| POLYCARPIES | • POLYCARPY n. the condition of being able to produce fruit and flowers several times in successive years or seasons. |
| POLYCARPOUS | • polycarpous adj. Alternative form of polycarpic. • POLYCARPOUS adj. fruiting many times, or year after year, also POLYCARPIC. |
| POLYCENTRIC | • polycentric adj. Having many centres, especially centres of authority or control. • polycentric adj. (Genetics) (of a chromosome, etc) Having multiple central parts. • POLYCENTRIC n. a type of chromosome. |
| POLYCHAETES | • polychaetes n. Plural of polychaete. • POLYCHAETE n. a type of aquatic worm (including lugworms and ragworms), also POLYCHETE. |
| POLYCHASIUM | • POLYCHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which three or more branches arise from each node. |
| POLYCHETOUS | • polychetous adj. Alternative form of polychaetous. • POLYCHETOUS adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the class Polychaeta, also POLYCHAETOUS. |
| POLYCHOTOMY | • polychotomy n. Polytomy. • polychotomy n. A division or separation into more than two groups or pieces; a distinction that results in such division. • POLYCHOTOMY n. division into many parts, e.g. on a cladogram. |
| POLYCHRESTS | • polychrests n. Plural of polychrest. • POLYCHREST n. a thing or medicine useful in many ways. |
| POLYCHROISM | • polychroism n. Pleochroism. • POLYCHROISM n. the state of being polychroic. |
| POLYCHROMED | • polychromed adj. Strikingly multicolored, as if by polychromy. • POLYCHROME v. to colour in many colours. |
| POLYCHROMES | • polychromes n. Plural of polychrome. • polychromes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polychrome. • POLYCHROME v. to colour in many colours. |
| POLYCHROMIC | • polychromic adj. Polychromatic; many-coloured. • polychromic adj. (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which… • POLYCHROMIC adj. many-coloured, also POLYCHROME, POLYCHROMOUS. |
| POLYCLINICS | • polyclinics n. Plural of polyclinic. • POLYCLINIC n. a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; esp. an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
| POLYCLONALS | • polyclonals n. Plural of polyclonal. • POLYCLONAL n. a type of antibody. |
| POLYCOTTONS | • polycottons n. Plural of polycotton. • POLYCOTTON n. a synthetic fabric. |
| POLYCROTISM | • polycrotism n. (Physiology) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several… • POLYCROTISM n. the state of having several beats to each heartbeat. |
| POLYCRYSTAL | • polycrystal n. Any polycrystalline substance. • POLYCRYSTAL n. an object composed of several or many variously orientated crystals. |
| POLYCULTURE | • polyculture n. (Agriculture) The planting of two or more crops in the same place. • polyculture n. (Sociology, uncommon) A multiculture; a polycultural society, sometimes especially one in which multiple… • POLYCULTURE n. the simultaneous production of several different crops and types of livestock in one region. |
| POLYCYCLICS | • polycyclics n. Plural of polycyclic. • POLYCYCLIC n. something have many cycles or rings. |