Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 54
Philotechnic (a.) Alt. of Philotechnical.
Philotechnical (a.) Fond of the arts. [R.]
Philter (n.) A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love. [Written also philtre.] -- Addison.
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. -- Gov. of Tongue.
Philter (n.) A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it [syn: philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre].
Phimosis (n.) (Med.) 【醫】包莖，包皮過長 A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.
Phimosis (n.) An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans.
Phitoness (n.) Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]
Phizes (n. pl. ) of Phiz.
Phiz (n.) The face or visage. [Colloq.] -- Cowper.
Phlebitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of a vein.
Phlebitis (n.) Inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs).
Phlebogram (n.) (Physiol.) A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse. Phlebolite
Phlebogram (n.) An X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium [syn: venogram, phlebogram].
Phlebolite (n.) Alt. of Phlebolith.
Phlebolith (n.) (Med.) A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.
Phlebology (n.) A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.
Phlebotomist (n.) (Med.) One who practiced phlebotomy.
Phlebotomist (n.) Someone who practices 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. [R.] -- Howell.
Phlebotomy (n.) (Med.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
Phlebotomy (n.) Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis [syn: venesection, phlebotomy].
Phlegm (n.) One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor. -- Arbuthnot.
Phlegm (n.) (Physiol.) Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
Phlegm (n.) (Old Chem.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor. -- Crabb.
Phlegm (n.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
They judge with fury, but they write with phlegm. -- Pope.
Phlegm (n.) Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality].
Phlegm (n.) Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness [syn: phlegm, sputum].
Phlegm (n.) Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness].
Phlegmagogue (n.) (Old Med.) A medicine supposed to expel phlegm.
Phlegmasia (n.) (Med.) An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs.
Phlegmasia dolens [NL.], Milk leg.
Phlegmatic (a.) Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." -- Sir I. Newton.
Phlegmatic (a.) Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. -- Harvey.
Phlegmatic (a.) Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." -- Sir T. Browne.
Phlegmatic (a.) Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. -- Addison.
Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), Lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.
Phlegmatic (a.) Showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical].
Phlegmatical (a.) Phlegmatic. -- Ash.
Phlegmatical (a.) Showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical].
Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner.
Phlegmatically (adv.) In a phlegmatic manner; "he accepted the decision phlegmatically".
Phlegmaticly (a.) Phlegmatically. [Obs.]
Phlegmon (n.) (Med.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
Phlegmonous (a.) Having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia. -- Harvey.
Phleme (n.) (Surg. & Far.) See Fleam.
Phleum (prop. n.) (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass. -- Gray.
Phleum (n.) Grasses native to temperate regions [syn: Phleum, genus Phleum].
Phloem (n.) (Bot.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
Phloem (n.) (Botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes [syn: phloem, bast].
Phlogistian (n.) A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
Phlogistic (a.) (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.
Phlogistic (a.) (Med.) 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.) (Old Chem.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
Phlogistication (n.) (Old Chem.) The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
Phlogiston (n.) (Old Chem.) The former hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element; it is now known to be nonexistent.
Note: This was supposed to be united with combustible (phlogisticated) bodies and to be separated from incombustible (dephlogisticated) bodies, the phenomena of flame and burning being the escape of phlogiston. Soot and sulphur were regarded as nearly pure phlogiston. The essential principle of this theory was, that combustion was a decomposition rather than the union and combination which it has since been shown to be. This theory is now discredited and superseded by the theory of chemical reaction between oxidizable substances and oxidants as an explanation of combustion.
Phlogiston (n.) A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.
Phlogogenous (a.) (Med.) Causing inflammation.
Phlogopite (n.) (Min.) 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.
Compare: Mica
Mica (n.) (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
Note: The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
Mica diorite (Min.), An eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
Mica powder, A kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica.
Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), A schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
Phlogopite (n.) A brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum.
Phlogosis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.
Phlogotic (n.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to phlogisis.
Phloramine (n.) (Chem.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.
Phloretic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
Phloretin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
Phlorizin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc. [Formerly also written phloridzin.]
