AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
phacellus: one of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
phacolite: a colorless variety of chabazite; the original was from leipa, in bohemia.
phacops: a genus of trilobites found in the silurian and devonian formations. phacops bufo is one of the most common species.
phaeacian: of or pertaining to the phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by homer.
phaenogamia: the class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.
phaeospore: a brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.
phaethon: the son of helios (phoebus), 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 genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.
phaeton: 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.-see phaethon.-a handsome american butterfly (euphydryas, / melitaea, phaeton). the upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also baltimore.
phagedena: a canine appetite; bulimia.-spreading, obstinate ulceration.
phagedenical: of, like, or pertaining to, phagedena; used in the treatment of phagedena; as, a phagedenic ulcer or medicine.-a phagedenic medicine.
phagocyte: a leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.
phainopepla: a small crested passerine bird (phainopepla 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.
phalaenid: any moth of the family phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
phalangal: of or pertaining to the phalanges. see phalanx, 2.
phalanger: any marsupial belonging to phalangista, cuscus, petaurus, and other genera of the family phalangistidae. they are arboreal, and the species of petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. see flying phalanger, under flying.
phalangist: any arboreal marsupial of the genus phalangista. the vulpine phalangist (p. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. it has a large bushy tail.
phalangoidea: 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 tracheae. called also phalangides, phalangidea, phalangiida, and opilionea.
phalansterian: of or pertaining to phalansterianism.-one who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by fourier.
phalansterianism: a system of phalansteries proposed by fourier; fourierism.
phalanstery: an association or community organized on the plan of fourier. see fourierism.-the dwelling house of a fourierite community.
phalanx: 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 body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.-a fourierite community; a phalanstery.-one of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.-a group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
phalarope: any species of phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (grallae), having lobate toes. they are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. called also sea goose.
phallism: the worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.
phallus: the emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.-the penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.-a genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
phanerocodonic: having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.
phanerocrystalline: distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. opposed to cryptocrystalline.
phanerogamia: 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.
phaneroglossal: having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.
phantascope: an optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.
phantasm: 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 mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
phantasmagoria: 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.-the apparatus by which such an effect is produced.-fig.: a medley of figures; illusive images.
phantasmagorial: of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.
phantasmal: pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
phantom: that which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
pharaoh: a title by which the sovereigns of ancient egypt were designated.-see faro.
pharisaical: of or pertaining to the pharisees; resembling the pharisees.-addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal; hypocritical; self-righteous.
pharisaism: the notions, doctrines, and conduct of the pharisees, as a sect.-rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.
pharisee: 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.
pharmaceutical: 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.
pharmaceutist: one skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. see the note under apothecary.
pharmacodynamics: that branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines.
pharmacognosis: that branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy.
pharmacolite: a hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.
pharmacology: knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.-a treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
pharmacopoeia: 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.-a chemical laboratory.
pharmacosiderite: a hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.
pharmacy: 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 place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
pharyngeal: of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.-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.
pharyngobranchial: of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchiae; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. see pharyngeal.-a pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.
pharyngognathi: a division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. it includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.
pharyngolaryngeal: of or pertaining both to pharynx and the larynx.
pharyngopneusta: a group of invertebrates including the tunicata and enteropneusta.
pharyngotomy: 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.
pharynx: 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.
phascolome: a marsupial of the genus phascolomys; a wombat.
phase: that which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.-any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.-a particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. see illust. under moon.-any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
phaseolus: a genus of leguminous plants, including the lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. see bean.
phasmid: any orthopterous insect of the family phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
phassachate: the lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.
phatagin: the long-tailed pangolin (manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.
pheasant: any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus phasianus, and many other genera of the family phasianidae, found chiefly in asia.-the ruffed grouse.
pheese: to comb; also, to beat; to worry.-fretful excitement.
phelloderm: a layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
phenacite: a glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem.  it is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.
phenakistoscope: a revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. it is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
phenanthrene: a complex hydrocarbon, c14h10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.
phenanthridine: a nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, c13h9n, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.
phenanthroline: either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, c12h8n2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.
phenetol: the ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, c6h5.o.c2h5.
phenic: of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.
phenicine: a purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.-a coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.
