First Names Rhyming POLYPHEMUS
English Words Rhyming POLYPHEMUS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES POLYPHEMUS AS A WHOLE:
| polyphemus | noun (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. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYPHEMUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 9 Letters (olyphemus) - English Words That Ends with olyphemus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (lyphemus) - English Words That Ends with lyphemus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (yphemus) - English Words That Ends with yphemus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (phemus) - English Words That Ends with phemus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (hemus) - English Words That Ends with hemus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (emus) - English Words That Ends with emus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (mus) - English Words That Ends with mus:
| accismus | noun (n.) Affected refusal; coyness. |
| animus | noun (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper. |
| bulimus | noun (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America. |
| betacismus | noun (n.) Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them. |
| calamus | noun (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood. |
| | noun (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. |
| | noun (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. |
| camus | noun (n.) See Camis. |
| chiasmus | noun (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence |
| cormus | noun (n.) See Corm. |
| | noun (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached. |
| dedimus | noun (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. |
| euonymus | noun (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. |
| exophthalmus | noun (n.) Same as Exophthalmia. |
| ginglymus | noun (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle. |
| hippopotamus | noun (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa. |
| humus | noun (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. |
| hyoscyamus | noun (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. |
| | noun (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles. |
| ignoramus | noun (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. |
| | noun (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. |
| inoceramus | noun (n.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. |
| inspeximus | noun (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant. |
| isthmus | noun (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. |
| lacmus | noun (n.) See Litmus. |
| larypgismus | noun (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening. |
| lithodomus | noun (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus. |
| litmus | noun (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein. |
| mandamus | noun (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. |
| marasmus | noun (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. |
| minimus | noun (n.) A being of the smallest size. |
| | noun (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes. |
| mittimus | noun (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. |
| | noun (n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another. |
| momus | noun (n.) The god of mockery and censure. |
| mus | noun (n.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat. |
| nystagmus | noun (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs. |
| primus | noun (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. |
| prodromus | noun (n.) A prodrome. |
| | noun (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works. |
| ramus | noun (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification. |
| rhythmus | noun (n.) Rhythm. |
| strabismus | noun (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye. |
| tenesmus | noun (n.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. |
| thalamus | noun (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus. |
| | noun (n.) Same as Thallus. |
| | noun (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus. |
| thymus | noun (n.) The thymus gland. |
| | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. |
| tilmus | noun (n.) Floccillation. |
| trismus | noun (n.) The lockjaw. |
| ulmus | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the elm. |
| vaginismus | noun (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYPHEMUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 9 Letters (polyphemu) - Words That Begins with polyphemu:
Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (polyphem) - Words That Begins with polyphem:
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (polyphe) - Words That Begins with polyphe:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (polyph) - Words That Begins with polyph:
| polyphagous | adjective (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals. |
| polyphagy | noun (n.) The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food. |
| polypharmacy | noun (n.) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. |
| | noun (n.) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. |
| polyphone | noun (n.) A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red. |
| polyphonic | adjective (a.) Having a multiplicity of sounds. |
| | adjective (a.) Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters. |
| | adjective (a.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic. |
| polyphonism | noun (n.) Polyphony. |
| polyphonist | noun (n.) A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. |
| | noun (n.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist. |
| polyphonous | adjective (a.) Same as Polyphonic. |
| polyphony | noun (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo. |
| | noun (n.) Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign. |
| | noun (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint. |
| polyphore | noun (n.) A receptacle which bears many ovaries. |
| polyphyletic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic. |
| polyphyllous | adjective (a.) Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. |
| polyphase | adjective (a.) Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current. |
