phantom
A ghost or apparition.
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
Short for phantom power

phantoms
plural of phantom

phantomships
plural of phantomship

pharao
Alternative form of pharaoh.

pharaoh
The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
The card game faro.

pharaohs
plural of pharaoh

pharaon
Archaic form of pharaoh.

pharaons
plural of pharaon

pharaos
plural of pharao

pharmacobezoar
A bezoar comprising undigested medications and their vehicles, such as capsule casings and tablets; such bezoars can form in people with disrupted digestion, polypharmacy, or both.

pharmacobezoars
plural of pharmacobezoar

pharoah
Misspelling of pharaoh.

pharoahs
Misspelling of pharaohs.

phenalenone
A tricyclic aromatic ketone having a carbonyl group in the cyclohexene ring of phenalene

phenalenones
plural of phenalenone

phenethylamide
A derivative of phenethylamine and a carboxylic acid.

phenethylamides
plural of phenethylamide

phenone
Any aromatic ketone containing a phenyl group directly attached to the carbonyl group

phenones
plural of phenone

phenylcarbodiimide
Any phenyl derivative of a carbodiimide

phenylcarbodiimides
plural of phenylcarbodiimide

philocaly
The love of beauty.
Meaning in use: focused on things that should be loved. For example, philocaly is the virtue of prioritizing profoundly important things over lush, hedonistic things (i.e., "Participant chose the safety of a child over the immediate satisfaction of a chocolate bar."
Concept often seen in Relational Frame Theory/Training/Therapy (RFT) to mean putting longterm goals ahead of short-term goals, as a demonstration of an organism's capacity to do rule-governed behavior.
Concept often seen in Radical Behaviorism to refer to putting community needs ahead of direct needs. Usage example, "A Skinnerian explanation of an adult facing danger to save a child or people going to war rather than tolerating tyranny, is a mixture of natural endowments and a history of verbal reinforcement of contingencies that put remote reinforcers ahead of direct personal safety, resulting in valuing biological mechanisms capable of overriding innate personal-survival mechanisms."

philophronesis
The expression of a friendly relationship between the speaker or writer and the addressee.

phinisi
Alternative form of pinisi.

phinisis
plural of phinisi

phlegmatizer
A material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport.

phlegmatizers
plural of phlegmatizer

pholourie
A Caribbean snack of fried, spiced dough balls made of dhal, served with chutney.

pholouries
plural of pholourie

phonecams
plural of phonecam

phonobreather
A non-linear wave that can transport energy in a coupled oscillator chain by means of a phase-torsion mechanism.

phonobreathers
plural of phonobreather

phorbeia
A leather strap worn by an aulos player to avoid excessive strain on the lips and cheeks due to continuous blowing.

phorocyte
A mobile cell that transports the buds of doliolids

phorocytes
plural of phorocyte

photocarcinogen
Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light.

photocarcinogens
plural of photocarcinogen

photocard
A card bearing a photograph, often a photograph of the cardholder for identification purposes.
A card bearing a photograph of an idol, sold as collectible merchandise or fanmade.

photocards
plural of photocard

photochromies
plural of photochromy

photodecarbonylation
Any photoinduced reaction that leads to the removal of a carbonyl group as carbon monoxide

photodecarbonylations
plural of photodecarbonylation

photodecarboxylation
Any photoinduced reaction that leads to the removal of a carboxyl group as carbon dioxide

photodecarboxylations
plural of photodecarboxylation

photoelasticities
plural of photoelasticity

photoelasticity
a technique for studying and measuring the stresses and strains in an object by means of mechanical birefringence

photoentrainment
The entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm to the pattern of light and dark in its environment

photoentrainments
plural of photoentrainment

photohydration
Any photochemical reaction leading to the addition of water across a double or triple bond or to a carbonyl group etc.

photohydrations
plural of photohydration

photointermediate
Any (normally metastable) intermediate in a photochemical reaction

photointermediates
plural of photointermediate

photosymbiont
An organism in a photosymbiotic relationship

photosymbionts
plural of photosymbiont

photovaristor
A varistor in which the relationship between voltage and current is light-dependent

photovaristors
plural of photovaristor

phoulourie
Alternative spelling of pholourie.

phraseme
An utterance, consisting of multiple words or morphemes, at least one of whose components is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen; a lexicalized multi-word expression.

phrasemes
plural of phraseme

phugoids
plural of phugoid

phulouri
Alternative spelling of pholourie.

phulourie
Alternative spelling of pholourie.

phulouries
plural of phulourie

phyllotaxies
plural of phyllotaxy

phylogenomics
The science that studies the relationship of the function of genes to their evolution.

phylospecies
The smallest unit appropriate for phylogenetic analysis (the unit product of natural selection and descent).
A geographically constrained group with one or more unique apomorphies.

phylotaxis
Misspelling of phyllotaxis.

physicianships
plural of physicianship

physiolater
A nature-worshipper.

physiolaters
plural of physiolater

physiophilosophy
A natural philosophy concerning natural history and relationships.

physique
The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
The trained muscular structure of a person's body.

physiques
plural of physique

phytotropin
Any of a class of substances that inhibits auxin transport and therefore of root growth, gravitropism and phototropism.

phytotropins
plural of phytotropin

picard
A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period.

picards
plural of picard

picaroon
A pirate or picaro.
A pirate ship.
A rogue.

picarooned
simple past and past participle of picaroon

picarooning
present participle and gerund of picaroon

picaroons
plural of picaroon

pickaroon
Archaic form of picaroon.

pickaroons
plural of pickaroon

pickeroon
Obsolete form of picaroon.

pickeroons
plural of pickeroon

picketboat
Alternative form of picket boat.

picketboats
plural of picketboat

picketee
One who is being picketed.

pickleboat
Alternative spelling of pickle boat.