English words starting with phal

Meanings of Phalaecean:

adjective

Phaleucian.

Meanings of Phalaecian:

adjective

Phaleucian.

Meanings of Phalaenae:

noun

Originally: a moth. in later use: a member of the former group phalaena of moths, originally including all moths other than hawkmoths and later restricted to the geometrids and some pyralids; also (phalaena), the group itself.

Meanings of Phalaenopsid:

noun

An orchid of the genus phalaenopsis; a moth orchid.

Meanings of Phalaenopsis:

noun

A large genus of epiphytic orchids native to tropical asia (especially malaysia), the east indies, and northern australia, and including many grown for ornament; (also phalaenopsis) an orchid of this genus, also called "moth orchid".

Meanings of Phalangal:

adjective

Phalangeal.

Meanings of Phalange:

noun

Another term for phalanx (sense 2).

Meanings of Phalangeal:

adjective

Relating to a phalanx or the phalanges.

Usage examples:

The finger and thumb flexors were transected at the proximal interphalangeal joint and metacarpal p…

Meanings of Phalanger:

noun

A lemur-like tree-dwelling marsupial native to australia and new guinea.

Usage examples:

And we had a phalanger, a flying possum that used to cling onto the curtains and fly around at night.

Meanings of Phalanges:

noun

Another term for phalanx (sense 2).

Plural of phalanx formal or specialized

Meanings of Phalangic:

adjective

= "phalangeal".

Meanings of Phalangid:

noun

An arachnid of the order phalangida (formerly called phalangidea, also called opiliones); a harvestman.

Meanings of Phalangiform:

adjective

Having the shape or form of a phalanx (of a digit).

Meanings of Phalangist:

noun

A member of the lebanese phalange party.

Usage examples:

The phalangists approached from the west

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the lebanese phalange party.

Usage examples:

The beloved daughter of a powerful phalangist leader

Meanings of Phalangite:

noun

A soldier belonging to a phalanx.

Meanings of Phalangitis:

noun

Inflammation of one or more of the phalanges of the digits.

Meanings of Phalangium:

noun

Any venomous spider.

Meanings of Phalansterian:

adjective

Of or relating to a phalanstery, or the system of phalansteries.

noun

(a) a member of a phalanstery. (b) an advocate of the system of phalansteries; a fourierist.

Meanings of Phalansteric:

adjective

Relating to or characterized by phalansteries.

Meanings of Phalansteries:

noun

A group of people living together in a community and holding property in common.

Usage examples:

For them, architecture, not symbolic clothing, was central to planning the ideal community, which t…

Meanings of Phalansterism:

noun

Phalansterianism.

Meanings of Phalanstery:

noun

A group of people living together in a community and holding property in common.

Usage examples:

For them, architecture, not symbolic clothing, was central to planning the ideal community, which t…

Meanings of Phalanx:

noun

A body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation.

Usage examples:

Six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police

idiom

Any closely ranked crowd of people

Meanings of Phalanxed:

adjective

Drawn up or ranged in or like a phalanx.

Meanings of Phalanxes:

noun

A body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation.

Usage examples:

Six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police