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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