Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product..

Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land..

Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France..

Monopolylogue :: Monopolylogue (n.) An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Poly :: Poly (n.) A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium Polium) of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus..

Poly- :: Poly- (a.) A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic..

Poly-mountain :: Poly-mountain (n.) Same as Poly, n..

Poly-mountain :: Poly-mountain (n.) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe..

Poly-mountain :: Poly-mountain (n.) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe..

Polyacid :: Polyacid (a.) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases..

Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.

Polyacoustic :: Polyacoustic (n.) A polyacoustic instrument.

Polyacoustics :: Polyacoustics (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.

Polyacra :: Polyacra (pl. ) of Polyacro.

Polyacron :: Polyacron (n.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.

Polyacrons :: Polyacrons (pl. ) of Polyacro.

Polyactinia :: Polyactinia (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles..

Polyadelphia :: Polyadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.

Polyadelphian :: Polyadelphian (a.) Alt. of Polyadelphou.

Polyadelphous :: Polyadelphous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

Polyandria :: Polyandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle..

Polyandrian :: Polyandrian (a.) Polyandrous.

Polyandric :: Polyandric (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males..

Polyandrous :: Polyandrous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle..

Polyandry :: Polyandry (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.

Polyanthus :: Polyanthus (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus..

Polyanthuses :: Polyanthuses (pl. ) of Polyanthu.

Polyarchist :: Polyarchist (n.) One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.

Polyarchy :: Polyarchy (n.) A government by many persons, of whatever order or class..

Polyatomic :: Polyatomic (a.) Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.

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