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- English Word Polyglot Definition One who speaks several languages.
- English Word Polyglot Definition A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
- English Word Polyglottous Definition Speaking many languages; polyglot.
- English Word Polygon Definition A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose perimeter consists of more than four sides; any figure having many angles.
- English Word Polygonaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.
- English Word Polygonal Definition Having many angles.
- English Word Polygoneutic Definition Having two or more broods in a season.
- English Word Polygonometry Definition The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons.
- English Word Polygonous Definition Polygonal.
- English Word Polygonum Definition A genus of plants embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc.
- English Word Polygony Definition Any plant of the genus Polygonum.
- English Word Polygordius Definition A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.
- English Word Polygram Definition A figure consisting of many lines.
- English Word Polygraph Definition An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.
- English Word Polygraph Definition In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors.
- English Word Polygraph Definition An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector
- English Word Polygraphic Definition Alt. of Polygraphical
- English Word Polygraphical Definition Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphic instrument.
- English Word Polygraphical Definition Done with a polygraph; as, a polygraphic copy.
- English Word Polygraphy Definition Much writing; writing of many books.
- English Word Polygraphy Definition The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same.
- English Word Polygraphy Definition The art or practice of using a polygraph.
- English Word Polygrooved Definition Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling).
- English Word Polygyn Definition A plant of the order Polygynia.
- English Word Polygynia Definition A Linnaean order of plants having many styles.
- English Word Polygynian Definition Alt. of Polygynous
- English Word Polygynist Definition One who practices or advocates polygyny.
- English Word Polygynous Definition Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.
- English Word Polygyny Definition The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
- English Word Polyhalite Definition A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.