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Words starting with poly

4 letter words starting with poly

  • poly — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
  • poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • poly i:c — a synthetic RNA that promotes the production of interferon in the body
  • poly sci — poli sci

5 letter words starting with poly

  • poly- — Poly- is used to form adjectives and nouns which indicate that many things or types of something are involved in something. For example, a polysyllabic word contains many syllables.
  • polyp — Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.

6 letter words starting with poly

  • polyol — an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
  • polyps — Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.

7 letter words starting with poly

  • polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
  • polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
  • polycot — a polycotyledon.
  • polyene — a hydrocarbon containing two or more double bonds, often conjugated.
  • polygam — a plant of the Polygamia class

8 letter words starting with poly

  • polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
  • polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
  • polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
  • polyaxon — a nerve cell with multiple branches
  • polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.

9 letter words starting with poly

  • 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).

10 letter words starting with poly

  • polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
  • polyandric — polyandrous.
  • polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
  • polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.

11 letter words starting with poly

  • polyactinal — possessing many rays
  • polyalcohol — polyol.
  • polyamorous — noting or relating to 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.
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.

12 letter words starting with poly

  • polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles

13 letter words starting with poly

  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.

14 letter words starting with poly

  • poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
  • polycarpellary — consisting of two or more carpels.
  • polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse

15 letter words starting with poly

  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polychloroprene — a chloroprene polymer
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • polyelectrolyte — an electrolyte of high molecular weight, usually polymeric, either natural or synthetic.

16 letter words starting with poly

  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.

17 letter words starting with poly

  • polyacrylonitrile — a polymer of acrylonitrile used in the manufacture of Orlon and other synthetic textiles.
  • polymorphonuclear — (of a leukocyte) having a lobulate nucleus.

18 letter words starting with poly

  • polychromatophilic — having an affinity for more than one kind of stain, especially for acid, neutral, and basic stains, as polychromatophilic erythroblasts characteristic of pernicious anemia.

20 letter words starting with poly

  • polyvinylpyrrolidone — a white, amorphous, water-soluble powder, (C 6 H 9 NO) n , used chiefly as a vehicle in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

23 letter words starting with poly

  • polytetrafluoroethylene — any polymer, plastic, or resin having the formula (C 2 F 4) n , prepared from tetrafluoroethylene, noted for its slippery, nonsticking properties, and used in the manufacture of gaskets, electrical insulation, tubing, candy molds, container linings, frying-pan coatings, etc.

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