All English words - page 4131

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

Meanings of Phalarica:

noun

A javelin or dart wrapped in tow and pitch, set on fire, and projected as an incendiary weapon by hand or from a catapult.

Meanings of Phalaris:

noun

Originally: canary grass (phalaris canariensis). later: (in form phalaris) a genus of annual and perennial grasses native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, having flat leaves and compact panicles of one-flowered spikelets; (also phalaris) any grass of this genus, especially p. canariensis, p. arundinacea (reed canary grass or gardener's garters), and (agriculture) p. aquatica, used as a drought-resistant forage grass, especially in australia.

Meanings of Phalarope:

noun

A small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male.

Usage examples:

In the mud flats of the bay of fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, …

Meanings of Phalaropes:

noun

A small wading or swimming bird with a straight bill and lobed feet, unusual in that the female is more brightly coloured than the male.

Usage examples:

In the mud flats of the bay of fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, …

Meanings of Phalera:

noun

(in ancient greece and rome) a bright metal disc worn on the chest as an ornament by men, or used to adorn the harness of horses.

Usage examples:

Found entombed with numerous celtic charioteers and warriors, ancient phalerae are ornamental metal…

Meanings of Phalerae:

noun

(in ancient greece and rome) a bright metal disc worn on the chest as an ornament by men, or used to adorn the harness of horses.

Usage examples:

Found entombed with numerous celtic charioteers and warriors, ancient phalerae are ornamental metal…

Meanings of Phallalgia:

noun

Pain in the penis.

Meanings of Phalli:

noun

A penis, especially when erect (typically used with reference to male potency or dominance).

Usage examples:

The hill figure is a naked man brandishing a club and displaying a huge phallus

Meanings of Phallic:

adjective

Relating to or resembling a phallus or erect penis.

Usage examples:

A phallic symbol

Meanings of Phallicist:

noun

A person who studies or practises phallicism.

adjective

Characterized by, or typical of, phallicism.

Meanings of Phallin:

noun

Originally: a haemolytic substance (later shown to be a mixture) extracted from the death cap toadstool, amanita phalloides, and thought to be the poisonous principle of the toadstool. later (more fully "phallin a", "phallin b", etc.): any of certain cyclic oligopeptides present in this mixture.

Meanings of Phallist:

noun

A phallicist. also (now especially): a male chauvinist or supremacist.

adjective

Of or relating to a phallist or phallists; characterized by phallicism or phallocentricity.