All English words - page 2818

Meanings of Polydaemonistic:

adjective

Relating to or characterized by polydaemonism; believing in or worshipping many divinities.

Meanings of Polydimensional:

adjective

Having or relating to several dimensions.

Meanings of Polydipsia:

noun

Abnormally great thirst as a symptom of disease (such as diabetes) or psychological disturbance.

Usage examples:

He reported classic symptoms of diabetes, including polydipsia, polyuria, fatigue, hunger, nausea, …

Meanings of Polydispersity:

noun

The condition or property of being polydisperse; a measurement of this.

Meanings of Polydynamic:

adjective

Possessing, affected by, or relating to many forces or powers; capable of acting in many ways.

Meanings of Polyembryonate:

adjective

Polyembryonic.

Meanings of Polyembryony:

noun

The formation of more than one embryo from a single fertilized ovum or in a single seed.

Usage examples:

A characteristic feature of gymnosperms is polyembryony manifested in the formation of more than on…

Meanings of Polyene:

noun

A hydrocarbon with several carbon–carbon double bonds, especially one having a chain of conjugated single and double bonds.

Usage examples:

As the chromophore is a polyene, there are several double bonds capable of isomerization.

Meanings of Polyenic:

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of a polyene.

Meanings of Polyenzymatic:

adjective

Consisting of, involving, or secreting several different enzymes.

Meanings of Polyergus:

noun

A genus of ants that comprises the amazon ants; (also polyergus) an ant of this genus.

Meanings of Polyesterification:

noun

A reaction or process which yields a polyester.

Meanings of Polyesters:

noun

A synthetic resin in which the polymer units are linked by ester groups, used chiefly to make synthetic textile fibres.

Usage examples:

The equipment they invented removed the water as it was formed, resulting in a high molecular weigh…

Meanings of Polyesthesia:

noun

An abnormality of sensation in which a single stimulus is felt in several places.

Meanings of Polyestrous:

adjective

(of an animal) ovulating more than once each breeding season; (of a reproductive cycle) characterized by such ovulation.

Meanings of Polyethnic:

adjective

Belonging to, comprising, or containing many ethnic groups.

Usage examples:

Mcneill, like watson, postulates a turn away from the extreme of the nation state towards more poly…

Meanings of Polyethylene:

noun

Another term for polythene.

Meanings of Polyfoil:

noun

An ornament or pattern that has many leaves or leaflike divisions.

adjective

Having many leaves or leaflike divisions.

Meanings of Polygalaceous:

adjective

Designating, belonging to, or characteristic of the plant family polygalaceae, which includes the milkworts and is of almost worldwide distribution.

Meanings of Polygalas:

noun

Originally: any of several kinds of milkwort (polygala species), especially common milkwort, p. vulgaris. later also (polygala): the type genus of the family polygalaceae, comprising the milkworts.

Meanings of Polygalin:

noun

= polygalic acid .

Meanings of Polygamia:

noun

In the linnaean artificial system: the twenty-third class of plants, comprising those that bear both hermaphrodite and unisexual (male or female) flowers, on the same or different plants; (also) any of the orders of the class syngenesia that comprise plants bearing inflorescences composed of many florets (as in plants of the family asteraceae (compositae)).

Meanings of Polygamist:

noun

A person who has more than one wife or husband at the same time.

Usage examples:

A mississippi-based group of practising polygamists

Meanings of Polygamistic:

adjective

Of or relating to polygamists or polygamy; favouring polygamy.

Meanings of Polygamize:

verb

To practise polygamy.