| ARCHILOWES | • ARCHILOWE n. (Scots) a treat given in return. |
| CHILOPODAN | • CHILOPODAN n. a member of the order Chilopoda, which contains the centipedes, also CHILOPOD. |
| GEOPHILOUS | • geophilous adj. Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails. • geophilous adj. (Botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground. • geophilous adj. (Phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements… |
| MYOPHILOUS | • MYOPHILOUS adj. pollinated by flies, also MYIOPHILOUS. |
| PHILOLOGER | • philologer n. (Archaic) A philologist. • PHILOLOGER n. a person who studies or has knowledge of philology, also PHILOLOGIAN, PHILOLOGIST, PHILOLOGUE. |
| PHILOLOGIC | • philologic adj. Philological. • PHILOLOGIC adj. of or pertaining to philology, also PHILOLOGICAL. |
| PHILOLOGUE | • philologue n. A philologist. • PHILOLOGUE n. a person who studies or has knowledge of philology, also PHILOLOGER, PHILOLOGIAN, PHILOLOGIST. |
| PHILOMATHS | • philomaths n. Plural of philomath. • PHILOMATH n. a lover of learning; a scholar. |
| PHILOMATHY | • philomathy n. The love of learning or literature. • PHILOMATHY n. the love of learning or letters. |
| PHILOMELAS | • PHILOMELA n. (Greek) a songbird, also PHILOMEL. |
| PHILOPENAS | • philopenas n. Plural of philopena. • PHILOPENA n. a present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself, also FILLIPEEN, PHILIPPINA, PHILIPPINE, PHILOPOENA. |
| PHILOPOENA | • PHILOPOENA n. a present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself, also FILLIPEEN, PHILIPPINA, PHILIPPINE, PHILOPENA. |
| PHILOSOPHE | • philosophe n. Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment. • philosophe n. (Derogatory) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster. • PHILOSOPHE n. (French) a philosopher. |
| PHILOSOPHY | • philosophy n. (Uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom. • philosophy n. (Uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism. • philosophy n. (Countable) A comprehensive system of belief. |
| PHILOXENIA | • philoxenia n. Love of strangers; eagerness to show hospitality. • PHILOXENIA n. hospitality. |
| SYMPHILOUS | • SYMPHILOUS adj. of or like a symphile, an animal of another kind kept in an ants' or termites' nest. |
| SYPHILOMAS | • syphilomas n. Plural of syphiloma. • SYPHILOMA n. a syphilitic tumour. |
| ZOOPHILOUS | • zoophilous adj. Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of zoophily (pollinated by animals). • ZOOPHILOUS adj. loving animals. |