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PHRON'TISTERY, n. [Gr. to think; mind.] A school or seminary of learning. [Not u...
PHRYG'IAN, a. [from Phrygia, in Asia Minor.] Pertaining to Phrygia; an epithet a...
PHTHAGOREAN, n. A follower of Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic sect of phil...
PHTHIS'IC, n. tiz'zic. A consumption. [Little used.]
PHTHISICAL, a. tiz'zical. [Gr. See Phthisis .] Wasting the flesh; as a phthisica...
PHTHISIS, n. the'sis or thi'sis. [Gr. to consume.] A consumption occasioned by u...
PHYLAC'TER PHYLAC'TERED, a. Wearing a phylactery; dressed like the Pharisees.
PHYLAC'TERIC PHYLACTER'ICAL, a. Pertaining to phylacteries.
PHYLAC'TERY, n. [Gr. to defend or guard.] 1. In a general sense, any charm, spel...
PHYL'LITE, n. [Gr. a leaf, and a stone.] A petrified leaf, or a mineral having t...
PHYLLOPH'OROUS, a. [Gr. a leaf, and to bear.] Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
PHYS'ALITE, n. [Gr. to swell or inflate, and a stone.] A mineral of a greenish w...
PHYSETER. [See Cachalot .]
PHYSIAN'THROPY, n. [Gr.nature,and man.] The philosophy of human life, or the doc...
PHYS'IC, n. s as z. [Gr. from nature; to produce.] 1. The art of healing disease...
PHYS'ICAL, a. Pertaining to nature or natural productions, or to material things...