Phloroglucin (n.) (Chem.) 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.) (Chem.) A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.
Phlorone (n.) (Chem.) 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.) (Bot.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
Phlox worm (Zool.), The larva of an American moth ({Heliothis phloxiphaga). It is destructive to phloxes.
Phlox subulata, The moss pink. See under Moss.
Phlox (n.) Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers.
Phlyctenular (a.) (Med.) Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.
Phoca (n.) (Zool.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.
Phoca (n.) Type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals [syn: Phoca, genus Phoca].
Phocacean (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Phoca; a seal.
Phocal (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to seals.
Phocenic (a.) (Chem.) 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. -- Watts.
Phocenin (n.) (Chem.) See Delphin.
Compare: Delphin
Delphin, (n.) (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Phocine (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.
Phocine (a.) Of or relating to seals.
Phocodont (n.) (Zool.) One of the Phocodontia.
Phocodontia (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
Compare: Pewee
Pewee (n.) [So called from its note.] (Zool.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[oe]be, or Sayornis fuscus). Called also pewit, and ph[oe]be.
Pewee (n.) The woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Wood pewee (Zool.), A bird ({Contopus virens"> Wood pewee (Zool.), a bird ({Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.
Phoebe (n.) (Zool.) The pewee, or pewit.
Phoebe (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe].
Phoebe (n.) (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon.
Phoebe (n.) Small dun-colored North American flycatcher [syn: phoebe, phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe].
Phoebus (n.) (Class. Myth.) Apollo; the sun god.
Phoebus (n.) The sun. "Ph[oe]bus 'gins arise." -- Shak.
Phoebus (n.) (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis [syn: Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo].
Phoenician (a.) Of or pertaining to Phoenica. -- prop
Phoenician (n.) A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.
Phoenician (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants.
Phoenician (n.) A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C..
Phoenician (n.) The extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world.
Phoenicious (a.) See Phenicious.
Phoenicopterus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.
Compare: Phenix
Phenix (n.; pl. Phenixes.) [Written also ph[oe]nix.] (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
Phenix (n.; pl. Phenixes.) (Astron.) A southern constellation.
Phenix (n.) A marvelous person or thing. [R.] -- Latimer.
Phenix (n.) A person or thing that suffered destruction or defeat and was restored to its former state.
To rise like a phoenix, to resume an endeavor after an apparently final defeat.
Phoenix (n.) Same as Phenix. -- Shak.
Phoenix (n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
Pholad (n.) Any species of Pholas.
Pholadean (n.) Pholad.
Pholades (n. 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.
Phonetic spelling, Spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
Phonetic (a.) Of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" [syn: phonetic, phonic].
Phonetic (a.) Of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; "phonetic analysis".
Phonetically (adv.) In a phonetic manner.
Phonetically (adv.) By phonetics; "phonetically realized".
Phonetician (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
Phonetician (n.) A specialist in phonetics.
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.
Phonetics (n.) The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.
Phonetism (n.) The science which treats of vocal sounds. -- J. Peile.
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. -- Lowell.
Phongsali or Phongsaly (n.) 豐沙里是寮國的城鎮，也是豐沙里省的首府，位於該國北部，海拔高度約1,430米，該鎮沒有在越南戰爭中遭到破壞，2010人口估計為15,083。
Is the capital of Phongsali Province, Laos. It is the northernmost among provincial capitals in Laos opposite Attapeu in the south. The town has about 6,000 inhabitants and is located at approximately 1,430 meters on the slopes of Mount Phu Fa (1,625 meters). Phongsali has pleasant summer temperatures around 25-30 °C, but it has frequent rain. In winter from November to March it is, however, fairly cool, with daytime temperatures between 10-18 °C, but still mostly sunny.
Phonic (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. -- Tyndall.
Phonic (a.) Pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading.
Phonic (a.) Relating to speech.
Phonic (a.) Of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" [syn: phonetic, phonic].
Phonics (n.) Same as Phonetics.
Phonics (n.) A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to whole language method and sentence method.
Phonics (n.) Teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values.