Philander (n.) A South American opossum (Didelphys philander).
Philander (n.) An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis).
Philanderer (n.) One who hangs about women; a male flirt.
Philanthrope (n.) A philanthropist.
Philanthropic (a.) Alt. of Philanthropical
Philanthropical (a.) Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.
Philanthropinism (n.) A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau.
Philanthropinist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism.
Philanthropist (n.) One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.
Philanthropistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist.
Philanthropy (n.) Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy.
Philatelic (a.) Of or pertaining to philately.
Philatelist (n.) One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps.
Philately (n.) The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
Philatory (n.) A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top.
Philauty (n.) Self-love; selfishness.
Philharmonic (a.) Loving harmony or music.
Philhellene (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.
Philhellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to philhellenism.
Philhellenism (n.) Love of Greece.
Philhellenist (n.) A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.
Philibeg (n.) See Filibeg.
Philip (n.) The European hedge sparrow.
Philip (n.) The house sparrow. Called also phip.
Philippian (a.) Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia.
Philippian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Philippi.
Philippic (n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
Philippic (n.) Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
Philippized (imp. & p. p.) of Philippize
Philippizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philippize
Philippize (v. i.) To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon.
Philippize (v. i.) To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
Philister (n.) A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.
Philistine (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
Philistine (n.) A bailiff.
Philistine (n.) A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
Philistine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
Philistine (a.) Uncultured; commonplace.
Philistinism (n.) The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.
Phillipsite (n.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.
Phillygenin (n.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
Phillyrea (n.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Phillyrin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
Philo- () A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
Philogynist (n.) A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.
Philogyny (n.) Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.
Philohellenian (n.) A philhellenist.
Philologer (n.) A philologist.
Philologian (n.) A philologist.
Philological (a.) Alt. of Philologic
Philologic (a.) Of or pertaining to philology.
Philologist (n.) One versed in philology.
Philologize (v. i.) To study, or make critical comments on, language.
Philologue (n.) A philologist.
Philology (n.) Criticism; grammatical learning.
Philology (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.
Philology (n.) A treatise on the science of language.
Philomath (n.) A lover of learning; a scholar.
Philomathematic (n.) A philomath.
Philomathic (a.) Of or pertaining to philomathy.
Philomathic (a.) Having love of learning or letters.
Philomathy (n.) The love of learning or letters.
Philomel (n.) Same as Philomela, the nightingale.
Philomela (n.) The nightingale; philomel.
Philomela (n.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.
Philomene (n.) The nightingale.
Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf.
Philomusical (a.) Loving music. [R.]Busby.
Philopena (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
Philopolemic (a.) Alt. of Philopolemical
Philopolemical (a.) Fond of polemics or controversy.
Philoprogenitive (a.) Having the love of offspring; fond of children.
Philoprogenitiveness (n.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
Philosophate (v. i.) To play the philosopher; to moralize.
Philosophation (n.) Philosophical speculation and discussion.
Philosophe (n.) A philosophaster; a philosopher.
Philosopheme (n.) A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning.
Philosopher (n.) One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
Philosopher (n.) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.
Philosopher (n.) An alchemist.
Philosophic (a.) Alt. of Philosophical
Philosophical (a.) Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.
Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistical
Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry.
Philosophized (imp. & p. p.) of Philosophize
Philosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philosophize
Philosophize (v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
Philosophizer (n.) One who philosophizes.
Philosophies (pl. ) of Philosophy
Philosophy (n.) Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.
Philosophy (n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
Philosophy (n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.
Philosophy (n.) Reasoning; argumentation.
Philosophy (n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.
Philosophy (n.) A treatise on philosophy.
Philostorgy (n.) Natural affection, as of parents for their children.