| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| phacoid | adjective | Resembling a lentil; lenticular. |
| phacops | noun | A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species. |
| phaeton | noun | A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses., See Phaethon., A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; — called also Baltimore. |
| phalanx | noun | A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men., Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union., A Fourierite community; a phalanstery., One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode., A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers. |
| phallic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism. |
| phallus | noun | The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways., The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived., A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn. |
| phantom | noun | That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. |
| pharaoh | noun | A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated., See Faro. |
| pharaon | noun | See Pharaoh, 2. |
| pharynx | noun | The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias. |
| phasmid | noun | Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect. |
| phenose | noun | A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose. |
| phialed | imp. & past participle | of Phial |
| philter | noun | A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love., To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught., To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion. |
| phlorol | noun | A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid. |
| phocine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal. |
| phoebus | noun | Apollo; the sun god., The sun. |
| phoenix | noun | Same as Phenix., A genus of palms including the date tree. |
| phonics | noun | See Phonetics. |
| phorone | noun | A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds. |
| photics | noun | The science of light; — a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. |
| phrasal | adjective | Of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb. |
| phrased | imp. & past participle | of Phrase |
| phratry | noun | A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens. |
| phrenic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve. |
| phrensy | noun | Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy., To render frantic. |
| phycite | noun | See Erythrite, 1. |
| phyllo- | A combining form from Gr. / a leaf; as, phyllopod, phyllotaxy. | |
| phymata | plural | of Phyma |
| physics | noun | The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy. |
| phytoid | adjective | Resembling a plant; plantlike. |
| phytons | plural | of Phyton |