Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 53
Philander (n.) (Zool.) A South American opossum ({Didelphys philander).
Philander (n.) (Zool.) An Australian bandicoot ({Perameles lagotis).
Philander (v.) Have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" [syn: philander, womanize, womanise].
Philander (v.) Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash].
Philanderer (n.) One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [R.] -- C. Kingsley.
Philanderer (n.) A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them [syn: womanizer, womaniser, philanderer].
Philanthrope (n.) [F.] A philanthropist. [Obs.] -- R. North.
Philanthropic (a.) 博愛的 Alt. of Philanthropical.
Philanthropic, Philanthropical (a.) Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.
Philanthropic (a.) Generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: {beneficent}, {benevolent}, {eleemosynary}, {philanthropic}].
Philanthropic (a.) Of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy; "a philanthropic society."
Philanthropinism (n.) 泛愛主義 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.
Compare: Advocate
Advocate (n.) [C] 提倡者；擁護者 [（+of）]；辯護者；律師 A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
‘He was an untiring advocate of economic reform.’
Advocate (n.) A person who pleads on someone else's behalf.
‘Care managers can become advocates for their clients.’
Advocate (n.) A pleader in a court of law; a lawyer.
‘Marshall was a skilled advocate but a mediocre judge.’
Advocate (v. t.) 擁護；提倡；主張 [+v-ing] Publicly recommend or support.
‘They advocated an ethical foreign policy.’
Philanthropist (n.) 慈善家 [C] One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others ; especially, a wealthy individual who donates large amounts of money to charitable or philanthropic causes. Opposite of misanthrope.
Compare: Misanthrope
Misanthrope (n.) 厭世者；不願與人來往者 A hater of mankind; a misanthropist. Misanthropic
Misanthrope (n.) Someone who dislikes people in general [syn: misanthrope, misanthropist].
Philanthropist (n.) Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being [syn: philanthropist, altruist].
Philanthropist (n.) A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
Philanthropistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Philanthropy (n.) 博愛；仁慈；慈善；（常複數）慈善行為；慈善事業 Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. -- Jer. Taylor.
Philanthropy (n.) An active effort to promote human welfare; humanitarian activity. in this sense, it is an action, not merely a state of mind.
Philanthropy (n.) An organization whose purpose is to engage in Philanthropy (2), and is supported by funds from one or a small number of wealthy individuals; a type of charity, the source of whose funds is typically from a wealthy individual or a corporation, or a trust fund established by a wealthy individual. It is distinguished from other charitable organizations in that the source of funds of other charities may come from a large number of sources, or from public solicitation.
Philanthropy (n.) Voluntary promotion of human welfare [syn: philanthropy, philanthropic gift].
Philatelic (a.) Of or pertaining to philately.
Philatelic (a.) Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists [syn: philatelic, philatelical].
Philatelist (n.) One versed in philately; one who collects postage stamps, as a hobby or for investment; a stamp collector.
Philatelist (n.) A collector and student of postage stamps [syn: philatelist, stamp collector].
Philately (n.) 集郵；集郵的興趣；（總稱）集郵者 The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
Philately (n.) The collection and study of postage stamps [syn: philately, stamp collecting, stamp collection].
Philately (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) 集郵；郵票研究 The collecting or study of stamps as a hobby.
Philatory (n.) (Eccl.) A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top.
Philauty (n.) [U] Self-love; selfishness, vanity. [Obs.] -- Beaumont.
Philharmonic (a.) Loving harmony or music.
Philharmonic (n.) One who loves harmony or music; also (Colloq.), short for Philharmonic Society, Philharmonic concert, Philharmonic assemblage, or the like.
Philharmonic (a.) Composing or characteristic of an orchestral group; "philharmonic players."
Philharmonic (a.) Devoted to or appreciative of music; "the most philharmonic ear is at times deeply affected by a simple air."
Philharmonic (n.) A large orchestra; can perform symphonies; "we heard the Vienna symphony" [syn: symphony orchestra, symphony, philharmonic].
Philhellene (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. -- Emerson.
Philhellene (a.) Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society" [syn: philhellenic, philhellene, Graecophile, Graecophilic].
Philhellene (n.) An admirer of Greece and everything Greek [syn: philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile].
Philhellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to philhellenism.
Philhellenic (a.) Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society" [syn: philhellenic, philhellene, Graecophile, Graecophilic].
Philhellenism (n.) Love of Greece.
Philhellenism (n.) Admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs.
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. [Scot.]
Compare: Filibeg
Filibeg (n.) Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]
Philip (n.) (Zool.) The European hedge sparrow.
Philip (n.) (Zool.) The house sparrow. Called also phip. [Prov. Eng.]
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.
Philippines (prop. n.) （用作單）菲律賓 An East Asian country occupying the Phillipine Islands.
Syn: Republic of the Philippines.
Philippines (prop. n.) An archipelago off the eastern coast of Asia.
Syn: Philippine Islands.
Philippines (n.) A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 [syn: Philippines, Republic of the Philippines].
Philippines (n.) An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands [syn: Philippines, Philippine Islands].
Philippine Sea (n.) 菲律賓海 The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and northeast of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million square kilometres (2 million square miles). [1] It is located in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean. [2] It is bordered by the Philippine archipelago (Luzon, Catanduanes, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao) on the southwest; Halmahera, Morotai, Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Iwo Jima on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyūshū on the north; the Ryukyu Islands on the northwest; and Taiwan in the west. [3]
The sea has a complex and diverse undersea relief. [4] The floor is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic faults and fracture zones. Island arcs, which are actually extended ridges protruding above the ocean surface due to plate tectonic activity in the area, enclose the Philippine Sea to the north, east and south. The Philippine archipelago, Ryukyu Islands, and the Marianas are examples. Another prominent feature of the Philippine Sea is the presence of deep sea trenches, among them the Philippine Trench and the Mariana Trench, containing the deepest point on the planet.
