6-letter words containing ph
- phiale — a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- phibbi — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- philby — Harold Adrian Russell ("Kim") 1912–1998, British double agent: defected to U.S.S.R. 1963.
- philip — 1293–1350, king of France 1328–50: first ruler of the house of Valois.
- philly — Philadelphia (used as a nickname).
- philo- — indicating a love of
- phlegm — the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
- phloem — the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- phobia — a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
- phobic — of or relating to a phobia or phobias.
- phobos — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- phobus — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- phocis — an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- phocus — An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
- phoebe — Classical Mythology. a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea and mother of Leto, later identified with Artemis and with the Roman goddess Diana.
- pholas — a type of bivalve mollusc that is a member of the genus Pholas and family Pholadidae
- pholus — a large astronomical object, some 2000 km in diameter, discovered in 1991. Its elliptical orbit around the earth, between the orbits of Neptune and Saturn, has a period of 93 years. It has been classified as an asteroid although it lies outside the main asteroid belt
- phonal — a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”.
- phoner — a person making a telephone call
- phoney — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonic — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phono- — indicating a sound or voice
- phonon — a quantum of sound or vibratory elastic energy, being the analogue of a photon of electromagnetic energy.
- phooey — nonsense
- photic — of or relating to light.
- photo- — Photo- is added to nouns and adjectives in order to form other nouns and adjectives which refer or relate to photography, or to light.
- photog — a photographer.
- photon — a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- photos — photograph.
- phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrasy — characterized by the use of many phrases
- phreak — phone phreak.
- phryne — real name Muesarete. 4th century bc, Greek courtesan; lover of Praxiteles and model for Apelles' painting Aphrodite Rising from the Waves
- phuket — an island near the W coast of Thailand. 294 sq. mi. (761 sq. km).
- phwoar — an admiring sound, roughly same as 'cor'; used to denote sexual attraction to another person
- phyco- — seaweed
- phylar — of or relating to a major taxonomic division of living organisms that contain one or more classes
- phyllo — flaky, tissue-thin layers of pastry used in baked desserts and appetizers.
- phylo- — tribe; race; phylum
- phylon — a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.
- phylum — Biology. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan.
- physed — physical education
- physes — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- physic — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physio — physical therapy
- physis — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- phytin — a salt containing calcium and magnesium that is derived from plants and used as a dietary supplement
- phyto- — indicating a plant or vegetation
- phytol — a hydrophobic alcohol, C 2 0 H 4 0 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.