English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 533 of 931

polythalamousadj

Having many chambers.

polytheismnoun

The belief in the existence of multiple gods.

polytheistnoun

a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism

polytheisticadj

Of or relating to polytheism.

polytheisticaladj

of or related to polytheism

polytheisticallyadv

in a polytheistic manner

polytheizeverb

To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate the doctrine of polytheism.

polythelismnoun

polythelia (the condition of having more than two nipples)

polythematicadj

Dealing with more than one theme or topic.

polythenenoun

Synonym of polyethylene.

polytherapeuticadj

Relating to polytherapy

polytherapynoun

The use of several therapies to treat a single condition, such as multiple drugs or multiple modalities.

polytheriannoun

A therianthrope with multiple theriotypes.

polythermaladj

Describing a method of establishing the solubility of a substance in which a mixture of known composition is heated above its solution temperature and then monitored visually during cooling until turbidity is observed at the cloud point

polytheticadj

Having many, but not all properties in common.

polythiazidenoun

A thiazide diuretic.

polythiazylnoun

A polymer of sulfur nitride that is an electrical conductor

polythioesternoun

A polymer composed of thioester monomers

polythiophenenoun

A polymer of thiophene that will conduct electricity under certain conditions

polythreoninenoun

A polyaminoacid composed of threonine subunits

polythymidinenoun

A sequence of multiple thymidine nucleosides found in the intron

polythyminenoun

A repeat of many thymine bases in a stretch of DNA

polytimbraladj

Containing many timbres (typically produced by many different instruments)

polytimenoun

polynomial time

polytocousadj

Giving birth to multiple offspring at the same time; multiparous.

polytomicadj

Relating to polytomy

polytomogramnoun

A tomogram produced by polytomography.

polytomographnoun

An instrument used to carry out polytomography.

polytomographicadj

Relating to polytomography

polytomographynoun

tomography performed along multiple planes or orientations

polytomousadj

Subdivided into many parts.

polytomynoun

A section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships cannot be fully resolved to dichotomies.

polytonnoun

An ordered set of singletons

polytonaladj

That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously.

polytonalistnoun

A person who composes or plays polytonal music

polytonalitynoun

The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time

polytonallyadv

In a polytonal way.

polytonenoun

A polyphonic ringtone.

polytonicadj

Having several tones.

polytonicitynoun

The quality of being polytonic.

polytonsnoun

plural of polyton

polytopaladj

Of or pertaining to polytopes.

polytopenoun

A geometric shape (of any number of dimensions) which is fully enclosed and has flat sides, making it a member of the generalized class of shapes which includes the two-dimensional polygon and three-dimensional polyhedron; (formally) a finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes.

polytopiannoun

Someone who visits many places.

polytopicadj

Of or pertaining to a polytope

polytopicaladj

Of or relating to multiple topics.

polytorusnoun

The set of all vectors of a given dimension such that each element of the vector is within a radius r of the corresponding element of a central vector.

polytoxicadj

Relating to many different toxins / poisons

polytoxicomanianoun

The addiction to multiple drugs or other intoxicating substances.

Polytracknoun

A proprietary surface for horse racing tracks, made from silica sand with various recycled materials such as carpeting and rubber, all coated with wax.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 533. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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