| EPYLLION | • epyllion n. (Literary) A "little epic". • epyllion n. (Literary) A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme. • EPYLLION n. (Greek) a shorter epic poem. |
| LINOTYPE | • linotype n. A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once. • linotype n. The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines. • linotype v. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine. |
| LYCOPENE | • lycopene n. (Organic chemistry) A red carotenoid pigment found in tomatoes, other red vegetables, and in animal… • LYCOPENE n. a red pigment. |
| OPULENCY | • opulency n. Archaic form of opulence. • OPULENCY n. conspicuous wealth, also OPULENCE. |
| PENOLOGY | • penology n. Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime. • PENOLOGY n. the science of the punishment of crime. |
| POLYENES | • polyenes n. Plural of polyene. • POLYENE n. a hydrocarbon with many carbon-carbon double bonds. |
| POLYENIC | • polyenic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to a polyene. • POLYENIC adj. relating to a polyene, a chemical compound. |
| POLYGENE | • polygene n. (Genetics) A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations. • POLYGENE n. a set of cooperating genes, each producing a small effect. |
| 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. |
| POLYPINE | • polypine adj. Of or pertaining to a polyp. • POLYPINE adj. of or like a (colonial) polyp. |
| POLYPNEA | • polypnea n. (Medicine) deep and rapid breathing; panting. • POLYPNEA n. rapid breathing. |
| POLYTENE | • polytene adj. (Molecular biology) Having very large chromosomes with many chromatids (arms). • polytene n. (Molecular biology) A very large chromosome with many chromatids (arms); a chromosome exhibiting polyteny. • POLYTENE adj. having chromosomes of a certain type. |
| 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. |
| POTENTLY | • potently adv. In a potent manner; powerfully. • POTENT adv. powerful. |
| PROPENYL | • propenyl n. (Chemistry) A radical of propene (propylene). • PROPENYL n. a hydrocarbon radical related to propene. |
| PROVENLY | • provenly adv. In a way that has been proven. • PROVENLY adv. without doubt. |