phenix: a bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes.  hence, an emblem of immortality.-a southern constellation.-a marvelous person or thing.
phenogamous: same as phaenogamian, phaenogamic, etc.
phenol: a white or pinkish crystalline substance, c6h5oh, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.-any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
phenomenal: relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.
phenomenon: an appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.-that which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
phenose: a sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.
phenyl: a hydrocarbon radical (c6h5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.
phenylamine: any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.
phenylene: a hypothetic radical (c6h4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.
pheon: a bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
phial: a glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.-to put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
philadelphian: of or pertaining to ptolemy philadelphus, or to one of the cities named philadelphia, esp. the modern city in pennsylvania.-a native or an inhabitant of philadelphia.-one of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the family of love.
philander: to make love to women; to play the male flirt.-a lover.-a south american opossum (didelphys philander).-an australian bandicoot (perameles lagotis).
philanthropical: of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.
philanthropinism: a system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in germany in the last century by basedow, of dessau.
philanthropist: one who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.
philanthropy: love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy.
philhellene: a friend of greece, or of the greeks; a philhellenist.
philhellenist: a friend of greece; one who supports the cause of the greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the turks; a philhellene.
philippian: of or pertaining to philippi, a city of ancient macedonia.-a native or an inhabitant of philippi.
philippic: any one of the series of famous orations of demosthenes, the grecian orator, denouncing philip, king of macedon.-hence: any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
philippium: a rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
philippize: to support or advocate the cause of philip of macedon.-to write or speak in the style of a philippic.
philister: a philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in german universities.
philistine: a native or an inhabitant of ancient philistia, a coast region of southern palestine.-a bailiff.-a person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.-of or pertaining to the philistines.-uncultured; commonplace.
philistinism: the condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called philistines. see philistine, 3.
phillipsite: a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.
phillygenin: a pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
phillyrea: a genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
phillyrin: a glucoside extracted from phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. it is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
philo-: a combining form from gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
philogynist: a lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.
philogyny: fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.
philology: criticism; grammatical learning.-the study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.-a treatise on the science of language.
philomathic: of or pertaining to philomathy.-having love of learning or letters.
philomela: the nightingale; philomel.-a genus of birds including the nightingales.
philopena: a present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
philosopher: one who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.-one who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.-an alchemist.
philosophical: of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.
philosophize: to reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
philosophy: literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.-a particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.-practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.-reasoning; argumentation.-the course of sciences read in the schools.-a treatise on philosophy.
philter: a potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.-to impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught.-to charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
phimosis: a condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.
phlebogram: a tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.
phlebolith: a small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.
phlebotomy: the act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
phlegm: one of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. see humor.-viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.-a watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.-sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
phlegmatic: watery.-abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.-generating or causing phlegm.-not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
phlegmonous: having the nature or properties of phlegmon; as, phlegmonous pneumonia.
phleum: a genus of grasses, including the timothy (phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass.
phloem: that portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
phlogistic: of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence.-inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.
phlogisticate: to combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
phlogiston: the hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by stahl as a chemical element.
phlogopite: a kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. it is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. it is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. see mica.
phloramine: a basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.
phloretic: pertaining to, or derived from, or designating, an organic acid obtained by the decomposition of phloretin.
phloretin: a bitter white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phlorizin, and formerly used to some extent as a substitute for quinine.
phlorizin: a bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc.
phloroglucin: a sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. it belongs to the class of phenols. [called also phloroglucinol.]
phlorol: a liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid.
phlorone: a yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also xyloquinone.
phlox: a genus of american herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
phlyctenular: characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.
phoca: a genus of seals. it includes the common harbor seal and allied species. see seal.
phocenic: of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
phocodontia: a group of extinct carnivorous whales. their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. it includes squalodon and allied genera.
pholas: any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus pholas, or family pholadidae. they bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
phonation: the act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
phonautograph: an instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. it consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. a stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.
phoneidoscope: an instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. it consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
phonetic: of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.-representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
phonetics: the doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.-the art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
phonetist: one versed in phonetics; a phonologist.-one who advocates a phonetic spelling.
phono-: a combining form from gr. / sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology.
phonogram: a letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.-a record of sounds made by a phonograph.