Polysilicic
Pol′y‐si‐lic″ic (?), a. [Poly- + silicic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to compounds formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of silicic acid.Polysilicic acid(Chem.), any...
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Polyspast
Pol″y‐spast (?), n. [L. polyspaston, fr. Gr. �, fr. � drawn by several cords; πολύσ many + � to draw: cf. F. polyspaste.] (Surg.) A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifica...
Polyspermous
Pol′y‐sper″mous (?), a. [Gr. �; πολύσ many + � seed.] (Bot.) Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry. Martyn.
Polyspermy
Pol″y‐sper′my (?), n.(Biol.) Fullness of sperm, or seed; the passage of more than one spermatozoön into the vitellus in the impregnation of the ovum.
Polysporous
Pol′y‐spor″ous (?), a. [Poly- + spore.] (Bot.) Containing many spores.
Polystomata
‖Pol′y‐stom″a‐ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. πολύσ many + �, �, mouth.] (Zoöl.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
Polystome
Pol″y‐stome (?), a. [Gr. � many-mouthed; πολύσ + στόμα mouth.] (Zoöl.) Having many mouths.
Polystome (2)
Pol″y‐stome, n.(Zoöl.) An animal having many mouths; — applied to Protozoa.
Polystyle
Pol″y‐style (?), a. [Gr. � with many columns; πολύσ many + � column: cf. F. polystyle.] (Arch.) Having many columns; — said of a building, especially of an interior part or cour...
Polysulphide
Pol′y‐sul″phide (?), n. [Poly- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide having more than one atom of sulphur in the molecule; — contrasted with monosulphide.
Polysulphuret
Pol′y‐sul″phu‐ret (?), n.(Chem.) A polysulphide.
Polysyllabic
{ Pol′y‐syl‐lab″ic (?), Pol′y‐syl‐lab″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �; πολύσ many + � syllable: cf. F. polysyllabique.] Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, pol...
Polysyllabicism
Pol′y‐syl‐lab″i‐cism (?), n. Polysyllabism.
Polysyllabicity
Pol′y‐syl′la‐bic″i‐ty (?), n. Polysyllabism.
Polysyllabism
Pol′y‐syl″la‐bism (?), n. The quality or state of being polysyllabic.
Polysyllable
Pol″y‐syl′la‐ble (?), n. [Poly- + syllable.] A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; — words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables...
Polysyndetic
Pol′y‐syn‐det″ic (?), a. Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions. — Pol′y‐syn‐det″ic‐al‐ly (#), adv.
Polysyndeton
‖Pol′y‐syn″de‐ton (?), n. [NL., from Gr. πολύσ many + � bound together, fr. � to bind together; � with + � to bind.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated,...
Polysynthesis
Pol′y‐syn″the‐sis (?), n. [Poly- + synthesis.] 1. The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.2. (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of ...
Polysynthetic
Pol′y‐syn‐thet″ic (–sĭn‐thĕt″ĭk), a. [Poly- + synthetic.] Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.Polysynthetic twinning(Min.), repeated twinning, like that of the triclin...
Polysyntheticism
Pol′y‐syn‐thet″i‐cism (–ĭ‐sĭz'm), n. Polysynthesis.
Polytechnic
Pol′y‐tech″nic (pŏl′ĭ‐tĕk″nĭk), a. [Gr. πολύτεχνοσ; πολύσ many + τέχνη an art: cf. F. polytechnique.] Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; — applied particular...
Polytechnical
Pol′y‐tech″nic‐al (?), a. Polytechnic.
Polytechnics
Pol′y‐tech″nics (?), n. The science of the mechanic arts.
Polythalamia
‖Pol′y‐tha‐la″mi‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polythalamous.] (Zoöl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
Polythalamous
Pol′y‐thal″a‐mous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. � a chamber.] (Zoöl.) Many-chambered; — applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.
Polytheism
Pol″y‐the‐ism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. � cf. F. polythéisme.] The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from the...