Philemon |
a book of the New Testament, consisting of a letter written by the apostle Paul to a friend. |
philharmonic |
of or relating to a symphony orchestra. [3 definitions] |
-philia |
love of; tendency toward; attraction to, esp. of an abnormal nature or degree. |
Philippians |
a book of the New Testament, consisting of a letter written by the apostle Paul to the Christians of Philippi. |
Philippic |
any of the orations delivered by the Athenian statesman Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon in the fourth century B.C. [2 definitions] |
Philippine |
of or pertaining to the Philippines, their people, culture, languages, or the like. |
Philippine mahogany |
any of various Philippine and southeast Asian trees that yield a reddish wood resembling mahogany. [2 definitions] |
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. |