9-letter words containing p, o, l
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polo coat — a double-breasted, often belted overcoat made of camel's hair or a similar fabric.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polo pony — a small, swift, agile horse specially trained for use in polo.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polt-foot — having a club foot
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyaxial — having more than one axis
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyimide — any of a class of polymers with an imido group: resistant to high temperatures, wear, radiation, and many chemicals.
- polylemma — a debate forcing a choice between contradictory positions
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- polymorph — Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polyonymy — the employment of multiple names for the same thing or person
- polyphagy — an insatiable appetite
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polyphony — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polyploid — having a chromosome number that is more than double the basic or haploid number.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polyposis — the development of numerous polyps on a hollow internal organ, seen especially in the intestinal tract.
- polyptych — a work of art composed of several connected panels.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice