Word origins

• philandryA love of, or fondness for, men.
• philautySelfishness, self-esteem, vanity.
• philerastA boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover.
• philhellenePhilhellenic.
• philhellenismA 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
• -philiaUsed to form nouns meaning liking, love (for something).
• -philicSynonym of -philous.
• philippizeTo support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted.
• philopolemicExalting or supporting conflict or war.
• philopolemicalSynonym of philopolemic.
• philosopauseThe informally observed tendency of mature or elderly scientists, who apparently have outlived their most productive years of research and similar practical work, to discontinue or decrease their participation in such activity, in favour of pursuing, and often publishing, philosophical theories or speculations. Commonly the implication is that such works are beyond the authors' recognised field of competence, and, as a result, typically of disappointing value or standard.
• philosophemeA philosophical statement, theorem or axiom.
• philotimiaThe urge to be thought superior; excessive ambition.
• -philoushaving an affinity, attraction, preference or love of something
• philozoista lover of all forms of life (as opposed to only humans or those life forms useful to humans)
• -philyliking for
• phlebo-Relating to veins
• phleboscleroticPertaining to, characterized by, or affected with phlebosclerosis (pathological hardening of vein walls).
• phlegmasiaAn inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
• phlobapheneAny of various reddish-brown phenolic substances found in the bark of oak, etc.
• phlogisticInflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
• phlogosisinflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation
• phlorizinA glucoside of phloretin, phloretin-2'-β-D-glucopyranoside, found in unripe apples.
• phloroglucinphloroglucinol
• 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.
• phlyctidiumA kind of large blister.
• -phobiaUsed to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
• phobo-fear
• phocenic acidvaleric acid
• phocomeliaA congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet.
• pholidAny fish in the family Pholidae.
• pholidosisThe pattern made by the scales of a reptile
• phonasceticstreatment for restoring or improving the voice
• -phoneA type of sound.
• 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.
• -phonicForms adjectives relating to sound.
• phono-Relating to sound
• phonocampticreflective of sound.
• PhorcysA primordial sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, who by Ceto fathered numerous monsters including Echidna and the gorgons.
• phoresisDelivery or movement of a substance by means of an agent.
• phorminxA kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
• phorophyteAny plant on which an epiphyte grows
• phosphoricalProducing light; luminous, glittering.
• photo-light, electromagnetic radiation
• photoautotrophan organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy
• photoglyphyA kind of engraving caused by the action of light, used in the mid 19th century
• photoptarmosisPhotic sneeze reflex.
• phragmocyttarousOf, relating to, or being a type of social wasp nest, in which brood combs are attached laterally to the inner surface of the sack-like envelope.
• -phrasiaForms names of speech disorders.
• phrenThe brain or mind.
• phreno-mind.
• PhrixusSon of Athamas and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a golden winged ram.
• phronemophobiaAn aversion to thinking.
• phronesisThe virtue of "practical wisdom" as posited by Aristotle.
• phrontisteryA place for thinking.
• phrynodermahypovitaminosis A, seen as rough, hyperkeratotic, follicular papules on the skin
• phthanitechert
• phthongalFormed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized.
• phthorfluorine
• phyco-seaweed or algae.
• phycophaeinA brown pigment found in addition to chlorophyll in the Phaeophyceae.
• phylacogenAny of several bacterial derivatives developed by Dr. A. F. Schafer in 1910 to combat bacterial infections.
• phylactocarpA branch of a hydrozoan specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.
• phylaxA guard in Ancient Greece
• -phyllleaf
• phyllo-Leaf, leaves.
• phylo-tribes, races or phyla
• phymaA tubercle, tumor, or abscess on any external part of the body.
• physio-nature
• physiognomonicsThe study of physiognomy.
• -physisGrowth or growing.
• physiurgyA mainly Scandinavian medical specialty that deals with musculoskeletal physiology and diseases.
• physo-A combining form meaning “bladder,” used in the formation of compound words.
• physoclistA fish whose swim bladder is not open to its esophagus. .
• physodeA form of microsome present in the cytoplasm of some algae
• physogastryAn enlargement of the abdomen in certain insects, especially in termite queens.
• physonectAny siphonophore of the suborder Physonectae
• phyto-Pertaining to or derived from plants.
• phytoglyphynature printing
• phytotelmaA small, water-filled cavity in a tree or any similar environment such as the axil of a bromeliad
• picriteA variety of high-magnesium olivine basalt.
• picro-bitter
• picroliteA fibrous variety of serpentine, possibly antigorite.
• picromelA colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid.
• picropharmacoliteA triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
• piezo-Forms terms related to piezoelectricity or other effects of mechanical stress or pressure.
• piezoglyptA regmaglypt.
• pileorhizaA cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
• pilidiumThe free-swimming larva of certain proboscis worms, somewhat resembling a deerstalker hat. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm undergoes development in its interior.
• pimeliteA hexagonal mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.
• pinacodermThe outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.
• pinacoidThe face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
• pinacolany tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R₂C(OH)-C(OH)R₂, especially the simplest example where R is methyl
• pinaconeSynonym of pinacol.
• pinaculumA chitin plate on the skin of a caterpillar.
• pinakesA lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE.
• pinakioliteA monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing boron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
• PisidiaA historic region in southern Asia Minor, between Pamphylia and Phrygia
• pistanthrophobiaThe fear of trusting people or one's partner in a romantic relationship.
• pisteologyThe science or study of faith.