Philotechnic (a.) Alt. of Philotechnical
Philotechnical (a.) Fond of the arts.
Philter (n.) A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.
Philtered (imp. & p. p.) of Philter
Philtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philter
Philter (v. t.) To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught.
Philter (v. t.) To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
Phimosis (n.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.
Phitoness (n.) Pythoness; witch.
Phizes (pl. ) of Phiz
Phiz (n.) The face or visage.
Phlebitis (n.) Inflammation of a vein.
Phlebogram (n.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.
Phlebolite (n.) Alt. of Phlebolith
Phlebolith (n.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.
Phlebology (n.) A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.
Phlebotomist (n.) One who practiced phlebotomy.
Phlebotomized (imp. & p. p.) of Phlebotomize
Phlebotomizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phlebotomize
Phlebotomize (v. t.) To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed.
Phlebotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
Phlegm (a.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Phlegm (a.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Phlegm (a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Phlegmagogue (n.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Phlegmasia (n.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs.
Phlegmatic (a.) Watery.
Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm.
Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic.
Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.
Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically.
Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.
Phleme (n.) See Fleam.
Phleum (n.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.
Phloem (n.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
Phlogistian (n.) A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
Phlogistic (a.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.
Phlogistic (a.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
Phlogistical (a.) Phlogistic.
Phlogisticated (imp. & p. p.) of Phlogisticate
Phlogisticating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Phlogisticate
Phlogisticate (v. t.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
Phlogistication (n.) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
Phlogiston (n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.
Phlogogenous (a.) Causing inflammation.
Phlogopite (n.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica.
Phlogosis (n.) Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.
Phlogotic (n.) Of or pertaining to phlogisis.
Phloramine (n.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.
Phloretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
Phloretin (n.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
Phlorizin (n.) A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.
Phloroglucin (n.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]
Phlorol (n.) A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.
Phlorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also xyloquinone.
Phlox (n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
Phlyctenular (a.) Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.
Phoca (n.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.
Phocacean (n.) Any species of Phoca; a seal.
Phocal (a.) Pertaining to seals.
Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
Phocenin (n.) See Delphin.
Phocine (a.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.
Phocodont (n.) One of the Phocodontia.
Phocodontia (n. pl.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
Phoebe (n.) The pewee, or pewit.
Phoebus (n.) Apollo; the sun god.
Phoebus (n.) The sun.
Phoenician (a.) Of or pertaining to Phoenica.
Phoenician (n.) A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.
Phoenicious (a.) See Phenicious.
Phoenicopterus (n.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.
Phoenix (n.) Same as Phenix.
Phoenix (n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
Pholad (n.) Any species of Pholas.
Pholadean (n.) Pholad.
Pholades (pl. ) of Pholas
Pholas (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
Phonal (a.) Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure.
Phonascetics (n.) Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.
Phonation (n.) The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
Phonautograph (n.) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.
Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
Phonetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
Phonetic (a.) Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phonetically (adv.) In a phonetic manner.
Phonetician (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
Phonetics (n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
Phonetics (n.) The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
Phonetism (n.) The science which treats of vocal sounds.
Phonetist (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
Phonetization (n.) The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
Phonetize (v. t.) To represent by phonetic signs.
Phonic (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.
Phonics (n.) See Phonetics.