family Polychelidae.
- polychemotherapeutic adjective: Of or pertaining to polychemotherapy.
- polychemotherapy noun: Chemotherapy involving several different drugs.
- polychete noun: Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.
- polychetous adjective: Alternative form of polychaetous.
- polychitin noun: A polymer of chitin
- polychloride adjective, noun: A molecule or ion containing three or more chlorine atoms
- polychlorinated adjective: Having many hydrogen atoms replaced by chlorine.
- polychlorinated biphenyl noun /ˌpoʊliˌklɔrəˌneɪtəd ˈbaɪfənɪl/: Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds formed by the chlorination of the hydrocarbon biphenyl; they have many industrial applications but are now...
- polychlorinated naphthalene noun /ˌpoʊliˌklɔrəˌneɪtəd ˌnæfˈθæliːn/: Any of a range of compounds manufactured by treating naphthalene with chlorine; they have a variety of properties and uses.
- polychlorobiphenyl noun: polychlorinated biphenyl
- polychloroprene noun: Synonym of neoprene.
- polychloroterphenyl noun: A polychlorinated terphenyl.
- polychlorotrifluoroethylene noun: A polymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene
- polychoir adjective: Relating to more than one choir.
- polycholia noun: An excessive secretion of bile
- polychondritis noun: A medical condition characterized by inflammation and deterioration of cartilage.
- polychoral adjective: Featuring multiple choirs, or a choir that has been divided into different groups (so as to effect antiphonal exchange)
- polychord adjective, noun: Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords.
- polychordal adjective: Of or pertaining to a polychord.
- polychoric adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the use of more than one chorus; that uses or is intended to use more than one chorus.
- polychorionic adjective: Synonym of multichorionic.
- polychoron noun /ˌpɒlɪˈkɔːɹɒn/: A four-dimensional polytope.
- polychorous adjective: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).
- polychotomous adjective: Divisible or separable into multiple groups or pieces.
- polychotomously adverb: In a polychotomous manner.
- polychotomy noun: polytomy
- polychrest noun /ˈpɒlɪkɹɛst/: A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
- polychrest salt noun: potassium sulfate obtained by fusing niter with sulfur
- polychrestic adjective: Able to be used in various ways.
- polychroic adjective: Having many colours
- polychroism noun: pleochroism
- polychroite noun: The coloring matter of saffron.
- polychromasia noun: A disorder in which there is an abnormally high number of red blood cells in the bloodstream as a result of their having been prematurely released from the...
- polychromate adjective, noun: A salt or ion composed of multiple chromate groups
- polychromatic adjective /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/: Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
- polychromatic acid noun: A substance obtained by the action of nitric acid on aloes.
- polychromatically adverb: In a polychromatic manner.
- polychromaticity noun: The condition of being polychromatic
- polychromatism noun: The condition of being polychromatic
- polychromatist noun: An artist who uses many colors.
- polychromatize verb: To paint using many colours
- polychromatized adjective, verb: painted using many colours
- polychromatophil noun: Any polychromatophilic cell, typically an erythrocyte
- polychromatophile noun: Alternative form of polychromatophil.
- polychromatophilia noun: The affinity (of a sample prepared for microscopic examination) for more than one kind of stain, especially for both acid and basic stains
- polychromatophilic adjective: Exhibiting polychromatophilia
- polychromator noun: An optical device used to generate multiple beams of light of different frequency
- polychromatous adjective: polychromatic
- polychrome adjective, noun, verb: Using multiple or many colours.
- polychromed adjective: Strikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy.
- polychromia noun: A genetic disorder resulting in irregular or excessive coloration of the skin.
- polychromic adjective: Polychromatic; many-coloured.
- polychromism noun: polychromatism
- polychromist noun: A person who applies paint to statues
- polychromize verb: Alternative form of polychromatize.
- polychromophoric adjective: Having multiple chromophores.
- polychromous adjective: Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.
- polychromy noun: polychrome painting
- polychrone noun: A person who can multitask
- polychronic adjective: Happening at different times.
- polychronically adverb: In a polychronic manner.
- polychronicity noun: The condition of being polychronic
- polychronious adjective: long-lasting; chronic.
- polychronistic adjective: Alternative form of polychronic.
- polychronization noun: The process of becoming polychronic.
- polychronous adjective: Containing multiple rhythms
- polychrotid noun: Any lizard in the family Polychrotidae or subfamily Polychrotinae.
- polyciliate adjective: Having multiple cilia.
