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- English Word Polypus Definition A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.
- English Word Polypuses Definition of Polypus
- English Word Polyrhizous Definition Having numerous roots, or rootlets.
- English Word Polyschematist Definition Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions; multiform.
- English Word Polyscope Definition A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.
- English Word Polyscope Definition An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.
- English Word Polysepalous Definition Having the sepals separate from each other.
- English Word Polysilicic Definition Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of silicic acid.
- English Word Polyspast Definition A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations.
- English Word Polyspermous Definition Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.
- English Word Polyspermy Definition Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoon into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.
- English Word Polysporous Definition Containing many spores.
- English Word Polystomata Definition A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
- English Word Polystome Definition Having many mouths.
- English Word Polystome Definition An animal having many mouths; -- applied to Protozoa.
- English Word Polystyle Definition Having many columns; -- said of a building, especially of an interior part or court; as, a polystyle hall.
- English Word Polystyle Definition A polystyle hall or edifice.
- English Word Polysulphide Definition A sulphide having more than one atom of sulphur in the molecule; -- contrasted with monosulphide.
- English Word Polysulphuret Definition A polysulphide.
- English Word Polysyllabic Definition Alt. of Polysyllabical
- English Word Polysyllabical Definition Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.
- English Word Polysyllabicism Definition Polysyllabism.
- English Word Polysyllabicity Definition Polysyllabism.
- English Word Polysyllabism Definition The quality or state of being polysyllabic.
- English Word Polysyllable Definition A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.
- English Word Polysyndetic Definition Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions.
- English Word Polysyndeton Definition A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.
- English Word Polysynthesis Definition The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
- English Word Polysynthesis Definition The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.
- English Word Polysynthetic Definition Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.