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Peek(v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice
Peel(n.) A small tower, fort, or castle
(v. i.) To lose the skin, bark, or rind
(v. t.) To plunder
Peen(n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation
(v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.
Peep(n.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
(v. i.) To begin to appear
Peer(n.) A comrade
(v. i.) To come in sight
(v. t.) To be, or to assume to be, equal.
Peevish(a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction
Peg(n.) A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
(v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes
(v. t.) To put pegs into
Pegasus(n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates
Pegmatite(n.) Graphic granite.
Pehlevi(n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents
Peignoir(n.) A woman's loose dressing sack
Pejorative(a.) Implying or imputing evil
Pekoe(n.) A kind of black tea.
Pelage(n.) The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
Pelagian(a.) Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
(n.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace
Pelagic(a.) Of or pertaining to the ocean
Pelargonium(n.) A large genus of plants of the order Geraniaceae, differing from Geranium in having a spurred calyx and an irregular corolla
Pelerine(n.) A woman's cape
Pelf(n.) Money
Pelican(n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known
Pelisse(n.) A lady's or child's long outer garment, of silk or other fabric.
Pellagra(n.) An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy
Pellagrin(n.) One who is afficted with pellagra.
Pellet(n.) A bullet
(v./.) To form into small balls.
Pellicle(n.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
Pellitory(n.) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers
Pellucid(a.) Transparent
Peloria(n.) Abnormal regularity
Pelorus(n.) An instrument similar to a mariner's compass, but without magnetic needles, and having two sight vanes by which bearings are taken, esp
Pelota(n.) A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket
Pelt(n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
(v. i.) To throw missiles.
(v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven
Pelvic(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis
Pelvimetry(n.) The measurement of the pelvis.
Pelvis(n.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Pemmican(n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun
Pemphigus(n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body
Pen(n.) A feather.
(n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage
(v. t.) To write
Penal(a.) Enacting or threatening punishment
Penance(n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression
(v. t.) To impose penance
Penates(n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth
Pence(n.) pl. of Penny.
Penchant(n.) A game like bezique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together
Pencil(n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point
(v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil
Pend(n.) Oil cake
(v. i.) To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
(v. t.) To pen
Penelope(n.) A genus of curassows, including the guans.
Peneplain(n.) A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills
Penetrable(a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
Penetralia(n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets
Penetrant(a.) Having power to enter or pierce
Penetrate(v. i.) To pass
(v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings
Penetrating(a.) Acute
Penetration(n.) Acuteness
Penetrative(a.) Acute
Penguin(n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills
Penholder(n.) A handle for a pen.
Penicillate(a.) Having the form of a pencil
Peninsula(n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus
Penis(n.) The male member, or organ of generation.
Penitence(n.) The quality or condition of being penitent
Penitent(a.) Doing penance.
(n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance
Penknife(n.) A small pocketknife
Penman(n.) An author
Penna(n.) A perfect, or normal, feather.
Penniless(a.) Destitute of money
Pennon(n.) A pennant
Penny(a.) Denoting pound weight for one thousand
(n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents
Penology(n.) The science or art of punishment.
Pensile(a.) Hanging
Pension(n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
(v. t.) To grant a pension to
Pensive(a.) Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness
Penstock(n.) A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses
Pent(v. t.) Penned or shut up
Penult(n.) The last syllable but one of a word
Penumbra(n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
Penurious(a.) Destitute of money
Penury(n.) Absence of resources
Peon(n.) A day laborer
People(n.) One's ancestors or family
(v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants
Peplum(n.) A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos
Pepo(n.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd.
Pepper(n.) Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit
(v. i.) To fire numerous shots (at).
(v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon
Pepsin(n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach
Peptic(a.) Able to digest.
(n.) An agent that promotes digestion.
Peptone(n.) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice
Peptonize(v. t.) To convert into peptone
Per(prep.) Through
Peradventure(adv. & conj.) By chance
(n.) Chance
Perambulate(v. i.) To walk about
(v. t.) To walk through or over
Perambulator(n.) A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
Percale(n.) A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side
Percaline(n.) A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface
Perceive(v. t.) To be affected of influented by.
Percentage(n.) A certain rate per cent
Percept(n.) That which is perceived.
Perch(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards
(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird
(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Percipient(a.) Having the faculty of perception
(n.) One who, or that which, is percipient.
Percoid(a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.
(n.) Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae.
Percolate(v. i.) To pass through fine interstices
(v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor
Percolator(n.) A kind of coffee pot in which the heated water is caused to filter through the coffee and thus extract its essence
Percurrent(a.) Running through the entire length.
Percuss(v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion.
(v. t.) To strike smartly
Perdition(n.) Entire loss
Perdurable(n.) Very durable
Perdure(v. i.) To last or endure for a long time
Peregrinate(a.) Having traveled
(v. i.) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another
Peregrination(n.) A traveling from one country to another
Peregrine(a.) Foreign
(n.) The peregrine falcon.
