Glossary · Adjectives · P
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Polychromaticadjective(of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelengthcandidate
Polydactyladjectivehaving more than the normal number of fingers or digits, only in people or other vertebratescandidate
Polydactylousadjectiveof or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digitscandidate
Polygenicadjectiveof or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at oncecandidate
Polymorphicadjectiverelating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding populationcandidate
Polymorphousadjectiverelating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding populationcandidate
Polyphaseadjectiveof an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase anglecandidate
Polyphonicadjectivehaving two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding togethercandidate
Polyploidadjectiveof a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomescandidate
Polysyntheticadjectiveforming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaningcandidate
Polytypicadjectivehaving, represented by, or exsiting in several or many variants, types or subdivisionscandidate
Polyunsaturatedadjective(of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bondscandidate
Polyvalentadjectivecontaining several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigencandidate
Pontificaladjectiveproceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostlescandidate
Popularadjectiveregarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general publiccandidate
Porphyriticadjective(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of mineralscandidate
Porticoedadjectivemarked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structurecandidate
Portugueseadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their languagecandidate
Positiveadjectivereckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motioncandidate
Postdoctoraladjectiveof or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completedcandidate
Postexilicadjectiveof or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)candidate
Postganglionicadjectivebeyond or distal to a ganglion, referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic gangliacandidate
Postindustrialadjectiveof or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and researchcandidate