| malacophily | (noun) (botany) pollination of plants by snails. | - |
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| mephistophelean | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian |
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| mephistophelian | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean |
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| mephitic | (adjective) of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution | Synonyms: miasmic |
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| mephitis | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink |
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| (noun) a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth | - |
| mesomorphic | (adjective) having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer | Synonyms: muscular |
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| metamorphic | (adjective) characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) | Synonyms: metamorphous |
| metamorphism | (noun) change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances | - |
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| morphia | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphine |
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| morphine | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphia |
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| myrmecophile | (noun) an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant | - |
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| myrmecophilous | (adjective) living symbiotically with ants | - |
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| mysophilia | (noun) abnormal attraction to filth | - |
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| nalorphine | (noun) a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine) | Synonyms: Nalline |
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| necrophilia | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necromania, necrophilism |
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| necrophilism | (noun) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | Synonyms: necromania, necrophilia |
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| nemophila | (noun) any plant of the genus Nemophila | - |
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| neurosyphilis | (noun) syphilis of the central nervous system | - |
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| neutrophil | (noun) the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes | Synonyms: neutrophile |
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| neutrophile | (noun) the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes | Synonyms: neutrophil |
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| nonmetamorphic | (adjective) not metamorphic | - |
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| oenophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: enophile |
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| oleophilic | (adjective) having a strong affinity for oils rather than water | - |
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| ophidian | (noun) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | Synonyms: serpent, snake |
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| ophidism | (noun) poisoning by snake venom | - |
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| ophiolatry | (noun) the worship of snakes | Synonyms: serpent-worship |
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| orphic | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret |
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| orthographic | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in orthography | - |
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| paedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: pedophile |
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| paedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: pedophilia |
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| paleographist | (noun) an archeologist skilled in paleography | Synonyms: paleographer |
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| paraphilia | (noun) abnormal sexual activity | - |
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| pedophile | (noun) an adult who is sexually attracted to children | Synonyms: paedophile |
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| pedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: paedophilia |
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| pemphigous | (adjective) of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus | - |
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| pemphigus | (noun) a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane | - |
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| phi | (noun) the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| phial | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, ampule, vial |
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| philadelphus | (noun) any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions | - |
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| philander | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, romance |
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| (verb) have amorous affairs; of men | Synonyms: womanise, womanize |
| philanderer | (noun) a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | Synonyms: womaniser, womanizer |
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| philanthropic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy | - |
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| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary |
| philanthropically | (adverb) in a philanthropic manner | - |
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| philanthropist | (noun) someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | Synonyms: altruist |
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| philanthropy | (noun) voluntary promotion of human welfare | Synonyms: philanthropic gift |
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| philatelic | (adjective) of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists | Synonyms: philatelical |
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| philatelical | (adjective) of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists | Synonyms: philatelic |
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| philatelically | (adverb) in a philatelic manner | - |
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| philatelist | (noun) a collector and student of postage stamps | Synonyms: stamp collector |
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| philately | (noun) the collection and study of postage stamps | Synonyms: stamp collecting, stamp collection |
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| philharmonic | (adjective) composing or characteristic of an orchestral group | - |
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| (adjective) devoted to or appreciative of music | - |
| (noun) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies | Synonyms: symphony, symphony orchestra |
| philhellene | (adjective) characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things | Synonyms: Graecophile, Graecophilic, philhellenic |
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| (noun) an admirer of Greece and everything Greek | Synonyms: Graecophile, philhellenist |
| philhellenic | (adjective) characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things | Synonyms: Graecophile, Graecophilic, philhellene |
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| philhellenism | (noun) admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs | - |
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| philhellenist | (noun) an admirer of Greece and everything Greek | Synonyms: Graecophile, philhellene |
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| philia | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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| philippic | (noun) a speech of violent denunciation | Synonyms: broadside, tirade |
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| philistine | (adjective) smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values | Synonyms: anti-intellectual |
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| (noun) a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits | Synonyms: anti-intellectual, lowbrow |
| philistinism | (noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters | Synonyms: materialism |
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| phillipsite | (noun) a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum | - |
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| philodendron | (noun) often grown as a houseplant | - |
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| philogyny | (noun) admiration for women | - |
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| philological | (adjective) of or relating to or dealing with philology | - |
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| philologist | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship | Synonyms: philologue |
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| philologue | (noun) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship | Synonyms: philologist |
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| philology | (noun) the humanistic study of language and literature | Synonyms: linguistics |
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| philomath | (noun) a lover of learning | - |
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| philosopher | (noun) a specialist in philosophy | - |
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| (noun) a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity | - |
| philosophic | (adjective) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers | Synonyms: philosophical |
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| (adjective) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | Synonyms: philosophical |
| philosophical | (adjective) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers | Synonyms: philosophic |
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| (adjective) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | Synonyms: philosophic |
| philosophically | (adverb) in a philosophic manner | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to philosophy | - |
| philosophicalness | (noun) The state or quality of having the attitude of a philosopher; specifically, of being calm or unflinching in the face of trouble, defeat, or loss. | - |
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| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| philosophiser | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophizer |
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| philosophize | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophise |
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| philosophizer | (noun) someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | Synonyms: philosophiser |
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| philosophizing | (noun) the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy | - |
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| philosophy | (noun) the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | - |
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| (noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | Synonyms: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought |
| (noun) any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | - |
| philter | (noun) a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it | Synonyms: love-philter, love-philtre, love-potion, philtre |
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| philtre | (noun) a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it | Synonyms: love-philter, love-philtre, love-potion, philter |
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| phimosis | (noun) an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans | - |
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| phiz | (noun) the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) | Synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, physiognomy, smiler, visage |
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| phosphine | (noun) a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide | - |
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| photographic | (adjective) relating to photography or obtained by using photography | - |
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| (adjective) representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph | - |
| photographically | (adverb) by photographic means | - |
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| phytophilous | (adjective) (of animals) feeding on plants | Synonyms: phytophagic, phytophagous, plant-eating |
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| pictographic | (adjective) consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs | - |
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| planographic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving planography | - |
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| pleomorphic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by pleomorphism | - |
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| pleomorphism | (noun) (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: polymorphism |
| polarographic | (adjective) of or involving polarography | - |
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| polymorphic | (adjective) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population | Synonyms: polymorphous |
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| (adjective) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
| (adjective) having or occurring in several distinct forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
| polymorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: pleomorphism |
| (noun) (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on | - |
| pornographic | (adjective) designed to arouse lust | Synonyms: adult |
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| pornographically | (adverb) in a pornographic manner | - |
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| psychographics | (noun) market research or statistics classifying population groups according to psychological variables (as attitudes, values, or fears); also: variables or trends identified through such research. | - |
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| pyrographic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by pyrography | - |
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| pyromorphite | (noun) a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead | Synonyms: green lead ore |
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| radiographic | (adjective) relating to or produced by radiography | - |
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| raphia | (noun) leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. | Synonyms: raffia |
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