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

Polyscope :: Polyscope (n.) A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.

Polygastric :: Polygastric (a.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica.

Polynomial :: Polynomial (a.) Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem..

Dreissena :: Dreissena (n.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.

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

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..

Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) In bibliography, a collection of different works, either by one or several authors..

Polyhedrical :: Polyhedrical (a.) Having many sides, as a solid body..

Polymorphism :: Polymorphism (n.) Same as Pleomorphism.

Polytomy :: Polytomy (n.) A division into many members.

Cyamelide :: Cyamelide (n.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid..

Monophyletic :: Monophyletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin..

Trimorphism :: Trimorphism (n.) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism..

Polyautography :: Polyautography (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography..

Polyporus :: Polyporus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus..

Polyoptron :: Polyoptron (n.) Alt. of Polyoptru.

Baptistry :: Baptistry (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near..

Kava :: Kava (n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself..

Homogeneous :: Homogeneous (a.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial..

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