- polycistron noun: A group of mRNAs expressed from a single transcription unit
- polycistronic adjective: Encoding multiple different polypeptides.
- polycistronically adverb: In a polycistronic manner
- polycistronism noun: The condition of being polycistronic
- polyclad noun: Any member of the Polycladida, a highly diverse clade of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms.
- polycladose adjective: Having many branches
- polycladous adjective: Having many branches
- polyclady noun: The state of being polycladous
- polyclimax noun: The presence of multiple vegetational climaxes in the same ecosystem
- polyclinic noun: A usually private clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated.
- polyclinical adjective: Pertaining to a polyclinic.
- polyclinid noun: Any tunicate in the family Polyclinidae.
- polyclonal adjective, noun: descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin
- polyclonal antibody noun: An antibody secreted by different B cell lineages within the body.
- polyclonality noun: The condition of being polyclonal
- polyclonally adverb: In a polyclonal manner
- polyclone noun: A discrete area of tissue composed of several different clones of cells
- polycloning adjective: Relating to the production of multiple types of cloning
- polycoccous adjective: Having many cocci.
- polycomb noun: A protein (or one of a larger group) whose function is to modify gene expression via changes to chromatin
- polycombustible adjective: Synonym of multicombustible.
- polycomplex noun: A polymeric complex
- polycomponent adjective: Synonym of multicomponent.
- polycondensate noun: Any substance prepared using polycondensation
- polycondensation noun: Any condensation reaction, of a monomer having two functional groups, which leads to the formation of a polymer (a polycondensate).
- polycondense verb: To react something to form a polycondensate.
- polycondensed adjective, verb: That has undergone a polycondensation reaction
- polyconic adjective: Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.
- polyconjugate noun: A fluorescent marker or enzyme used to detect multiple antibodies.
- polycontextural adjective: Of or relating to polycontexturality.
- polycontexturality noun: A school of thought regarding subjectivity, involving a large number of contexts and viewpoints that cannot be reconciled.
- polyconvex adjective: Exhibiting polyconvexity.
- polyconvexity noun: A generalization of the notion of convexity for functions defined on spaces of matrices.
- polycopid noun: Any ostracod in the family Polycopidae.
- polycoria noun: A pathological condition of the eye, characterized by more than one pupillary opening in the iris.
- polycormic adjective: Having a number of erect radial axes, like the fastigiate Irish yew.
- polycosanol noun: An extract of plant waxes, rich in long-chain aliphatic alcohols
- polycot noun: A polycotyledon.
- polycotton noun: A fabric made from a blend of cotton and artificial fibres, especially of polyester fibres
- polycotyledon noun: A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.
- polycotyledonary adjective: Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
- polycotyledonous adjective: Having multiple cotyledons.
- polycotyledony noun: The condition of being polycotyledonous
- polycotylid noun: Any plesiosaur in the family Polycotylidae.
- polycotyly noun: The condition of being polycotyledonous
- polycount noun: The total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model.
- polycracy noun: A dynasty within a democracy; Government by a clan or relatives of self-elected rulers amid a democratic process
- polycrase noun: A black or brown amorphous metallic complex uranium yttrium oxide mineral, found in granitic pegmatites.
- polycratic adjective /ˌpɒlɪˈkɹatɪk/: Governed by many people or groups.
- polycratism noun: The system of polycracy
- polycrisis noun /ˈpɒliˌkraɪsɪs/: A series of crises occurring at the same time.
- polycropping noun: Synonym of polyculture.
- polycrotic adjective: Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism
- polycrotism noun: That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations.
- polycrystal noun: Any polycrystalline substance
- polycrystalline adjective: Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
- polycrystallinity noun: Quality of being polycrystalline.
- polyctenid noun: Any bug in the family Polyctenidae.
- polycube noun: A polyform made by joining one or more cubes face to face in various arrangements.
- polycule noun /ˈpɒ.lɪ.kjuːl/: A polyamorous group of individuals connected by their overlapping romantic, sexual, or platonic relationships.
- polycultural adjective: Relating to many interacting cultures.
- polyculturalism noun: The quality or policy of being polycultural.
- polyculturally adverb: In a polycultural manner.
- polyculture noun: The planting of two or more crops in the same place.
- polycultured adjective: Grown by means of polyculture
- polycurious adjective: Curious about or open to polyamory; potentially interested in having relationships with multiple partners.
- polycyanate noun: Any compound containing multiple cyanate functional groups
- polycyanurate noun: Any polymer / plastic made from cyanurate monomers.
