NYMPHLIEST | • NYMPHLY adj. resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph. |
PAMPHLETED | • pamphleted v. Simple past tense and past participle of pamphlet. • PAMPHLET v. to circulate a small unbound printed work to. |
PHLEBOGRAM | • phlebogram n. A venogram. • PHLEBOGRAM n. a tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse. |
PHLEBOLITE | • phlebolite n. Alternative form of phlebolith. • PHLEBOLITE n. a calcareous concretion found in a vein. |
PHLEBOLOGY | • phlebology n. (Medicine) The study of veins and their diseases etc. • PHLEBOLOGY n. a branch of anatomy which treats of the veins. |
PHLEBOTOMY | • phlebotomy n. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection. • PHLEBOTOMY n. the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood. |
PHLEGMASIA | • phlegmasia n. (Medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs. • PHLEGMASIA n. an inflammation of the internal organs. |
PHLEGMATIC | • phlegmatic adj. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. • phlegmatic adj. (Archaic) Abounding in phlegm. • phlegmatic adj. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. |
PHLEGMIEST | • phlegmiest adj. Superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy. • PHLEGMY adj. full of phlegm. |
PHLEGMONIC | • PHLEGMONIC adj. of or like a phlegmon, also PHLEGMONOID, PHLEGMONOUS. |
PHLOGISTIC | • phlogistic adj. (Medicine) Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers. • phlogistic adj. (Chemistry, physics, now historical) Pertaining to or containing phlogiston. • phlogistic adj. (Obsolete) Burning, fiery. |
PHLOGISTON | • phlogiston n. (Chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent… • PHLOGISTON n. (Greek) the hypothetical principle of fire regarded formerly as a material substance. |
PHLOGOPITE | • phlogopite n. (Mineralogy) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2, a basic potassium magnesium… • PHLOGOPITE n. a brown mica containing magnesium, a constituent of limestones and dolomites. |
PHLORIZINS | • PHLORIZIN n. a chemical found in the root bark of fruit trees. |
PHLYCTAENA | • phlyctaena n. Alternative form of phlyctena. • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA. |
PHLYCTENAE | • phlyctenae n. Plural of phlyctena. • PHLYCTENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTAENA. |
TYPHLOLOGY | • typhlology n. (Medicine) The scientific study of blindness. • TYPHLOLOGY n. the study of blindness and the blind. |
TYPHLOSOLE | • typhlosole n. A fold in the surface of the intestines of some invertebrates etc that increases its digestive surface area. • TYPHLOSOLE n. a fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals. |