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Polverine
n.
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Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass.
Poly-
a.
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A combining form or prefix from Gr. poly`s, many; as, polygon, a figure of many angles; polyatomic, having many atoms; polychord, polyconic.
Poly
n.
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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.
Polyacid
a.
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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
a.
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Multiplying or magnifying sound.
Polyacoustic
n.
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A polyacoustic instrument.
Polyacoustics
n.
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The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.
Polyacra
pl.
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of Polyacron
Polyacrons
pl.
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of Polyacron
Polyacron
n.
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A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.
Polyactinia
n. pl.
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An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.
Polyadelphia
n. pl.
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A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.
Polyadelphian
a.
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Alt. of Polyadelphous
Polyadelphous
a.
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Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.
Polyandria
n. pl.
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A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Polyandrian
a.
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Polyandrous.
Polyandric
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males.
Polyandrous
a.
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Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.
Polyandry
n.
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The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.
Polyanthuses
pl.
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of Polyanthus
Polyanthus
n.
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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.
Polyarchist
n.
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One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.
Polyarchy
n.
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A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.
Polyatomic
a.
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Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.
Polyatomic
a.
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Having a valence greater than one.
Polyautography
n.
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The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.
Polybasic
a.
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Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
Polybasite
n.
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An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.
Polybranchia
n. pl.
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A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.
Polybromide
n.
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A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.