PPage 175
- English Word Philhellene Definition A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.
- English Word Philhellenic Definition Of or pertaining to philhellenism.
- English Word Philhellenism Definition Love of Greece.
- English Word Philhellenist Definition A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.
- English Word Philibeg Definition See Filibeg.
- English Word Philip Definition The European hedge sparrow.
- English Word Philip Definition The house sparrow. Called also phip.
- English Word Philippian Definition Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia.
- English Word Philippian Definition A native or an inhabitant of Philippi.
- English Word Philippic Definition Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.
- English Word Philippic Definition Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.
- English Word Philippium Definition A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
- English Word Philippize Definition To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon.
- English Word Philippize Definition To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
- English Word Philippized Definition of Philippize
- English Word Philippizing Definition of Philippize
- English Word Philister Definition A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.
- English Word Philistine Definition A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
- English Word Philistine Definition A bailiff.
- English Word Philistine Definition A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
- English Word Philistine Definition Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
- English Word Philistine Definition Uncultured; commonplace.
- English Word Philistinism Definition The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.
- English Word Phillipsite Definition A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.
- English Word Phillygenin Definition A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
- English Word Phillyrea Definition A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
- English Word Phillyrin Definition A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
- English Word Philo- Definition A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to; as, philosophy, philotechnic.
- English Word Philogynist Definition A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.
- English Word Philogyny Definition Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.