| polyphaser | noun (n.) A machine generating more than one pressure wave; a multiphaser. |
| polyphotal | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polyphote |
| polyphote | adjective (a.) Pertaining to or designating arc lamps so constructed that more than one can be used on a single circuit. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (polyp) - Words That Begins with polyp:
| polyp | noun (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. |
| | noun (n.) One of the Anthozoa. |
| | noun (n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. |
| polyparous | adjective (a.) Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many. |
| polypary | noun (n.) Same as Polypidom. |
| polype | noun (n.) See Polyp. |
| polypean | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps. |
| polyperythrin | noun (n.) A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids. |
| polypetalous | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. |
| polypi | noun (n. pl.) The Anthozoa. |
| | (pl. ) of Polypus |
| polypide | noun (n.) One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa. |
| polypidom | noun (n.) A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids. |
| polypier | noun (n.) A polypidom. |
| polypifera | noun (n. pl.) The Anthozoa. |
| polypiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing polyps, or polypites. |
| polypiparous | adjective (a.) Producing polyps. |
| polypite | noun (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. |
| | noun (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa. |
| | noun (n.) A fossil coral. |
| polyplacophora | noun (n. pl.) See Placophora. |
| polyplastic | adjective (a.) Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape. |
| polypode | noun (n.) A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody. |
| | noun (n.) An animal having many feet; a myriapod. |
| polypodium | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. |
| polypody | noun (n.) Any plant of the genus Polypodium. |
| polypoid | adjective (a.) Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts. |
| | adjective (a.) Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus. |
| polypomedusae | noun (n. pl.) Same as Hydrozoa. |
| polyporous | adjective (a.) Having many pores. |
| polyporus | noun (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus. |
| polypous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus. |
| polypragmatic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polypragmatical |
| polypragmatical | adjective (a.) Overbusy; officious. |
| polypragmaty | noun (n.) The state of being overbusy. |
| polyprotodonta | noun (n. pl.) A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw. |
| polypteroidei | noun (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian. |
| polypterus | noun (n.) An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir. |
| polyptoton | noun (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell." |
| polypus | noun (n.) Same as Polyp. |
| | noun (n.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (poly) - Words That Begins with poly:
| poly | noun (n.) 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 | adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n.) A polyacoustic instrument. |
| | adjective (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound. |
| polyacoustics | noun (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds. |
| polyacron | noun (n.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron. |
| polyactinia | noun (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles. |
| polyadelphia | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments. |
| polyadelphian | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polyadelphous |
| polyadelphous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles. |
| polyandria | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. |
| polyandrian | adjective (a.) Polyandrous. |
| polyandric | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. |
| polyandrous | adjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. |
| polyandry | noun (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry. |
| polyanthus | noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist. |
| polyarchy | noun (n.) A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. |
| polyatomic | adjective (a.) Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms. |
| | adjective (a.) Having a valence greater than one. |
| polyautography | noun (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography. |
| polybasic | adjective (a.) 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 | noun (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic. |
| polybranchia | noun (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back. |
| polybromide | noun (n.) A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule. |
| polycarpellary | adjective (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange. |
| polycarpic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Polycarpous |
| polycarpous | adjective (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year. |
| | adjective (a.) Having several pistils in one flower. |
| polychaeta | noun (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia. |
| polychloride | noun (n.) A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule. |
| polychoerany | noun (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules. |
| polychord | noun (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings. |
| | noun (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument. |
| | adjective (a.) Having many strings. |
| polychrest | noun (n.) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. |
| polychroism | noun (n.) Same as Pleochroism. |
| polychroite | noun (n.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. |
| polychromate | noun (n.) A salt of a polychromic acid. |
| | noun (n.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence. |
| polychromatic | adjective (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors. |
| polychrome | noun (n.) Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions. |
| | adjective (a.) Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing. |
| polychromic | adjective (a.) Polychromatic. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium. |
