8-letter words starting with poly
- 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
- 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.
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygala — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polyglot — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polyonym — a word with the same meaning as another word; synonym
- polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypill — a proposed medication intended to reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes, containing doses of different drugs to lower blood cholesterol, control blood pressure, and reduce the clotting tendency of the blood
- polypine — relating to polyps
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polypody — any fern of the genus Polypodium, as P. vulgare, having creeping rootstocks, deeply pinnatifid evergreen fronds, and round, naked sori.
- polypoid — resembling a polyp.
- polypore — a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.
- polypous — polypoid.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polysomy — the state of being polysomic
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polytomy — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- polyzoan — bryozoan
- polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
- polyzoon — an individual zooid within a polyzoan
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