phlyaxOf or relating to a burlesque dramatic form that developed in the ancient Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in the 4th century BC, mixing figures from the Greek pantheon with the stock characters and situations of Attic comedy.
phlyctaeniidAny placoderm in the family Phlyctaeniidae.
phlyctenularCharacterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules.
phlyctenuleA characteristic nodular affection occurring as an allergic response of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium to some endogenous allergens to which they have become sensitized.
phocinePertaining to true seals (also known as earless seals, as opposed to eared seals such as sea lions); seallike.
PhocisA regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.
PhoeniciaThe land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
PhoenicianOf, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.
PhoenicianismThe belief that the ancient Phoenician civilization was the primary ethnic and cultural foundation of the modern Lebanese people, as opposed to later Arab immigration.
phoenixA mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
phoenixismThe fraudulent practice of terminating a business as bankrupt while secretly using its assets to set up another business.
phoenixityThe quality of being like a phoenix, especially that of recovering from destruction, or possession of an otherworldly beauty.
phoenixlikeResembling a phoenix, especially in being (figuratively) reborn after destruction.
PhoenixvilleA community in the town of Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut.
phogrinA protein present on insulin-secretory granules of pancreatic beta cells
pholadAny species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.
pholadidAny member of the family Pholadidae of certain clam-like molluscs.
phoneA device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
phoneidoscopeAn instrument for studying sound waves by optical means. It consists of a tube across whose end is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give coloured bands, whose form and position are affected by sound vibrations.