Philippium (n.) (Chem.) 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.) [See Philippic.] To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
Philister (n.) [G.] 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. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] -- Swift.
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. [Recent] -- M. Arnold.
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. [Recent] -- Carlyle.
Phillipsite (n.) (Min.) 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.) (Chem.) A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
Phillyrea (n.) (Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Phillyrin (n.) (Chem.) 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. [R.] -- Byron.
Philohellenian (n.) A philhellenist.
Philologer (n.) A philologist. -- Burton.
Philologian (n.) A philologist. [R.] Philological
Philological (a.) Alt. of Philologic.
Philologic (a.) Of or pertaining to philology. -- Phil`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Philologist (n.) One versed in philology.
Philologize (v. i.) To study, or make critical comments on, language. -- Evelyn.
Philologue (n.) A philologist. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Philology (n.) Criticism; grammatical learning. [R.] -- Johnson.
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.
Note: Philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, or origin and combination of words; grammar, the construction of sentences, or use of words in language; criticism, the interpretation of authors, the affinities of different languages, and whatever relates to the history or present state of languages. It sometimes includes rhetoric, poetry, history, and antiquities.
Philology (n.) A treatise on the science of language.
Philomath (n.) A lover of learning; a scholar. -- Chesterfield.
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. [Poetic] -- Milton. Cowper.
Philomela (n.) The nightingale; philomel. -- Shak.
Philomela (n.) (Zool.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.
Philomene (n.) The nightingale. [Obs.]
Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] -- Addison.
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. [Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]
Note: One of the ways may be stated as follows: A person finding a nut with two kernels eats one, and gives the other to a person of the opposite sex, and then whichever says philopena first at the next meeting wins the present. The name is also applied to the kernels eaten. Philopolemic
Philopolemic (a.) Alt. of Philopolemical.
Philopolemical (a.) Fond of polemics or controversy. [R.]
Philoprogenitive (a.) Having the love of offspring; fond of children.
Philoprogenitiveness (n.) (Phren.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Philosophate (v. i.) To play the philosopher; to moralize. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Philosophation (n.) Philosophical speculation and discussion. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Petty.
Philosophe (n.) A philosophaster; a philosopher. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Philosopheme (n.) A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning. [R.]
This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme. -- Coleridge.
Philosopher (n.) 哲學家；思想家，學者，賢哲；達觀的人，（逆境中）泰然自若的人 One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. -- Acts xvii. 18.
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. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Philosopher's stone, An imaginary stone which the alchemists formerly sought as the instrument of converting the baser metals into gold. Philosophic
Philosopher (n.) A specialist in philosophy.
Philosopher (n.) A wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity.
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. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Philosophical (a.) Of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; "philosophical writing"; "a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology" [syn: philosophic, philosophical].
Philosophical (a.) Characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment; "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life" [syn: philosophical, philosophic].
Philosophism (n.) 哲學的思索 Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry. -- Carlyle.
Philosophist (n.) 偽哲學家 A pretender in philosophy. Philosophistic
Philosophistic (a.) Alt. of Philosophistical.
Philosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry. [R.]
Philosophized (imp. & p. p.) of Philosophize.
Philosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Philosophize.
Philosophize (v. i.) 以哲學立場研究；理性地思考；空談哲理；膚淺地講大道理 (v. t.) 對……作哲理性闡述 To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well or ill, but philosophize he must. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Philosophize (v.) Reason philosophically [syn: {philosophize}, {philosophise}].
Philosophizer (n.) One who philosophizes.
Philosophizer (n.) Someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view [syn: philosophizer, philosophiser].
Philosophies (n. 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.
Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge, philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when applied to God and the divine government, is called theology; when applied to material objects, it is called physics; when it treats of man, it is called anthropology and psychology, with which are connected logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary
conceptions and relations by which philosophy is possible, it is called metaphysics.
Note: "Philosophy has been defined: -- the science of things divine and human, and the causes in which they are contained; -- the science of effects by their causes; -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the science of things evidently deduced from first principles; -- the science of truths sensible and abstract; -- the application of reason to its legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; -- the science of the original form of the ego, or mental self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the absolute; -- the science of the absolute indifference of the ideal and real." -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Philosophy (n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
[Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie. -- Chaucer.
We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our school. --Locke.
Philosophy (n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.
Then had he spent all his philosophy. -- Chaucer.
Philosophy (n.) Reasoning; argumentation.
Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. -- Milton.
Philosophy (n.) The course of sciences read in the schools. -- Johnson.
Philosophy (n.) A treatise on philosophy.
Philosophy of the Academy, That of Plato, who taught his disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy.
Philosophy of the Garden, () TThat of Epicurus, who taught in a garden in Athens.
Philosophy of the Lyceum, () hat of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the Lyceum at Athens.
Philosophy of the Porch, That of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.
Philosophy (n.) A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism].
Philosophy (n.) The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.
Philosophy (n.) Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it."
Philosophy, () See computer ethics, liar paradox, netiquette, proof.
Philosophy, (n.) A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
Philostorgy (n.) Natural affection, as of parents for their children. [R.] Philotechnic