phylactery
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.
A fringe which an Israelite was required to wear as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; (by extension) any fringe or border.
Synonym of amulet (“a protective charm or ornament”).
Synonym of amulet (“a protective charm or ornament”).
A scroll with words on it depicted as emerging from a person's mouth or held in their hands, indicating what they are singing or speaking; a banderole, a speech scroll.
A scroll with words on it depicted as emerging from a person's mouth or held in their hands, indicating what they are singing or speaking; a banderole, a speech scroll.
Synonym of reliquary (“a container to display or hold religious relics”).

phylactocarp
A branch of a plumularia specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.

phylactocarps
plural of phylactocarp

phylanthropy
Obsolete form of philanthropy.

phylarchies
plural of phylarchy

phylarchy
Government by a class or tribe.

phylembryogenesis
A theory put forth by Russian palaeontologist Severtsov, postulating that phylogenetic changes in organisms are conditioned by ontogenetic alterations, in that certain events are added, modified or deleted in the development of an embryo based on the events of ancestral development.

phyletics
phylogeny

phyletism
The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872.

phyllanemblinin
A particular ellagitannin

phyllanemblinins
plural of phyllanemblinin

phyllite
A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.

phyllodies
plural of phyllody

phyllonite
A type of mylonitic rock that resembles a phyllite.

phyllonitization
The transformation of a rock into phyllonite.

phyllophagy
The condition of being phyllophagous

phylloplane
The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat
A phyllosphere of leaves

phylloplanes
plural of phylloplane

phylloquinol
A reduced form of phylloquinone

phyllosiphony
The state of being phyllosiphonic.

phylobetadiversity
phylogenetic diversity between communities or biomes

phyloclassification
phylogenic classification

phyloclassifications
plural of phyloclassification

phylodemography
The demography of tribes etc.

phylodiversities
plural of phylodiversity

phylodiversity
The diversity of phyla in a habitat etc

phylodynamics
the study of genetic variation in pathogens, and the affect of such variation on their transmission etc.

phylogenetics
The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.

phylogenicity
The condition of being phylogenic; a specific collection of phylogenic characteristics

phylogeographies
plural of phylogeography

phylogeography
The study of the processes controlling the geographic distributions of lineages by constructing the genealogies of populations and genes

phylomemetics
The phylogenetic analysis of nongenetic aspects of evolution.

phylon
All of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.

phylopatry
Misspelling of philopatry.

phylophenomics
The intersection of the fields of evolution and phenomics, specifically the practice of using phenotypes (e.g. morphology, anatomy, behavior, physiology, etc.) to build phylogenetic trees.

phyloreference
A phylogenic reference

phyloreferences
plural of phyloreference

phylosophie
Obsolete form of philosophy.

phylosophies
plural of phylosophie
plural of phylosophy

phylosophy
Obsolete spelling of philosophy.

phylotaxonomy
phylogenetic taxonomy

phylotranscriptomics
The study of phylotranscriptomes.

physeptone
A form of methadone.

physes
plural of physis

physiatrics
Physical medicine or therapy.

physicalism
A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.

physicalisms
plural of physicalism

physicalities
plural of physicality

physicality
Physical attributes.
Obsession with physical urges.

physicalization
The act, process, or result of physicalizing

physicalizations
plural of physicalization

physicalness
The condition of being physical; physicality.

physicalnesses
plural of physicalness

physicianship
The role or position of a physician.

physicism
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.

physicks
plural of physick

physicochemicalism
The belief that organisms are merely physicochemical systems.

physicology
physics
The study of how the body works; physiology.
The study of human behavior based on physical phenomena; An attempt to study psychology and sociology without resorting to abstract hypothetical variables.

physicomathematics
An academic subject covering both mathematics and physics.

physicotheologies
plural of physicotheology

physicotheology
The view that evidence and sound arguments for God's existence can be derived from a study of the natural world; a study of the natural world intended to provide such evidence.

physics
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.

physiculture
A holistic philosophy of medicine based on exercise.

physiocracy
The teachings of physiocrats.

physiocrat
Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.

physiocratism
The ideology of the physiocrats

physiocratist
Synonym of physiocrat.

physiocratists
plural of physiocratist

physiocrats
plural of physiocrat

physioecology
physiological ecology

physiogenies
plural of physiogeny

physiogeny
The study of the evolution of functions and vital activities by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny.

physiogeography
physical geography

physiognomics
The study of physiognomy.

physiognomies
plural of physiognomy

physiognomonics
The study of physiognomy.

physiognomy
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.
The face or countenance, with respect to the temper of the mind; particular configuration, cast, or expression of countenance, as denoting character.
The art of telling fortunes by inspection of the features.
The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics.

physiogony
The production or generation of nature.

physiographies
plural of physiography

physiography
The subfield of geography that studies physical patterns and processes of the Earth. It aims to understand the forces that produce and change rocks, oceans, weather, and global flora and fauna patterns.
The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretical part.

physiolatries
plural of physiolatry

physiolatry
The worship of nature.

physiome
The totality of physiological functions associated with the genes of a genome