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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phytophilous | (adjective) (of animals) feeding on plants | Synonyms: phytophagic, phytophagous, plant-eating |
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siderophilin | (noun) a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron | Synonyms: beta globulin, transferrin |
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spermophile | (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel |
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symphilid | (noun) minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops | Synonyms: garden centipede, garden symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata |
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syphilis | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues, lues venerea, pox, syph |
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syphilitic | (adjective) of or relating to or infected with syphilis | - |
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(noun) a person suffering from syphilis | - |
technophile | (noun) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology | - |
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technophilia | (noun) enthusiasm for new technology | - |
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technophilic | (adjective) of or relating to or showing technophilia | - |
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thermoacidophile | (noun) archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures | - |
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uphill | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: acclivitous, rising |
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(noun) the upward slope of a hill | - |
(adverb) upward on a hill or incline | - |
(adverb) against difficulties | - |
xerophile | (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte | Synonyms: desert plant, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant |
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zoophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilism |
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zoophilism | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilia |
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