Peremptory(a.) Firmly determined
Perennial(a.) Continuing more than two years
(n.) A perennial plant
Perfect(a.) Brought to consummation or completeness
(n.) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfervid(a.) Very fervid
Perfidious(a.) Guilty of perfidy
Perfidy(n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance
Perfoliate(a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem
Perforate(v.) To bore through
Perforation(n.) A hole made by boring or piercing
Perforce(adv.) By force
(v. t.) To force
Perform(v. i.) To do, execute, or accomplish something
(v. t.) To carry through
Perfume(v.) A substance that emits an agreeable odor.
(v. t.) To fill or impregnate with a perfume
Perfunctory(a.) Done merely to get rid of a duty
Perfuse(v. t.) To suffuse
Pergola(n.) An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure
Perhaps(adv.) By chance
Peri(n.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished
Perjure(n.) A perjured person.
(v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow
Perjury(v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding
Perk(a.) Smart
(v. i.) To exalt one's self
(v. t.) To make trim or smart
Permanent(a.) Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character
Permanganate(n.) A salt of permanganic acid.
Permeability(n.) The quality or state of being permeable.
Permeable(a.) Capable of being permeated, or passed through
Permeance(n.) Permeation
Permeate(v. t.) To enter and spread through
Permian(a.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era
(n.) The Permian period.
Permissible(a.) That may be permitted
Permission(n.) The act of permitting or allowing
Permissive(a.) Permitted
Permit(n.) A large pompano (Trachinotus goodei) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long
(v. i.) To grant permission
(v. t.) To consent to
Permutation(n.) Any one of such possible arrangements.
Permute(v. t.) To exchange
Pernicious(a.) Having the quality of injuring or killing
Peroneal(a.) Of or pertaining to the fibula
Perorate(v. i.) To make a peroration
Peroxide(n.) An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides
Perpend(v. i.) To attend
(v. t.) To weight carefully in the mind.
Perpetrate(v. t.) To do or perform
Perpetual(a.) Neverceasing
Perpetuate(a.) Made perpetual
(v. t.) To make perpetual
Perpetuity(n.) A perpetual annuity.
Perplex(a.) Intricate
Perquisite(n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered
Perrier(n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
Perron(n.) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story
Perry(n.) A fermented liquor made from pears
Pers(a.) Light blue
(n.) A cloth of sky-blue color.
Pert(a.) Indecorously free, or presuming
(v. i.) To behave with pertness.
Peruke(n.) A wig
(v. t.) To dress with a peruke.
Peruse(v. t.) To observe
Peruvian(a.) Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.
(n.) A native or an inhabitant of Peru.
Pervade(v. t.) To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice
Pervasive(a.) Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout
Perverse(a.) Obstinate in the wrong
Perversion(n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted
Perversity(n.) The quality or state of being perverse
Perversive(a.) Tending to pervert.
Pervert(n.) One who has been perverted
(v. i.) To become perverted
(v. t.) To turnanother way
Pervious(a.) Admitting passage
Pes(n.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
Peseta(n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos
Pesky(a.) Pestering
Peso(n.) A Spanish dollar
Pessary(n.) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina
Pessimism(n.) A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
Pessimist(n.) One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism
Pest(n.) A fatal epidemic disease
Pet(a.) Petted
(n.) A cade lamb
(v. i.) To be a pet.
(v. t.) To treat as a pet
Petal(n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Petard(n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc
Petaurist(n.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera.
Peter(n.) A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
(v. i.) To become exhausted
Petiole(n.) A leafstalk
Petiolule(n.) A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Petite(a.) Small, little
Petition(n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it
(v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation.
(v. t.) To make a prayer or request to
Petrel(n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera
Petrify(v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
Petrine(a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter
Petrography(n.) The art of writing on stone.
Petrol(n.) Petroleum.
Petronel(n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.
Petrosal(a.) Hard
(n.) A petrosal bone.
Petrous(a.) Like stone
Pettifogger(n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases
Pettifogging(a.) Paltry
(n.) Pettifoggery.
Pettish(a.) Fretful
Pettitoes(n. pl.) The toes or feet of a pig
Petty(superl.) Little
Petulant(a.) Capriciously fretful
Petunia(n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P
Petuntze(n.) Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.
Pew(n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.
(v. t.) To furnish with pews.
Pewee(n.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe
Pewit(n.) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus).
Pewter(n.) A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth
Pfennig(n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency
Phaeton(n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat
Phagedena(n.) A canine appetite
Phagocyte(n.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed
Phalanger(n.) Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidae
Phalanx(n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men
Phalarope(n.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes
Phallic(a.) Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.
Phallus(n.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor
Phantasm(n.) A mental image or representation of a real object
Phantom(a.) Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
(n.) That which has only an apparent existence
Pharaoh(n.) A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.
