A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark. In 2001 it was superseded by the euro.

A scholastic degree awarded for study beyond college; the Doctorate degree in Philosophy. In America it is usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the doctorate is the highest degree awarded by a graduate school, and is awarded in other fields, such as Doctor of Arts. The Ph.D. is broadly applicable, as in most fields of science and technology; -- the term philosophy being derived from an earlier label for experimental science as Natural Philosophy.

One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

The wart hog.

Resembling a lentil; lenticular.

A colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from Leipa, in Bohemia.

A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations. Phacops bufo is one of the most common species.

Of or pertaining to the Ph/acians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.

Any plant of the class Ph/nogamia .

The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.

Same as Ph/nogamous.

Having true flowers with distinct floral organs; flowering.

See Phenomenon.

A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Ph/ospore/) of dark green or olive-colored alg/.

The son of Helios (Ph/bus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.

A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.

A canine appetite; bulimia. Spreading, obstinate ulceration.

Of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine. A phagedenic medicine.

Phagedenic.

A leucocyte which plays a part in immunity and retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, foreign objects such as bacteria or cellular parts to be removed. There are two principle subtypes, (1) microphages, polymorphonuclear lymphocytes which principally digest bacteria; and (2) macrophages, mononucleated cells which primarily scavenge dead tissue and degenerate cells.

A small crested passerine bird (Pha/nopepla nitens), native of Mexico and the Southern United States. The adult male is of a uniform glossy blue-black; the female is brownish. Called also black flycatcher.

An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

A linn/an genus which included the moths in general.

Any moth of the family Phal/nid/, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.

A genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia.

Of or pertaining to the phalanges. See Phalanx, 2.

Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistid/. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

pl. of Phalanx.

Phalangeal.

One of the Phalangoidea.

Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea.

Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (Phalangista vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

Same as Phalangist.

A soldier belonging to a phalanx.

A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache/. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea.

A phalanstery.

One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.

A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.

An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grall/), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose.

A natural family of birds, consisting of the phalaropes.

The type genus of the Phalaropidae: the phalaropes.

A natural family of fungi consisting of the true stinkhorns.

An order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in the subclass Homobasidiomycetes.

Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.

See Phallism.

The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.

The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.

One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

See Fane.

Evident; visible.

Same as Acraspeda.

Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.

Same as Saurur/.

That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

Phanerogamous.

Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.

An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

A phantasm.

An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.

Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial.

See Phantasmagoria.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.

See Phantascope.

Phantasmal.

A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.

See Fantastic.

See Fantasy, and Fancy.

Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.

Phantasmal.

A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.

See Pharaoh, 2.

Of or pertaining to the Pharaohs, or kings of ancient Egypt.

A beacon tower; a lighthouse.

Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees.

The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect.

Following the practice of Pharisees; Pharisaic.

One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.

See Pharisaism.

Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharmaceutical preparations.

The science of preparing medicines.

One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmacist; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist; an apothecary.

That branch of pharmacology which treats of the action and the effects of medicines in the body, and also their distribution in various bodily tissues over time, and their breakdown and excretion.

That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- usually called pharmacognosy, and also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.

Pharmacognosis.

See Pharmacognosis.

A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.

One skilled in pharmacology.

The science dealing with knowledge of the preparation, use, and effects of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

See Pharmacognosis.

A medicine or drug; also, a poison.

A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.

One who sells medicines; an apothecary.

A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.

The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.

A pharos; a lighthouse.

The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.

A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

Pharyngeal.

A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.

Inflammation of the pharynx.

Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchi/; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal. A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.

Same as Leptocardia.

A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.

Of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx.

A group of invertebrates including the Tunicata and Enteropneusta.

An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc.

The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage. Scarification or incision of the tonsils.

The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

A genus of animals consisting of the koalas.

A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.

To disturb the composure of; to disconcert; to nonplus; -- an older spelling, now replaced by faze.

To begin an activity or to incorporate new elements or replace older elements of an activity in steps, or by degrees.

To halt (an activity) in steps, or gradually; as, to phase out use of 386-based PC's.