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.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

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.

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.

The French bean, or kidney bean.

Without a phase, or visible form.

A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.

A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.

Same as Inosite.

A natural family of fowl including the pheasants, quails, and partridges.

The type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants.

Pertaining to phase or differences of phase.

See Phase.

An apparition; a phantom; an appearance.

A natural family consisting of the stick insects.

in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects.

Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmid/, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.

Same as phasmatidae; the stick insects.

One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.

The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.

The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.

Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianid/, found chiefly in Asia.

A place for keeping and rearing pheasants.

See Ph/be.

See 1st Fere.

Fretful excitement.

A layer of green parenchymatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.

The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.

Art of modeling in cork.

A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, once used in medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used because of serious side effects.