- polycycle noun: A planar countably locally-finite graph in which all interior vertices have the maximum vertex degree and all interior faces are polygons with the same...
- polycyclic adjective, noun: Involving more than one cycle.
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon noun: Any of a class of organic compounds composed of multiple aromatic rings, many of which are found in coal and in oil deposits, and are produced by the...
- polycyclical adjective: Involving more than one cycle.
- polycyclicity noun: The condition of being polycyclic.
- polycyclization noun: Any cyclization reaction in which many rings are formed
- polycycly noun: The quality of being polycyclic.
- polycyesis noun: Multiple pregnancy; pregnancy with more than one fetus.
- polycylinder noun: A higher dimensional generalization of a cylinder.
- polycylindrical adjective: Composed of multiple cylinders (or sections of cylinders)
- polycysteine noun: a homopolymer of the amino acid cysteine
- polycystic adjective /ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk/: Having many cysts.
- polycystic ovarian syndrome noun: Alternative form of polycystic ovary syndrome.
- polycystic ovary syndrome noun: A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.
- polycystid adjective, noun: One of the Polycystidea.
- polycystin noun: Any of a group of glycoproteins, mutation of which is implicated in polycystic kidney disease.
- polycystine adjective, noun: Pertaining to the Polycystina.
- polycythaemia noun: Alternative spelling of polycythemia.
- polycythaemia vera noun: Alternative spelling of polycythemia vera
- polycythaemic adjective: Alternative spelling of polycythemic.
- polycythemia noun /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə/: A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.
- polycythemia rubra vera noun: Synonym of polycythemia vera
- polycythemia vera noun /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪə ˈvɪəɹə/: A neoplasm of bone marrow in which too many red blood cells are produced, usually along with white blood cells and platelets.
- polycythemic adjective /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪk/: Pertaining to, or afflicted with, polycythemia.
- polycytidine noun: A repeat of many cytidine groups in a stretch of RNA
- polycytidylic adjective: Of or pertaining to polycytidylic acid
- polycytokine noun: Any polymeric cytokine
- polycytosine noun: A nucleotide containing cytosine as the only base
- polydactyl adjective, noun: Polydactylous.
- polydactyle adjective, noun: Alternative form of polydactyl.
- polydactylism noun: The possession of more than the normal number of digits.
- polydactylous adjective: Having more than the normal number of digits.
- polydactyly noun /ˌpɒl.ɪˈdak.tɪl.i/: A congenital condition in which a person or animal has more than the usual number of digits (fingers or toes) on at least one of the hands or feet.
- polydaemonism noun: Alternative form of polydemonism.
- polydaemonist noun: Alternative form of polydemonist.
- polydaemonistic adjective: Alternative form of polydemonistic.
- polydalin noun: A particular melampolide.
- polydatin noun: Synonym of piceid.
- polydeism noun /pɒliˈdeɪˈɪzˈəm/: Belief in the existence of many gods who collectively set the universe in motion, then ceased to interact with it.
- polydeist noun: A person who believes in polydeism.
- polydeistic adjective: Of or relating to polydeism.
- polydeistical adjective: Of or relating to polydeism.
- polydeistically adverb: in a polydeistic manner
- polydelphous adjective: Alternative form of polyadelphous.
- polydemic adjective: Occurring in, or inhabiting, multiple regions.
- polydemonism noun: The existence of multiple demons; the worship of these demons
- polydemonist noun: A worshipper of many demons; a believer in polydemonism.
- polydemonistic adjective: Relating to polydemonism.
- polydendritic adjective: Composed of many dendrites
- polydendrocyte noun: An oligodendrocyte progenitor cell.
- polydendrocytic adjective: Relating to or composed of many dendrocytes.
- polydenominational adjective: multidenominational
- polydent adjective: multident
- polydental adjective: Synonym of polydentate.
- polydentate adjective: Coordinated to the central atom by several bonds; multidentate
- polydeoxy- prefix: various polymers of deoxynucleotides and their derivatives
- polydeoxynucleotide noun: Any polymer of a deoxynucleotide.
- polydeoxyribo- prefix: Used to form various polymers of deoxyribonucleotides and their derivatives.
- polydeoxyribonucleotide noun: Any polymer whose constituent monomer is a deoxyribonucleotide.
- polydepsipeptide noun: A polymeric depsipeptide
- polyderivative noun: A derivative of a compound formed by adding or replacing many radicals or functional groups.
