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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Phle-bōt'o-mist, n.p. 981One who practices phlebotomy, or blood-letting.
  2. Phle-bōt'ō-mize, v. t.p. 981To let blood from, as a vein; hence, to drain.
  3. Phle-bōt'o-my, n.p. 981(Surg.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood for the cure of diseases or preserving health; blood-letting.
  4. Phlĕgm, n.p. 981One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. 2. (Physiol.) The tenacious mucus of the respiratory and digestive passages. 3. (Chem.) Water, or the water of…
  5. Phlĕg'ma-gōgue, n.p. 981(Anat. Med.) A medicine supposed to possess the property of expelling phlegm. [Obs.]
  6. Phleg-mat'ic, a.p. 981Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. 2. Generating phlegm; as, phlegmatic men. Shak. 3. Watery. [Obs.] Newton. 4. Not easily excited into action or passion…
  7. Phleg-māt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phlegmatic manner. Warburton.
  8. Phlég'mon, n.p. 981(Med.) Inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
  9. Phleg'mon-ous, a.p. 981Having the nature or properties of a phlegmon; as, a phlegmonous pneumonitis. Harvey.
  10. Phlēme, n.p. 981See FLEME.
  11. Phle'um, n.p. 981(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (P. pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass. Gray.
  12. Phlo-gis'tian, n.p. 981A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
  13. Phlo-gis'tic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Partaking of phlogiston; inflaming. 2. (Med.) Inflammatory; exciting or tending to produce inflammation.
  14. Phlo-gis'ti-cāte, v. t.p. 981To combine phlogiston with.
  15. Phlo-gis-ti-cā'tion, n.p. 981The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
  16. Phlo-gis'ton, n.p. 981(O. Chem.) The supposed principle of inflammability, or the matter of fire in composition with other bodies; an hypothetical element, supposed, by Stahl, to be pure fire fixed in combustible bodies…
  17. Phlo-rē'tic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, phloridzine; — said of a certain acid.
  18. Phlōrē'tine, n.p. 981(Chem.) An insoluble, crystalline substance obtained from phloridzine by boiling with dilute acids.
  19. Phlo-rīd'ēlne or Phlō'ri-ēlne, n.p. 981(Chem.) A crystallizable substance closely allied to salicine, of a bitter, astringent taste, obtained from the bark of the root of the apple, pear, and some other trees.
  20. Phlox, n.p. 981(Bot.) A genus of elegant American flowering plants, having red, white, or purple flowers. Loudon.
  21. Phō'ca, n.p. 981(Zool.) A genus of mammals; the seal; sea-bear; sea-calf.
  22. Pho-cā'cean, a.p. 981(Zool.) An animal belonging to the genus Phoca: a seal. Brande.
  23. Phō'cal, a.p. 981Pertaining to the genus of mammals called seals. Dana.
  24. Pho-cēn'ic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from phocenine; — said of a certain acid obtained from phocenine by saponification.
  25. Pho-cē'nine, n.p. 981(Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the porpoise.
  26. Phō'cine, a.p. 981Pertaining to the seal tribe.
  27. Phœ'bus, n.p. 981(Myth.) Apollo; often used to signify the sun.
  28. Phœ-nĭ'cian, a. & n.p. 981See PHENICIAN.
  29. Phœ-nĭ'cioŭs, a.p. 981See PHENICIOUS.
  30. Phœ'nix, n.p. 981See PHENIX.
  31. Pho-lā'de-an, n.p. 981(Zoöl.) A mollusk of the genus Pholas. Brande.
  32. Phō'la-dīte, n.p. 981(Paleon.) A petrified bivalve shell of the genus Pholas.
  33. Phō'las, n.p. 981(Zool.) A genus of mollusks which form hiding-places for themselves by boring into rocks and clay, and making excavations. Brande.
  34. Phōn'as-cē'tics, n. sing.p. 981A method of treatment for restoring the voice. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  35. Pho-nā'tion, n.p. 981The physiology of the voice. Dunglison.
  36. Pho-nē'tic, a.p. 981Pertaining to the voice, or its use. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; — opposed to ideographic. Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, or by the principles of phonetics…
  37. Phō-nĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phonetic manner; according to the principles of phonetics.
  38. Pho-nē'tics, n. sing.p. 981The doctrine or science of sounds, especially those of the human voice; phonology. 2. The art of combining musical sounds. Music.
  39. Phōn'e-tist, n.p. 981One who is versed in phonology; a phonologist.
  40. Pho-nēt-i-zā'tion, n.p. 981The act, process, or method of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
  41. Phōn'ics, n. sing.p. 981The same as PHONETICS. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  42. Phō'no-căm'phic, a.p. 981Having the power to inflect sound, or turn it from its direction, and thus to alter it. Derham.
  43. Phō'no-grām, n.p. 981(Phonography.) A written letter or mark indicating a particular sound or modification of sound; as, —, k.; —, ah.
  44. Phō'no-grāph, n.p. 981A distinct letter or symbol to represent a sound, and always one and the same sound, in writing.
  45. Pho-nāg'ra-pher, n.p. 981A person skilled in phonography; one versed in that mode of writing which represents each sound by a distinctive letter or symbol.
  46. Phō'no-grāph'ic, a.p. 981
  47. Phō'no-grāph'ic-al, a.p. 981Pertaining to, or based upon, phonography.
  48. Phō-no-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phonographic way.
  49. Pho-nōg'ra-phist, n.p. 981One who is versed in phonography; a phonographer.
  50. Pho-nog'ra-phy, n.p. 981A description of the laws of the human voice, or of sounds uttered by the organs of speech. 2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; a system of short-hand invented by Isaac Pitman…
  51. Pho-nōl'o-gēr, n.p. 981One versed in phonology; a phonologist.
  52. Phō'no-lōg'ie, a.p. 981Phonological.
  53. Phō'no-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 981Pertaining to phonology.
  54. Pho-nōl'o-gist, n.p. 981One versed in phonology; a phonetist.
  55. Pho-nōl'o-gy, n.p. 981A treatise on sounds, or the science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including its various distinctions or subdivisions of tones; phonetics.
  56. Phō'no-type, n.p. 981A type or character used in phonography.
  57. Phō'no-typ'ic or Phō'no-typ'ic-al, a.p. 981Of, or belonging to, phonography or a phonotype.
  58. Pho-nōt'y-pist, n.p. 981One versed in phonotypy.
  59. Pho-nōt'y-py, n.p. 981The art of representing sounds by distinct characters or types; also, the style of printing in accordance with this art.
  60. Phōr'minx, n.p. 981A lyre; a cithara. We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs. E. B. Browning.