7-letter words containing ph
- phantom — an apparition or specter.
- pharaoh — a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
- pharynx — the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus.
- phaseal — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasing — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasmid — any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- phellem — cork (def 6).
- phenate — a phenic acid salt
- phenoxy — containing the monovalent radical C6H5O, derived from phenol
- phichol — the commander of Abimelech's army. Gen. 26:26.
- phidian — of, associated with, or following the style of Phidias, as exemplified in the Parthenon.
- phidias — c500–432? b.c, Greek sculptor.
- philem. — Philemon
- philips — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- phillip — a male given name.
- phillis — a feminine name
- philol. — philological
- philos. — philosopher
- philter — a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- philtra — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- philtre — philter.
- phineas — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- phineus — a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.
- phisher — to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
- phlebo- — indicating a vein
- phlegmy — of, relating to, or characterized by phlegm.
- phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
- phobist — a person who suffers from an unusual fear or dread of something
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phocion — 402?–317 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- phoenix — a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix. Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz.
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phoneme — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- phonied — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonily — in a phoney manner
- phoning — telephone (def 1).
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phorbol — the parent alcohol, C 2 0 H 2 8 O 6 , of certain carcinogenic compounds in croton oil.
- phorcys — a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- phosph- — phospho-
- photics — the science of light.
- photism — a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- photius — a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.
- photog. — photograph
- phrasal — of, consisting of, or of the nature of a phrase or phrases: phrasal construction.