Vocabulary : Polyphone to Polyphyletic

Polyphone : A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.
Polyphonic : Having a multiplicity of sounds. ;; Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters. ;; 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 : Polyphony.
Polyphonist : A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. ;; A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Polyphonous : Same as Polyphonic.

Polyphony : Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo. ;; Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign. ;; 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 : A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
Polyphotal : Alt. of Polyphote
Polyphote : Pertaining to or designating arc lamps so constructed that more than one can be used on a single circuit.
Polyphyletic : Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.

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