Philippines |
a Pacific island country across the South China Sea from Vietnam; Philippine Islands; Republic of the Philippines. |
Philistia |
an ancient country that flourished in southwestern Palestine in biblical times. |
Philistine |
a member of a non-Semitic people of Philistia who repeatedly warred with the ancient Hebrews. [4 definitions] |
philo- |
loving; liking. |
philodendron |
any of a variety of tropical American climbing plants, often grown as decorative houseplants. |
philogyny |
love of or fondness for women. |
philology |
the study of the historical development of the sounds, words, and other grammatical structures of a language or language group. |
philomath |
a person who loves to acquire knowledge. |
philoprogenitive |
characterized by or relating to love of one's offspring. [2 definitions] |
philoprogenitiveness |
love of one's offspring. |
philosophe |
any of the leading philosophical, political, and social writers of the eighteenth-century French Enlightenment. |
philosopher |
one who studies the nature and principles of knowledge, truth, existence, and moral and aesthetic values. [3 definitions] |
philosophers' stone |
an imaginary substance for which alchemists searched, believing it was capable of conferring wisdom, prolonging life, and transmuting any base metal, such as lead, into gold or silver. |
philosophic |
calm and rational in difficult or distressing situations; stoic. |
philosophical |
of, based on, or pertaining to philosophy or philosophers. [2 definitions] |
philosophize |
to reason in the way of a philosopher. [2 definitions] |
philosophy |
the study of the nature and principles of knowledge, truth, existence, and moral and aesthetic values. [3 definitions] |
-philous |
having a strong affinity for or association with. |
philter |
a magic potion, esp. one designed to make a person fall in love. |
philtrum |
the vertical groove between the upper lip and the nose. |
phimosis |
an abnormal condition in which the foreskin of the penis is so tight that the glans cannot be exposed. [2 definitions] |