| polyuria | (noun) renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes | - |
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| polyvalence | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalence, multivalency, polyvalency |
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| (noun) (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism | Synonyms: polyvalency |
| polyvalency | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence |
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| (noun) (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism | Synonyms: polyvalence |
| polyzoa | (noun) marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids | Synonyms: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa |
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| polyzoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss |
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| protoanthropology | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protohistory |
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| realpolitik | (noun) politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations | Synonyms: practical politics |
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| redpoll | (noun) small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump | Synonyms: Carduelis flammea |
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| (noun) small siskin-like finch with a red crown | Synonyms: Carduelis hornemanni |
| ridgepole | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, rooftree |
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| rolypoliness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: chubbiness, pudginess, tubbiness |
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| scopolamine | (noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures | Synonyms: hyoscine |
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| spoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation |
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| (noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence | - |
| tadpole | (noun) a larval frog or toad | Synonyms: polliwog, pollywog |
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| topolatry | (noun) the worship of places | Synonyms: place-worship |
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| topology | (noun) the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions | Synonyms: analysis situs |
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| (noun) the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region | Synonyms: regional anatomy, topographic anatomy |
| (noun) topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography) | - |
| (noun) the configuration of a communication network | Synonyms: network topology |
| trampoline | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling | - |
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| tripoli | (noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing | Synonyms: rottenstone |
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| typology | (noun) classification according to general type | - |
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