Words in english starting with P

• Polypedatidae — Noun – English ～ Old World tree frogs
• polypeptide — Noun – English ～ a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
• polypetalous — Adjective – English ～ having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals
• polyphase — Adjective – English ～ of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
• polyphemus moth — Noun – English ～ very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees
• polyphone — Noun – English ～ a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
• polyphonic letter — Noun – English ～ a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
• polyphonic music — Noun – English ～ music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
• polyphonic — Adjective – English ～ having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'"
• polyphonic — Adjective – English ～ having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
• polyphonic — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
• polyphonically — Adverb – English ～ in a polyphonic manner; "polyphonically composed"
• polyphonous — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
• polyphony — Noun – English ～ music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
• polyphosphate — Noun – English ～ a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid
• polyphosphoric acid — Noun – English ～ a series of oxyacids of phosphorus
• Polyplacophora — Noun – English ～ small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura
• polyplacophore — Noun – English ～ primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
• polyploid — Noun – English ～ (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
• polyploid — Adjective – English ～ of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid species"

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