10-letter words starting with ph
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phagedaena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phagomania — a compulsive desire to eat
- phalangeal — of or relating to a phalanx.
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phalloidin — a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- pharisaism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- phd thesis — a research thesis written and submitted by a student wishing to be awarded a PhD
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phelloderm — a layer of parenchyma produced inwardly by the cork cambium; an inner secondary cortex of the cork cambium.
- phenacaine — a compound, C 1 8 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , usually used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic for the eye.
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- phenelzine — a potent monoamine oxidase inhibitor, C 8 H 1 2 N 2 , used to treat certain kinds of depression.
- phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenol red — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenomenal — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenon — a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philip iii — 1578–1621, king of Spain 1598–1621 (son of Philip II of Spain).
- philippian — a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 b.c.; the site of one of the first Christian churches in Europe, founded by St. Paul.
- philippics — any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century b.c., against Philip, king of Macedon.
- philippina — a German custom in which nuts containing two kernels are saved and one of these double kernels (called a philippina) is given to a person of the opposite sex. The next time the two people meet, the first one who calls 'philippina' must be bought a present (also called a philippina) by the other
- philippine — of or relating to the Philippines or their inhabitants; Filipino.
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
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