Name Report For First Name POLYDORUS:

POLYDORUS

First name POLYDORUS's origin is Greek. POLYDORUS means "myth name (son of priam)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with POLYDORUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of polydorus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with POLYDORUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with POLYDORUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming POLYDORUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES POLYDORUS AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 8 Letters (olydorus) - Names That Ends with olydorus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (lydorus) - Names That Ends with lydorus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (ydorus) - Names That Ends with ydorus:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (dorus) - Names That Ends with dorus:

theodorus

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (orus) - Names That Ends with orus:

horus seorus archemorus florus

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rus) - Names That Ends with rus:

butrus peredurus ondrus brus abderus cerberus cyrus eurus icarus irus pandarus zephyrus ambrus jairus lazarus tyrus homerus petrus

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:

el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus britomartus luxovious nemausus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius darius aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius senapus marcus alemannus klaus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus amycus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous aristaeus ascalaphus asopus atreus autolycus avernus boethius briareus

NAMES RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 8 Letters (polydoru) - Names That Begins with polydoru:

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (polydor) - Names That Begins with polydor:

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (polydo) - Names That Begins with polydo:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (polyd) - Names That Begins with polyd:

polydamas polydeuces

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (poly) - Names That Begins with poly:

polycarp polyeidus polyhymnia polymestor polynices polyphemus polyxena

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (pol) - Names That Begins with pol:

pol polak poldi polikwaptiwa polites poll pollock pollux polly poloma

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (po) - Names That Begins with po:

podarge pomeroy pommelraie pommeraie ponce poni pontus poppy porfirio porfiro porrex porsche porter porteur portia portier posala poseidon poston poul powaqa powell powwaw

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS:

First Names which starts with 'poly' and ends with 'orus':

First Names which starts with 'pol' and ends with 'rus':

First Names which starts with 'po' and ends with 'us':

First Names which starts with 'p' and ends with 's':

palamedes palomydes palsmedes panagiotis pancratius pandareos paris parkins parmis parthenios patroclus pegasus peisistratus peleus pelias pelleas pelles pelops peneus pentheus peredwus pericles perkins perris perseus persis persius phantasos phelps phemius pheobus philips phillips phillis philoctetes philoetius phineas phinees phineus phorbas phorbus phorcys phrixus phylis phyllis piaras piers pinochos pirithous pittheus pityocamptes pius plexippus plutus prasutagus prentiss priapus procrustes proinsias prokopios prometheus protesilaus proteus pslomydes psusennes pules pylades pyramus pyrrhus

English Words Rhyming POLYDORUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES POLYDORUS AS A WHOLE:



ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (olydorus) - English Words That Ends with olydorus:



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Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (orus) - English Words That Ends with orus:


bosporusnoun (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.

chorusnoun (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
 noun (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
 noun (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
 noun (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
 noun (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
 noun (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
 noun (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
 verb (v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

corchorusnoun (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

cryophorusnoun (n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.

electrophorusnoun (n.) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.

morusnoun (n.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.

phosphorusnoun (n.) The morning star; Phosphor.
 noun (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
 noun (n.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.

polyporusnoun (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.

pylorusnoun (n.) The opening from the stomach into the intestine.
 noun (n.) A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates.

pyrophorusnoun (n.) Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.

pelorusnoun (n.) An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp. such as cannot be taken by the compass.

semichorusnoun (n.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.

sorusnoun (n.) One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
 noun (n.) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant.
 noun (n.) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.

torusnoun (n.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding.
 noun (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.
 noun (n.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.
 noun (n.) See 3d Tore, 2.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rus) - English Words That Ends with rus:


acarusnoun (n.) A genus including many species of small mites.

arcturusnoun (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.

birrusnoun (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

brontosaurusnoun (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

camarasaurusnoun (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae.

carusnoun (n.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

ceratosaurusnoun (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

cerberusnoun (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
 noun (n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

churrusnoun (n.) A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.

cirrusnoun (n.) A tendril or clasper.
 noun (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
 noun (n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
 noun (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
 noun (n.) See under Cloud.

citrusnoun (n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

coenurusnoun (n.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

crusnoun (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
 noun (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

cyperusnoun (n.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.

cyprusnoun (n.) A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning.

elasmosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

eosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

eurusnoun (n.) The east wind.

eurypterusnoun (n.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

gyrusnoun (n.) A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

hadrosaurusnoun (n.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

hesperusnoun (n.) Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
 noun (n.) Evening.

homarusnoun (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.

humerusnoun (n.) The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
 noun (n.) The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

hydrusnoun (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

hylaeosaurusnoun (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines.

ichthyosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.

