English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 294 of 931

pharyngotomynoun

The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage.

pharyngotonsillitisnoun

pharyngitis and tonsillitis occurring together

pharyngotrachealadj

Relating to the pharynx and the trachea

pharyngotremynoun

The condition of an animal in which the pharynx is perforated by gill slits.

pharyngotympanicadj

Relating to, or connecting, the pharynx and eardrum.

pharynxnoun

The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.

phascogalenoun

Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating.

phascolomenoun

A marsupial of the former genus Phascolomys; a wombat.

phasenoun

A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.

phase downverb

To gradually reduce the size or scale of.

phase inverb

To introduce (something) little by little, either via discrete phases of increase or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to introduce in phases, or as if by phases (gradually); to begin (something) gradually.

phase outverb

To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).

phase shifternoun

A type of microwave network.

phase spacenoun

Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;

phasecalnoun

A system that injects a frequency comb signal in order to disambiguate phase in multiple basebands downconverted from the input signal.

phasedverb

simple past and past participle of phase

phasedownnoun

A gradual reduction in size or scale.

phaselnoun

The French bean, or kidney bean.

phaselessadj

Without a phase, or visible form.

phaselessnessnoun

Absence of phases.

phasematchedadj

Having matched phases

phasematchingadj

That synchronizes the phase of two or more waves

phasemeternoun

A device for measuring the difference in phase of two alternating currents of electromotive forces.

phaseolaceousadj

Of or relating to the Phaseolaceae.

phaseoliformadj

Shaped like a bean; like a bent ellipsoid.

phaseolinnoun

A prenylated pterocarpan found in Phaseolus vulgaris seeds and in the stems of Erythrina subumbrans.

phaseoloidadj

A clade within the subfamily Faboideae, the tropical legumes, comprising the genera Vigna, Phaseolus, Glycine, and Cajanus.

phaseolotoxinnoun

A toxin, produced by halo blight pathogen, that causes systemic chlorosis.

phaseolusnoun

any of several domesticated beans, of the genus Phaseolus, native to the Americas

phaseomannitenoun

inositol

phaseoutnoun

The action of phasing out; an incremental removal or reduction.

phasernoun

An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.

phasesnoun

plural of phase

phaseshiftnoun

A difference in phase values.

phaseyadj

distorted by phase

phasianidadj

Of or relating to semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds, such as pheasants, quails, peafowl, junglefowl, and guinea fowl.

phasianineadj

Of or resembling a pheasant.

phasicadj

Of or relating to phases.

phasicallyadv

In a phasic manner

phasicitynoun

The condition of existing in phases, typically used of blood flow

phasinnoun

Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules.

phasingverb

present participle and gerund of phase

phasingsnoun

plural of phasing

phasinsnoun

plural of phasin

Phasisname

The Rioni river, as it is called in classical sources.

phasmnoun

An apparition; a phantom.

phasmidnoun

Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).

phasmophobianoun

The fear of ghosts/supernatural beings.

phasomenoun

The phase-variable genes of an organism

phasonnoun

A quasiparticle existing in quasicrystals due to their specific, quasiperiodic lattice structure

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