All English words - page 4162

Devoid of or free from phlegm.

An inflammatory mass or localized area of inflammation; diffuse, spreading inflammation, often with suppuration, especially of soft tissue; cellulitis.

= phlegmonous .

Resembling (a) phlegmon; phlegmonous.

Of the nature of or involving (a) phlegmon.

Any of a class of reddish or brownish water-insoluble pigments which occur in various barks and other plant tissues, and are polymeric derivatives of tannins.

The vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.

A believer in the phlogistic theory of combustion.

Of, relating to, or producing inflammation; inflammatory.

Combination with phlogiston; (in modern terms) removal of oxygen.

A substance supposed by 18th-century chemists to exist in all combustible bodies, and to be released in combustion.

A believer in the theory of phlogiston.

Producing inflammation.

A brown micaceous mineral which occurs chiefly in metamorphosed limestone and magnesium-rich igneous rocks.

Inflammation; an instance or area of inflammation.

A genus of shrubby and herbaceous plants (family lamiaceae (labiatae)) native to mediterranean europe and asia, and typically having grey-green, woolly leaves and verticillasters of yellow, purple, or white flowers; (also phlomis) a plant of this genus, especially. jerusalem sage, p. fruticosa.

A crystalline phenolic compound with a bicyclic molecular structure, the aglycone of phlorizin; 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-propanone, c₁₅ h₁₄ o₅.

A crystalline compound, c₂₁ h₂₄ o₁₀, which is a glucoside of phloretin, occurs widely in apple and other fruit trees, and acts biochemically as an uncoupler.

Of or relating to phloroglucinol; "phloroglucic anhydride" = phloroglucide .

= phloroglucinol .

A colourless or yellowish, sweet-tasting, crystalline phenolic compound which occurs widely in plants and is used as a laboratory reagent (especially for detecting lignin and other carbohydrates), an intermediate in dye manufacture, a preservative for cut plants, etc.; 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, c₆ h₃ (oh)₃.

A colourless liquid phenol present in wood tar; 2-ethylphenol, (c₂ h₅)c₆ h₄ oh.

A yellow crystalline quinone; 2,5-dimethyl- p -benzoquinone, (ch₃)₂ c₆ h₂ o₂.

A north american plant that typically has dense clusters of colourful scented flowers, widely grown as an alpine or border plant.

A north american plant that typically has dense clusters of colourful scented flowers, widely grown as an alpine or border plant.