All English words - page 2699

Meanings of Philatelism:

noun

Stamp collecting; = "philately".

Meanings of Philatelistic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or engaged in philately.

Meanings of Philatelists:

noun

A person who collects or studies stamps

Meanings of Philemon:

proper noun

A good old countryman living with his wife baucis in phrygia who offered hospitality to zeus and hermes when the two gods came to earth, without revealing their identities, to test people's piety. philemon and baucis were subsequently saved from a flood which covered the district.

Meanings of Philharmonic:

adjective

Devoted to music (chiefly used in the names of orchestras).

Usage examples:

The boston philharmonic orchestra

Meanings of Philharmonics:

adjective

Devoted to music (chiefly used in the names of orchestras)

Usage examples:

The boston philharmonic orchestra

Meanings of Philhellene:

noun

A lover of greece and greek culture.

Usage examples:

A romantic philhellene

Meanings of Philhippic:

adjective

Fond of or interested in horses.

Meanings of Philia:

Denoting fondness, especially an abnormal love for a specified thing.

Usage examples:

Paedophilia

Meanings of Philibegs:

noun

A kilt.

Usage examples:

What item of clothing is also known as a filibeg?

Meanings of Philip:

proper noun

The name of five kings of ancient macedonia.

Meanings of Philippians:

noun

A native or inhabitant of philippi, an ancient city in macedonia.

adjective

Of or relating to philippi or its inhabitants.

Meanings of Philippic:

noun

A bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.

Usage examples:

The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture

Meanings of Philippics:

noun

A bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.

Usage examples:

The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture

Meanings of Philippine:

adjective

Relating to the philippines.

Usage examples:

The philippine economy seemed to have turned the corner under ramos's stewardship.

Meanings of Philippist:

noun

A follower or supporter of the moderate lutheran reformer philipp melanchthon (1497–1560). compare adiaphorist , melanchthonian .

adjective

Of or relating to philipp melanchthon; adhering to his beliefs.

Meanings of Philippistic:

adjective

Like or relating to philippists.

Meanings of Philistian:

noun

Philistine.

adjective

Of or relating to ancient philistia or the philistines.

Meanings of Philistinic:

adjective

Of the nature of, or characteristic of, a philistine; uneducated, unenlightened.

Meanings of Phillyrea:

noun

In early use: either of two evergreen shrubs, native to southern europe, having dark green privet-like leaves and inconspicuous, greenish-white, scented flowers in axillary clusters, phillyrea latifolia and p. angustifolia. later also: (in form phillyrea) the genus (family oleaceae) comprising these shrubs; (also phillyrea) any member of this genus.

Meanings of Phillyrin:

noun

A bitter, crystalline glucoside, c₂₇ h₃₄ o₁₁, obtained from the bark of phillyrea latifolia and some other plants.

Meanings of Philobiblic:

adjective

= philobiblian .

Meanings of Philocaly:

noun

Love of beauty.

Meanings of Philodemic:

adjective

Characterized by concern for ordinary people; originally and chiefly in the name of the debating society of georgetown university, d.c.

Meanings of Philodendra:

noun

A tropical american climbing plant which is widely grown as a greenhouse or indoor plant.

Usage examples:

Aloe vera, chrysanthemums, golden pothos, philodendrons, and spider plants are believed to be effec…