- polydermatomyositis noun: Synonym of dermatomyositis.
- polydesmid noun: An millipede in order Polydesmida (flatbacked millipedes).
- polydesoxyribonucleotide noun: Alternative form of polydeoxyribonucleotide.
- Polydeucean adjective /ˌpɒlɪdjuːˈsiːən/: Of or relating to the god Polydeuces (a.k.a. Pollux) in Greek mythology.
- Polydeucian adjective /ˌpɒlɪˈdjuːsiən/: Alternative form of Polydeucean.
- polydextrose noun: A multipurpose food ingredient synthesized from dextrose and classified as soluble fibre.
- polydiacetylene noun: Any of several electrically conducting polymers made from the polymerization of substituted diacetylenes.
- polydiegetic adjective: Of or relating to more than one diegesis.
- polydiester noun: Any polymer formed from diesters
- polydigital adjective: Having or relating to multiple digits.
- polydigitate adjective: Synonym of polydigital.
- polydimensional adjective: multidimensional
- polydimethylsiloxane noun: The simplest silicone, being a polymer having a repeat unit of -Si(CH₃)₂-O- ; its properties depend on the degree of polymerization and range from that of...
- polydioxane noun: A synthetic polymer used to make surgical sutures
- polydioxanone noun: A biodegradable plastic made by the polymerization of p-dioxanone; it is used in medical applications such as sutures
- polydipsia noun: Excessive and constant thirst, caused by disease.
- polydipsic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, polydipsia.
- polydirectional adjective: In many directions; effectively omnidirectional
- polydisc noun: A Cartesian product of discs.
- polydisk noun: Alternative form of polydisc.
- polydisperse adjective: Having a range of particle sizes.
- polydispersed adjective: polydisperse
- polydispersibility noun: The condition of being made polydisperse
- polydispersion noun: The process of making or becoming polydisperse
- polydispersity noun: The state of being polydisperse
- polydispersive adjective: polydisperse
- polydispersivity noun: The condition of being polydispersive
- polydisulfide noun: Any polymer containing multiple disulfide bonds
- polydiverse adjective: Being a mixture of separate polymers with different molecular weight .
- polydiversity noun: diversity in multiple ways
- polydivisible adjective: Describing an integer whose first digits are divisible by the numbers of digits concerned
- polydodecahedron noun: convex regular 4-polytype (four-dimensional analogue of a Platonic solid) with Schläfli symbol {5,3,3}
- polydolopimorphian noun: Any extinct metatherian of the order †Polydolopimorphia
- polydomain adjective: Composed of multiple (crystal) domains
- polydomous adjective: Occupying and maintaining multiple nests.
- polydomy noun: The situation where an ant colony is established across multiple nest sites.
- polydont noun: Any animal that has many teeth, or with different types of teeth
- polydopamine noun: A polymer formed by the oxidation of dopamine, naturally produced as a biological glue, and also used as a flame retardant.
- Polydorus proper noun: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
- polydrafter noun: A polyform made by joining N-2 triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, each of these triangles being a right triangle with angles 30°, 60° and 90°.
- polydromic adjective: polytropic
- polydrug adjective: Of, pertaining to, or using multiple different drugs.
- polydrugs noun: Multiple drugs, taken recreationally.
- polydrupe noun: Any fruit that is an aggregate of multiple drupes
- polyduct noun: A single pipeline that carries different refined products.
- polydymite noun: An isometric supergene sulfide mineral, dark violet gray to copper-red, associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide.
- polydystrophy noun /pɑliˈdɪstɹəfi/: Dystrophy comprising multiple types (multiple dystrophies), as for example in pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy.
- polyedron noun: Dated form of polyhedron.
- polyeidic adjective: Passing through several distinct larval forms; having several distinct kinds of young.
- polyeidism noun: The quality or state of being polyeidic.
- polyelastomer noun: An elastomeric plastic.
- polyelastomeric adjective: Relating to or composed of a polyelastomer.
- polyelectrolyte noun: A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).
- polyelectrolytic adjective: Of or pertaining to a polyelectrolyte.
- polyelectronic adjective: Having more than one electron
- polyelectrostatic adjective: Involving many electrostatic interactions
- polyembryo noun: A single seed that contains multiple embryos.
- polyembryogenesis noun: The genesis of polyembryony
- polyembryoma noun: An aggressive form of germ cell tumor usually found in the ovaries.
- polyembryonate adjective: Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic.
- polyembryonic adjective: Polyembryonate.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.