icterusadjective (a.) The jaundice.

jeterusnoun (n.) A yellowness of the parts of plants which are normally green; yellows.

labrusnoun (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

laurusnoun (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.

malapterurusnoun (n.) A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.

mastodonsaurusnoun (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.

megalosaurusnoun (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

merusnoun (n.) See Meros.

morosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

mosasaurusnoun (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.

mososaurusnoun (n.) Same as Mosasaurus.

oestrusnoun (n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
 noun (n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.

paleosaurusnoun (n.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

palinurusnoun (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

papyrusnoun (n.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
 noun (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
 noun (n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

pentamerusnoun (n.) A genus of extinct Paleozoic brachiopods, often very abundant in the Upper Silurian.

phoenicopterusnoun (n.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.

pleiosaurusnoun (n.) Same as Pliosaurus.

plesiosaurusnoun (n.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.

pliosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.

polypterusnoun (n.) An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.

proterosaurusnoun (n.) An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also Protosaurus.

protopterusnoun (n.) See Komtok.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (polydoru) - Words That Begins with polydoru:



Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (polydor) - Words That Begins with polydor:



Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (polydo) - Words That Begins with polydo:



Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (polyd) - Words That Begins with polyd:


polydactylismnoun (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

polydipsianoun (n.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (poly) - Words That Begins with poly:


polynoun (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.

polyacidadjective (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.

polyacousticnoun (n.) A polyacoustic instrument.
 adjective (a.) Multiplying or magnifying sound.

polyacousticsnoun (n.) The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.

polyacronnoun (n.) A solid having many summits or angular points; a polyhedron.

polyactinianoun (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.

polyadelphianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments.

polyadelphianadjective (a.) Alt. of Polyadelphous

polyadelphousadjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

polyandrianoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

polyandrianadjective (a.) Polyandrous.

polyandricadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males.

polyandrousadjective (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

polyandrynoun (n.) The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.

polyanthusnoun (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.

polyarchistnoun (n.) One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist.

polyarchynoun (n.) A government by many persons, of whatever order or class.

polyatomicadjective (a.) Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.
 adjective (a.) Having a valence greater than one.

polyautographynoun (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.

polybasicadjective (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.

polybasitenoun (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic.

polybranchianoun (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata including those which have numerous branchiae on the back.

polybromidenoun (n.) A bromide containing more than one atom of bromine in the molecule.

polycarpellaryadjective (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.

polycarpicadjective (a.) Alt. of Polycarpous

polycarpousadjective (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year.
 adjective (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.

polychaetanoun (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.

polychloridenoun (n.) A chloride containing more than one atom of chlorine in the molecule.

polychoeranynoun (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules.

polychordnoun (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.

polychrestnoun (n.) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.

polychroismnoun (n.) Same as Pleochroism.

polychroitenoun (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.

polychromatenoun (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.

polychromaticadjective (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.

polychromenoun (n.) Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.
 adjective (a.) Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.

polychromicadjective (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.

polychromousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic.

polychromynoun (n.) The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.

polychroniousadjective (a.) Enduring through a long time; chronic.

polyclinicnoun (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.

polyconicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones.

polycotyledonnoun (n.) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed.

polycotyledonaryadjective (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.

polycracynoun (n.) Government by many rulers; polyarchy.

polycroticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism; as, a polycrotic pulse; a polycrotic pulse curve.

polycrotismnoun (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.

polycystidnoun (n.) One of the Polycystidea.
 noun (n.) One of the Polycystina.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina.

polycystideanoun (n. pl.) A division of Gregarinae including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body.

polycystinanoun (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:


polaccanoun (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.

polacknoun (n.) A Polander.

polacrenoun (n.) Same as Polacca, 1.

polandernoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.

polarnoun (n.) The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coordinates.

polarchynoun (n.) See Polyarchy.

polaricadjective (a.) See Polar.

polarimeternoun (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.

polarimetrynoun (n.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

polarisnoun (n.) The polestar. See North star, under North.

polariscopenoun (n.) An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

polariscopicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.

polariscopynoun (n.) The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.

polaristicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

polaritynoun (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc.
 noun (n.) A property of the conic sections by virtue of which a given point determines a corresponding right line and a given right line determines a corresponding point. See Polar, n.

polarizableadjective (a.) Susceptible of polarization.

polarizationnoun (n.) The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.
 noun (n.) A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions.
 noun (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell.

polarizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polarize

polarizernoun (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

polaryadjective (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.

polatouchenoun (n.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.

poldernoun (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.

poldwaynoun (n.) A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks.

polenoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
 noun (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
 noun (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.
 noun (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
 noun (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.
 noun (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.
 noun (n.) The firmament; the sky.
 noun (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.
 verb (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
 verb (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
 verb (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

polingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pole
 noun (n.) The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.
 noun (n.) The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
 noun (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.

poleaxnoun (n.) Alt. of Poleaxe

poleaxenoun (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.

polecatnoun (n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
 noun (n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.

poledavynoun (n.) A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.

polelessadjective (a.) Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.

polemarchnoun (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.

polemicnoun (n.) One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
 noun (n.) A polemic argument or controversy.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
 adjective (a.) Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.

polemicaladjective (a.) Polemic; controversial; disputatious.

polemicistnoun (n.) A polemic.

polemicsnoun (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.

polemistnoun (n.) A polemic.

polemoniaceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.

polemoniumnoun (n.) A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.

polemoscopenoun (n.) An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass.

polemynoun (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition.

polentanoun (n.) Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

polernoun (n.) One who poles.
 noun (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

polestarnoun (n.) Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.
 noun (n.) A guide or director.

polewignoun (n.) The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait.

poleynoun (n.) See Poly.
 adjective (a.) Without horns; polled.

polianitenoun (n.) Manganese dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.

policateadjective (a.) Same as Pollicate.

policenoun (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
 noun (n.) That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.
 noun (n.) The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.
 noun (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
 noun (n.) The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state / a camp as to cleanliness.
 verb (v. t.) To keep in order by police.
 verb (v. t.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH POLYDORUS:

English Words which starts with 'poly' and ends with 'orus':



English Words which starts with 'pol' and ends with 'rus':



English Words which starts with 'po' and ends with 'us':

podagrousadjective (a.) Gouty; podagric.

podocephalousadjective (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.

podophthalmousadjective (a.) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.

podophyllousadjective (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.

poikilothermousadjective (a.) Poikilothermal.

poisonousadjective (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

pollenariousadjective (a.) Consisting of meal or pollen.

polleniferousadjective (a.) Producing pollen; polliniferous.

polliniferousadjective (a.) Producing pollen; polleniferous.

polyedrousadjective (a.) See Polyhedral.

polygalaceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceae) of which Polygala is the type.

polygamousadjective (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.

polygenousadjective (a.) Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain.

polyglottousadjective (a.) Speaking many languages; polyglot.

polygonaceousadjective (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.

polygonousadjective (a.) Polygonal.

polygordiusnoun (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.

polygynousadjective (a.) Having many styles; belonging to the order Polygynia.

polyhedrousadjective (a.) Polyhedral.

polymeniscousadjective (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

polymerousadjective (a.) Having many parts or members in each set.
 adjective (a.) Polymeric.

polymorphousadjective (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.

polymyodousadjective (a.) Polymyoid.

polyommatousadjective (a.) Having many eyes.

polyonomousadjective (a.) Having many names or titles; polyonymous.

polyonymousadjective (a.) Polyonomous.

polyparousadjective (a.) Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.

polypetalousadjective (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.

polyphagousadjective (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.

polyphemusnoun (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.

polyphonousadjective (a.) Same as Polyphonic.

polyphyllousadjective (a.) Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.

polypiferousadjective (a.) Bearing polyps, or polypites.

polypiparousadjective (a.) Producing polyps.

polyporousadjective (a.) Having many pores.

polypousadjective (a.) Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus.

polypusnoun (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.

polyrhizousadjective (a.) Having numerous roots, or rootlets.

polysepalousadjective (a.) Having the sepals separate from each other.

polyspermousadjective (a.) Containing many seeds; as, a polyspermous capsule or berry.

polysporousadjective (a.) Containing many spores.

polythalamousadjective (a.) Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

polytocousadjective (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.
 adjective (a.) Producing many or young.

polytomousadjective (a.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves.

pomaceousadjective (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.

pomiferousadjective (a.) Bearing pomes, or applelike fruits.
 adjective (a.) Bearing fruits, or excrescences, more or less resembling an apple.

pompelmousnoun (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

pompousadjective (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
 adjective (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.

ponderousadjective (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.

populousadjective (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.

porcelaneousadjective (a.) Alt. of Porcellaneous

porcellaneousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.
 adjective (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.

porcelanousadjective (a.) Alt. of Porcellanous

porcellanousadjective (a.) Porcelaneous.

porousnoun (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.

porphyraceousadjective (a.) Porphyritic.

porpusnoun (n.) A porpoise.

porraceousadjective (a.) Resembling the leek in color; greenish.

portentousadjective (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.

portulacaceousadjective (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.

posthumousadjective (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.

postticousadjective (a.) Posterior.
 adjective (a.) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.

postumousadjective (a.) See Posthumous.