9-letter words starting with po
- 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
- polystyle — having many columns.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- polyzonal — having many zones
- polyzooid — composed of a colony of zooids
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- pomoerium — the space around a town within the city walls
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- pompeiian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- pompholyx — a type of eczema
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- pompously — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- pond lily — any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pondoland — an area in SE central South Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Pondo people
- ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.