| DUOPOLY | • duopoly n. (Economics) A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service. • duopoly n. (By extension) The domination of a field of endeavor by two people or entities. • duopoly n. (Broadcasting, by extension) Situation in which two or more TV or radio-stations in the same city or… |
| POLYACT | • polyact adj. (Zoology) polyactinal. • POLYACT adj. of a marine animal, having many rays or tentacles, also POLYACTINAL, POLYACTINE. |
| POLYBAG | • polybag n. A plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small… • POLYBAG v. to put into a polythene bag. |
| POLYCOT | • polycot n. (Botany) A polycotyledon. • POLYCOT n. (short for) a polycotyledon, a plant with more than two cotyledons. |
| POLYENE | • polyene n. (Chemistry) An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence… • POLYENE n. a hydrocarbon with many carbon-carbon double bonds. |
| POLYGAM | • polygam n. (Botany) A polygamous plant. • POLYGAM n. (Greek) a plant with male, female and hermaphrodite flowers together. |
| POLYGON | • polygon n. (Geometry) A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines. • polygon n. (Geometry) The boundary of such a figure. • polygon n. (Geometry, more generally) A figure comprising vertices and (not necessarily straight) edges, alternatingly. |
| POLYMER | • polymer n. (Organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units… • polymer n. A material consisting of such polymer molecules. • POLYMER n. a complex chemical compound. |
| POLYNIA | • polynia n. Alternative spelling of polynya. • POLYNIA n. (Russian) open water surrounded by sea ice, also POLYNYA. |
| POLYNYA | • polynya n. (Hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially… • POLYNYA n. (Russian) open water surrounded by sea ice, also POLYNIA. |
| POLYNYI | • polynyi n. Plural of polynya. • POLYNYA n. (Russian) open water surrounded by sea ice, also POLYNIA. |
| POLYOLS | • polyols n. Plural of polyol. • POLYOL n. an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups. |
| POLYOMA | • polyoma n. A small form of the papovavirus that causes tumors in rodents. • POLYOMA n. a small DNA virus that causes tumours in mice. |
| POLYPED | • POLYPED n. something having many legs, also POLYPOD. |
| POLYPES | • polypes n. Plural of polype. • POLYPE n. (obsolete) an octopus or cuttlefish, later extended to various other marine animals, also POLYP, POULP, POULPE. |
| POLYPOD | • polypod adj. (Zoology) Having many feet. • polypod adj. Of or pertaining to the Polypodiales ferns. • polypod n. (Zoology) An animal with many feet. |
| POLYPUS | • polypus n. (Hematology, pathology) A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem. • polypus n. (Archaic) An octopus. • POLYPUS n. (Latin) a growth protruding from the mucous lining to an organ. |
| POLYZOA | • polyzoa n. Plural of polyzoon. • Polyzoa prop.n. (Obsolete) Synonym of Bryozoa. • POLYZOON n. one of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan. |