Pharisaism(n.) Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety
Pharisee(n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews
Pharmaceutical(a.) Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy
Pharmaceutics(n.) The science of preparing medicines.
Pharmacist(n.) One skilled in pharmacy
Pharmacodynamics(n.) That branch of pharmacology which considers the mode of action, and the effects, of medicines
Pharmacognosy(n.) Pharmacognosis.
Pharmacology(n.) A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.
Pharmacopoeia(n.) A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine
Pharmacy(n.) A place where medicines are compounded
Pharyngeal(a.) Of or pertaining to the pharynx
(n.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage
Pharyngitis(n.) Inflammation of the pharynx.
Pharynx(n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias
Phase(n.) A homogenous, physically distinct portion of matter in a system not homogeneous
(v. t.) To disturb the composure of
Phasmid(n.) Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
Pheasant(n.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia
Phelloderm(n.) A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
Phellogen(n.) The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
Phenacite(n.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz
Phenanthrene(n.) A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence
Phenix(n.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes
Phenocryst(n.) One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry.
Phenol(n.) Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
Phenomenal(a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon
Phenomenology(n.) A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.
Phenomenon(n.) An appearance
Phenyl(n.) A hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives
Phial(n.) A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines
(v. t.) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
Philander(n.) A lover.
(v. i.) To make love to women
Philanthropy(n.) Love to mankind
Philately(n.) The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
Philharmonic(a.) Loving harmony or music.
(n.) One who loves harmony or music
Philhellene(n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks
Philippic(n.) Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon
Philistine(a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
(n.) A bailiff.
Philogyny(n.) Fondness for women
Philology(n.) A treatise on the science of language.
Philoprogenitive(a.) Having the love of offspring
Philosophe(n.) A philosophaster
Philosophical(a.) Of or pertaining to philosophy
Philosophize(v. i.) To reason like a philosopher
Philosophy(n.) A particular philosophical system or theory
Philter(n.) A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.
(v. t.) To charm to love
Phimosis(n.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis
Phlebitis(n.) Inflammation of a vein.
Phlebotomize(v. t.) To let blood from by opening a vein
Phlebotomy(n.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease
Phlegm(a.) A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
Phloem(n.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark
Phlogiston(n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element
Phlox(n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.
Phocine(a.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe
Phoebe(n.) The pewee, or pewit.
Phoebus(n.) Apollo
Phoenician(a.) Of or pertaining to Phoenica.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.
Phoenix(n.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
Phone(n. & v. t.) Colloq. for Telephone.
Phonic(a.) Of or pertaining to sound
Phonogram(n.) A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.
Phonograph(n.) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.
Phonolite(n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck
Phonology(n.) The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones
Phonoscope(n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies
Phonotypy(n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character
Phosgene(a.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light
Phosgenite(n.) A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster
Phosphate(n.) A salt of phosphoric acid.
Phosphaturia(n.) The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.
Phosphene(n.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed
Phosphide(n.) A binary compound of phosphorus.
Phosphine(n.) A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic
Phosphite(n.) A salt of phosphorous acid.
Phosphonium(n.) The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine
Phosphor(n.) Phosphorus.
Photic(a.) Of or pert. to light
Photo(n.) A contraction of Photograph.
Phrasal(a.) Of the nature of a phrase
Phrase(n.) A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence
(v. i.) To group notes into phrases
(v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words
Phrasing(n.) Method of expression
Phratry(n.) A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
Phreatic(a.) Subterranean
Phrenic(a.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm
Phrenology(n.) In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull
Phrygian(a.) Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
(n.) A Montanist.
Phthalein(n.) One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein
Phthiriasis(n.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body
Phthisis(n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption
Phycology(n.) The science of algae, or seaweeds
Phylactery(n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.
Phyle(n.) A local division of the people in ancient Athens
Phyllite(n.) A mineral related to ottrelite.
Phylloid(a.) Resembling a leaf.
Phyllophagous(a.) Substituting on leaves
Phylloxera(n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe
Phylogeny(n.) The history of genealogical development
Phylum(n.) A series of animals or plants genetically connected.
Physic(n.) A physician.
(v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine
Physiognomy(n.) The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face
Physiography(n.) The descriptive part of a natural science as distinguished from the explanatory or theoretic part
Physiological(a.) Of or pertaining to physiology
Physiology(n.) A treatise on physiology.
Physique(n.) The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
Physostigmine(n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline
Phytochemistry(n.) Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies
Phytogeny(n.) The doctrine of the generation of plants.
Phytogeography(n.) The geographical distribution of plants.
Phytography(n.) The science of describing plants in a systematic manner
Phytology(n.) The science of plants
Phyton(n.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves
Phytopathology(n.) The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
Phytophagous(a.) Feeding on plants
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