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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. Phlĕg'ma-gōgue, n.p. 981(Anat. Med.) A medicine supposed to possess the property of expelling phlegm. [Obs.]
  2. 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…
  3. Phleg-māt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phlegmatic manner. Warburton.
  4. Phlég'mon, n.p. 981(Med.) Inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
  5. Phleg'mon-ous, a.p. 981Having the nature or properties of a phlegmon; as, a phlegmonous pneumonitis. Harvey.
  6. Phlēme, n.p. 981See FLEME.
  7. 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.
  8. Phlo-gis'tian, n.p. 981A believer in the existence of phlogiston.
  9. Phlo-gis'tic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Partaking of phlogiston; inflaming. 2. (Med.) Inflammatory; exciting or tending to produce inflammation.
  10. Phlo-gis'ti-cāte, v. t.p. 981To combine phlogiston with.
  11. Phlo-gis-ti-cā'tion, n.p. 981The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
  12. 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…
  13. Phlo-rē'tic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, phloridzine; — said of a certain acid.
  14. Phlōrē'tine, n.p. 981(Chem.) An insoluble, crystalline substance obtained from phloridzine by boiling with dilute acids.
  15. 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.
  16. Phlox, n.p. 981(Bot.) A genus of elegant American flowering plants, having red, white, or purple flowers. Loudon.
  17. Phō'ca, n.p. 981(Zool.) A genus of mammals; the seal; sea-bear; sea-calf.
  18. Pho-cā'cean, a.p. 981(Zool.) An animal belonging to the genus Phoca: a seal. Brande.
  19. Phō'cal, a.p. 981Pertaining to the genus of mammals called seals. Dana.
  20. Pho-cēn'ic, a.p. 981(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from phocenine; — said of a certain acid obtained from phocenine by saponification.
  21. Pho-cē'nine, n.p. 981(Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the porpoise.
  22. Phō'cine, a.p. 981Pertaining to the seal tribe.
  23. Phœ'bus, n.p. 981(Myth.) Apollo; often used to signify the sun.
  24. Phœ-nĭ'cian, a. & n.p. 981See PHENICIAN.
  25. Phœ-nĭ'cioŭs, a.p. 981See PHENICIOUS.
  26. Phœ'nix, n.p. 981See PHENIX.
  27. Pho-lā'de-an, n.p. 981(Zoöl.) A mollusk of the genus Pholas. Brande.
  28. Phō'la-dīte, n.p. 981(Paleon.) A petrified bivalve shell of the genus Pholas.
  29. 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.
  30. Phōn'as-cē'tics, n. sing.p. 981A method of treatment for restoring the voice. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  31. Pho-nā'tion, n.p. 981The physiology of the voice. Dunglison.
  32. 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…
  33. Phō-nĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phonetic manner; according to the principles of phonetics.
  34. 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.
  35. Phōn'e-tist, n.p. 981One who is versed in phonology; a phonologist.
  36. Pho-nēt-i-zā'tion, n.p. 981The act, process, or method of representing sounds by phonetic signs.
  37. Phōn'ics, n. sing.p. 981The same as PHONETICS. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  38. Phō'no-căm'phic, a.p. 981Having the power to inflect sound, or turn it from its direction, and thus to alter it. Derham.
  39. Phō'no-grām, n.p. 981(Phonography.) A written letter or mark indicating a particular sound or modification of sound; as, —, k.; —, ah.
  40. Phō'no-grāph, n.p. 981A distinct letter or symbol to represent a sound, and always one and the same sound, in writing.
  41. 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.
  42. Phō'no-grāph'ic, a.p. 981
  43. Phō'no-grāph'ic-al, a.p. 981Pertaining to, or based upon, phonography.
  44. Phō-no-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 981In a phonographic way.
  45. Pho-nōg'ra-phist, n.p. 981One who is versed in phonography; a phonographer.
  46. 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…
  47. Pho-nōl'o-gēr, n.p. 981One versed in phonology; a phonologist.
  48. Phō'no-lōg'ie, a.p. 981Phonological.
  49. Phō'no-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 981Pertaining to phonology.
  50. Pho-nōl'o-gist, n.p. 981One versed in phonology; a phonetist.
  51. 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.
  52. Phō'no-type, n.p. 981A type or character used in phonography.
  53. Phō'no-typ'ic or Phō'no-typ'ic-al, a.p. 981Of, or belonging to, phonography or a phonotype.
  54. Pho-nōt'y-pist, n.p. 981One versed in phonotypy.
  55. 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.
  56. Phōr'minx, n.p. 981A lyre; a cithara. We beat the phorminx till we hurt our thumbs. E. B. Browning.
  57. Phōr'mi-ōm, n.p. 981(Bot.) A genus of plants including but a single species (P. tenax, a New Zealand plant), the leaves of which furnish a fine, silky, and very strong fiber, called New Zealand flax. Dodd.
  58. Phōr'o-nō'mi-k, a.p. 981The same as PHOSPHORACES.
  59. Phōr'o-nōm'ics, n. sing.p. 981That branch of mechanics which treats of bodies in motion; cinematics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Weisbeck.
  60. Phōs'gene, a.p. 981(Chem.) Generating light;—said of a certain gas generated by the action of sunlight or bright daylight on chlorine and carbonic acid, and composed of one equivalent of carbon, one of oxygen, and one…