| polychromous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic. |
| polychromy | noun (n.) The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
| polychronious | adjective (a.) Enduring through a long time; chronic. |
| polyclinic | noun (n.) A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
| polyconic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. |
| polycotyledon | noun (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. |
| polycotyledonary | adjective (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons. |
| polycracy | noun (n.) Government by many rulers; polyarchy. |
| polycrotic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve. |
| polycrotism | noun (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism. |
| polycystid | noun (n.) One of the Polycystidea. |
| | noun (n.) One of the Polycystina. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. |
| polycystidea | noun (n. pl.) A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. |
| polycystina | noun (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (pol) - Words That Begins with pol:
| polacca | noun (n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees. |
| | noun (n.) See Polonaise. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH POLYPHEMUS:
English Words which starts with 'poly' and ends with 'emus':
English Words which starts with 'pol' and ends with 'mus':
English Words which starts with 'po' and ends with 'us':
| podagrous | adjective (a.) Gouty; podagric. |
| podocephalous | adjective (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk. |
| podophthalmous | adjective (a.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia. |
| podophyllous | adjective (a.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof. |
| poikilothermous | adjective (a.) Poikilothermal. |
| poisonous | adjective (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. |
| polemoniaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera. |
| pollenarious | adjective (a.) Consisting of meal or pollen. |
| polleniferous | adjective (a.) Producing pollen; polliniferous. |
| polliniferous | adjective (a.) Producing pollen; polleniferous. |
| polyedrous | adjective (a.) See Polyhedral. |
| polygalaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type. |
| polygamous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous. |
| | adjective (a.) Pairing with more than one female. |
| | adjective (a.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant. |
| polygenous | adjective (a.) Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain. |
| polyglottous | adjective (a.) Speaking many languages; polyglot. |
| polygonaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera. |
| polygonous | adjective (a.) Polygonal. |
| polygordius | noun (n.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva. |
| polygynous | adjective (a.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia. |
| polyhedrous | adjective (a.) Polyhedral. |
| polymeniscous | adjective (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans. |
| polymerous | adjective (a.) Having many parts or members in each set. |
| | adjective (a.) Polymeric. |
| polymorphous | adjective (a.) Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. |
| | adjective (a.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. |
| polymyodous | adjective (a.) Polymyoid. |
| polyommatous | adjective (a.) Having many eyes. |
| polyonomous | adjective (a.) Having many names or titles; polyonymous. |
| polyonymous | adjective (a.) Polyonomous. |
| polyrhizous | adjective (a.) Having numerous roots, or rootlets. |
| polysepalous | adjective (a.) Having the sepals separate from each other. |
| polyspermous | adjective (a.) Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry. |
| polysporous | adjective (a.) Containing many spores. |
| polythalamous | adjective (a.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus. |
| polytocous | adjective (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic. |
| | adjective (a.) Producing many or young. |
| polytomous | adjective (a.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves. |
| pomaceous | adjective (a.) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeae) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc. |
| | adjective (a.) Like pomace. |
| pomiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits. |
| | adjective (a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple. |
| pompelmous | noun (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size. |
| pompous | adjective (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. |
| | adjective (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. |
| ponderous | adjective (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. |
| | adjective (a.) Important; momentous; forcible. |
| | adjective (a.) Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. |
| populous | adjective (a.) Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. |
| | adjective (a.) Popular; famous. |
| | adjective (a.) Common; vulgar. |
| | adjective (a.) Numerous; in large number. |
| porcelaneous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Porcellaneous |
| porcellaneous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells. |
| | adjective (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera. |
| porcelanous | adjective (a.) Alt. of Porcellanous |
| porcellanous | adjective (a.) Porcelaneous. |
| porous | noun (n.) Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood. |
| porphyraceous | adjective (a.) Porphyritic. |
| porpus | noun (n.) A porpoise. |
| porraceous | adjective (a.) Resembling the leek in color; greenish. |
| portentous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous. |
| | adjective (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. |
| portulacaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera. |
| posthumous | adjective (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter. |
| | adjective (a.) Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition. |
| | adjective (a.) Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation. |
| postticous | adjective (a.) Posterior. |
| | adjective (a.) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther. |
| postumous | adjective (a.) See Posthumous. |
