Word origins

• periphracticEnclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
• periphrasisThe use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
• peripterIn classical architecture, a building surrounded by a single row of columns.
• peripterosA type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.
• peripterousSurrounded by a single row of columns.
• peripteryThe region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
• perisarcThe outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates.
• periscianHaving the shadow moving all around.
• perispomeneThe circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
• perispomenonHaving a high-low pitch accent on the last syllable.
• perissadhaving an odd valence (one not divisible by two without a remainder).
• peristalithA series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial mound.
• peristeriteA variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent.
• peristeronicOf or pertaining to pigeons.
• peristeropodSynonym of pigeon-toed.
• peristeropodousHaving feet like those of a pigeon; said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, such as curassows and megapodes.
• peristrephicTurning around; rotatory; revolving.
• peristylosSynonym of peristyle.
• peritropalInvolving turning oneself around: rotating or circuitous.
• perizoniumA thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom.
• peta-In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P
• petalodyThe metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
• peucedanoidRelating to one of two forms of Zygaena ephialtes.
• peucilA liquid resembling camphene, obtained by treating turpentine hydrochloride with lime.
• -pexyFixing (in place), fastening.
• pezographA regmaglypt.
• phaceloidOf a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
• phaco-lens
• phacoidResembling a lentil or lens; lenticular.
• Phaedriadesthe plateau on which the city of Delphi sat near Mt. Parnassus.
• PhaennaOne of the Charites worshipped in Sparta along with Cleta.
• phaggotFilter-avoidance spelling of faggot (“homosexual man”).
• -phagiaeating, biting or swallowing
• -phagicUsed to form adjectives from prefixes, to denote diet types
• -phagyFeeding on; consumption of.
• phalacrosisBaldness.
• phalangerAn arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.
• phalangiteA soldier belonging to a phalanx.
• phallocampsisA permanent curvature of the penis, especially that occurring during erection.
• phallocryptA chiefly ceremonial item of clothing that covers the penis; sometimes only such items that also cover the scrotum (as distinct from a penis sheath); usually form-fitting or otherwise shaped to resemble the penis.
• phallophoriaA ceremonial procession, in honour of Dionysus, in which a phallus is carried
• PhamenothThe seventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phamenoth has been in roughly March.
• -phaneAppearing; visible; seeming.
• phaneAny of several substructures of a more complex molecule.
• phanero-visible
• phanerocodonicHaving an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; said of certain jellyfishes.
• phanerogamAny plant that produces seeds (rather than spores).
• phaneroglossalHaving a conspicuous tongue.
• phaneronThat which is perceived by the mind, regardless of whether it corresponds to reality.
• phanerophyteAny woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground.
• phanesThe primordial god of creation in the Orphic cosmogony.
• -phanousForms adjectives describing a material's appearance or the conditions under which this appearance changes.
• phantasmatographyA description of celestial phenomena.
• PhantasosThe god and personification of inanimate objects in prophetic dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
• phantosmiaA form of parosmia involving olfactory hallucinations in which the perceived smell is triggered apparently without cause rather than by another smell.
• -phanyConcerning a manifestation or (first) appearance.
• PhaophiThe second month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phaophi has been in roughly October.
• pharmaco-medication
• pharmacognosispharmacognosy
• pharmacoliteA monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
• pharmaconA medicine or drug.
• pharmacosideriteA hydrated basic ferric arsenate, consisting of the elements arsenic, iron, hydrogen, potassium, sodium and oxygen.
• pharmakosIn Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
• PharmouthiThe eighth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pharmouthi has been in roughly April.
• phascolomeA marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
• -phasiaUsed to form the names of disorders and phenomena relating to words and speech.
• phasmidAny insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
• PheidippidesA runner who is said to have ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver to news of the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon, inspiring the marathon race
• phellodermThe innermost parenchymatous tissue of the periderm of some plants
• phellogenThe tissue of young cells that produces the phellem.
• phelonionA liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Eastern Christian tradition, equivalent to the chasuble of the Western tradition.
• PhemeThe personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours.
• phenakismdeception; trickery.
• phengodidAny of the family Phengodidae of glowworm beetles.
• phengophobiaaversion to daylight
• pheno-Showing.
• phenogamPhanerogam; spermatophyte.
• pheo-Grey in colour.
• phialeAn Ancient Greek libation bowl.
• phil-fondness for; favor of; respect for.
• philalethiaThe love of truth.
• 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
• philoxeniaLove of strangers; eagerness to show hospitality.
• 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).