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  • English Word Phallism Definition The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.
  • English Word Phallus Definition The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
  • English Word Phallus Definition The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
  • English Word Phallus Definition A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
  • English Word Phane Definition See Fane.
  • English Word Phanerite Definition Evident; visible.
  • English Word Phanerocarpae Definition Same as Acraspeda.
  • English Word Phanerocodonic Definition Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.
  • English Word Phanerocrystalline Definition Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.
  • English Word Phanerodactyla Definition Same as Saururae.
  • English Word Phanerogamia Definition That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.
  • English Word Phanerogamian Definition Phanerogamous.
  • English Word Phanerogamic Definition Alt. of Phanerogamous
  • English Word Phanerogamous Definition Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.
  • English Word Phaneroglossal Definition Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.
  • English Word Phantascope Definition An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.
  • English Word Phantasm Definition An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
  • English Word Phantasm Definition A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
  • English Word Phantasma Definition A phantasm.
  • English Word Phantasmagoria Definition An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.
  • English Word Phantasmagoria Definition The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.
  • English Word Phantasmagoria Definition Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images.
  • English Word Phantasmagorial Definition Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.
  • English Word Phantasmagoric Definition Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial.
  • English Word Phantasmagory Definition See Phantasmagoria.
  • English Word Phantasmal Definition Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
  • English Word Phantasmascope Definition See Phantascope.
  • English Word Phantasmatical Definition Phantasmal.
  • English Word Phantasmatography Definition A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.
  • English Word Phantastic Definition Alt. of Phantastical