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  • English Word Phycoerythrin Definition Alt. of Phycoerythrine
  • English Word Phycoerythrine Definition A red coloring matter found in algae of the subclass Florideae.
  • English Word Phycography Definition A description of seaweeds.
  • English Word Phycology Definition The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology.
  • English Word Phycomater Definition A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
  • English Word Phycophaeine Definition A brown coloring matter found in certain algae.
  • English Word Phycoxanthin Definition Alt. of Phycoxanthine
  • English Word Phycoxanthine Definition A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae.
  • English Word Phyla Definition of Phylon
  • English Word Phyla Definition of Phylum
  • English Word Phylacter Definition A phylactery.
  • English Word Phylactered Definition Wearing a phylactery.
  • English Word Phylacteric Definition Alt. of Phylacterical
  • English Word Phylacterical Definition Of or pertaining to phylacteries.
  • English Word Phylacteries Definition of Phylactery
  • English Word Phylactery Definition Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
  • English Word Phylactery Definition A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer.
  • English Word Phylactery Definition Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed.
  • English Word Phylactocarp Definition A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.
  • English Word Phylactolaema Definition Alt. of Phylactolaemata
  • English Word Phylactolaemata Definition An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.
  • English Word Phylactolaematous Definition Of or pertaining to the Phylactolaema.
  • English Word Phylactolema Definition Alt. of Phylactolemata
  • English Word Phylactolemata Definition Same as Phylactolaema.
  • English Word Phylae Definition of Phyle
  • English Word Phylarch Definition The chief of a phyle, or tribe.
  • English Word Phylarchy Definition The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.
  • English Word Phyle Definition A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
  • English Word Phyllite Definition A mineral related to ottrelite.
  • English Word Phyllite Definition Clay slate; argillaceous schist.