POLYGYNY
POLYG'YNY, noun [Gr. many, and a female.]The practice of having more wives than one at the same time.
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POLYHALITE
POLYHA'LITE, noun [Gr. many, and salt.] A mineral or salt occurring in masses of a fibrous structure, of a brick red color, being tinged with iron. It contains sulphates of lime...
POLYHEDRAL
POLYHE'DRALPOLYHE'DRON, noun [Gr. many, and side.]1. In geometry, a body or solid contained under many sides or planes.2. In optics, a multiplying glass or lens consisting of se...
POLYHEDRON
POLYHE'DRON, n. [Gr. many, and side.]1. In geometry, a body or solid contained under many sides or planes.2. In optics, a multiplying glass or lens consisting of several plane s...
POLYHEDROUS
POLYHE'DROUS, adjective [See Polyhedron.] Having many sides; as a solid body.
POLYLOGY
POLYL'OGY, noun [Gr. many, and discourse.]A talking much; talkativeness; garrulity. [Not in use.]
POLYMATHIC
POLYMATH'IC, adjective [See Polymathy.] Pertaining to polymathy.
POLYMATHY
POLYM'ATHY, noun [Gr.many, and learning; to learn.] The knowledge of many arts and sciences; acquaintance with many branches of learning or with various subjects.
POLYMNITE
POL'YMNITE, noun [stone of many marshes.] A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes and ponds.
POLYMORPH
POL'YMORPH, noun [Gr. many and form.] A name given by Soldani to a numerous tribe or series of shells, which are very small, irregular and singular in form, and which cannot be ...
POLYMORPHOUS
POLYMORPH'OUS, adjective [supra.] Having many forms.
POLYNEME
POL'YNEME, noun A fish having a scaly compressed head, with a blunt prominent nose, and pliform appendages to the pectoral fins.
POLYNESIA
POLYNE'SIA, noun s as z. [Gr. many and isle.] A new term in geography, used to designate a great number of isles in the Pacific ocean, as the Pelew isles, the Ladrones, the Caro...
POLYNESIAN
POLYNE'SIAN, adjective Pertaining to Polynesia.
POLYNOME
POL'YNOME, noun [Gr. many and name.] In algebra, a quantity consisting of many terms.
POLYNOMIAL
POLYNO'MIAL, adjective Containing many names or terms.
POLYONOMOUS
POLYON'OMOUS, adjective [Gr. many and name.]Having many names or titles; many-titled.
POLYONOMY
POLYON'OMY, noun [supra.] Variety of different names.
POLYOPTRUM
POLYOP'TRUM,. noun [Gr. many and to see.] A glass through which objects appear multiplied.
POLYPE
POL'YPEPOLYPET'ALOUS, adjective [Gr. many and a petal.] In botany, having many petals; as a polypetalous corol.
POLYPETALOUS
POLYPET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. many and a petal.] In botany, having many petals; as a polypetalous corol.
POLYPHONIC
POLYPHON'IC, adjective [infra.] Having or consisting of many voices or sounds.
POLYPHONISM
POLYPH'ONISMPOLYPH'ONY, noun [Gr. many and sound.] Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
POLYPHONY
POLYPH'ONY, n. [Gr. many and sound.] Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
POLYPHYLLOUS
POLYPH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. many and leaf.] In botany, many-leafed; as a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
POLYPIER
POL'YPIER, noun The name given to the habitations of polypes, or to the common part of those compound animals called polypes.
POLYPITE
POL'YPITE, noun Fossil polype.