| DYSPEPSY | • dyspepsy n. (Archaic) dyspepsia. • DYSPEPSY n. indigestion. |
| HYPERNYM | • hypernym n. (Semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset… • HYPERNYM n. a word representing a class of words or things, e.g. dog. |
| PANEGYRY | • panegyry n. Obsolete spelling of panegyric. • panegyry n. Archaic Egyptological spelling of panegyris. • PANEGYRY n. a great assembly. |
| PENNYBOY | • PENNYBOY n. an employee whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands. |
| PERIGYNY | • perigyny n. (Botany) The quality of being perigynous. • PERIGYNY n. a receptacle developed as an open cup. |
| POLYGENY | • polygeny n. Polygenesis. • polygeny n. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
| POLYGYNE | • polygyne adj. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen. • POLYGYNE adj. having more than one egg-laying queen in an insect colony. |
| POLYMERY | • polymery n. (Chemistry) The condition of being polymeric. • POLYMERY n. in botany, the condition of having many parts. |
| POLYSEMY | • polysemy n. (Semantics) The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple… • POLYSEMY n. in linguistics, the state of having more than one meaning. |
| POLYTENY | • polyteny n. (Molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple… • POLYTENY n. in abnormally large chromosomes, the state of being composed of many reduplicated strands. |
| POLYTYPE | • polytype n. Any of the types involved in polytypism. • polytype n. A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. • polytype n. (Computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one… |
| PYROLYSE | • pyrolyse v. (Intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis. • pyrolyse v. (Transitive, chemistry) To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat. • PYROLYSE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE. |
| PYROLYZE | • pyrolyze v. US spelling of pyrolyse. • PYROLYZE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE. |
| PYROXYLE | • pyroxyle n. Archaic form of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose. |
| SYNTYPES | • syntypes n. Plural of syntype. • SYNTYPE n. each of a set of type specimens on which the name of a new species is based. |