| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| phycomater | noun | A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate. |
| phylactery | noun | Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease., A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer., Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed. |
| phyllocyst | noun | The cavity of a hydrophyllium. |
| phyllodium | noun | A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. |
| phyllopoda | noun pl. | An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda. |
| phyllosoma | noun | The larva of the spiny lobsters (Palinurus and allied genera). Its body is remarkably thin, flat, and transparent; the legs are very long. Called also glass-crab, and glass-shrimp. |
| phyllotaxy | noun | Alt. of Phyllotaxis |
| phylloxera | noun | A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe., The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described. |
| physemaria | noun pl. | A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies. |
| physicking | present participle & vb. noun | of Physic, p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t. |
| physically | adverb | In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally., According to the rules of medicine. |
| physiocrat | noun | One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
| physiogeny | noun | The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny. |
| physiogony | noun | The birth of nature. |
| physiology | noun | The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life., A treatise on physiology. |
| physoclist | noun | One of the Physoclisti. |
| physograde | noun | Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia. |
| physostomi | noun pl. | An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others. |
| phytochimy | noun | Phytochemistry. |
| phytolacca | noun | A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed. |
| phytomeron | noun | An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton. |
| phytophaga | noun pl. | A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies. |
| phytophagy | noun | The eating of plants. |