Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of polyp is as below...

Octamerous :: Octamerous (a.) Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps..

Labiose :: Labiose (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.

Saturnian :: Saturnian (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus..

Polypoid :: Polypoid (a.) Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.

Polypharmacy :: Polypharmacy (n.) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies..

Dialypetalous :: Dialypetalous (a.) Having separate petals; polypetalous.

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.

Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..

Touchwood :: Touchwood (n.) Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius..

Polypus :: Polypus (n.) Same as Polyp.

Hapuku :: Hapuku (n.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..

Umbellularia :: Umbellularia (n.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base..

Polypode :: Polypode (n.) A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.

Agaric :: Agaric (n.) An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood..

Polygenetic :: Polygenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.

Viola :: Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets..

Stere :: Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order..

Random Fonts

Most Popular