Webster's Dictionary 1913

3376

Phalangist

Pha‐lan″gist (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and ...

3377

Phalangister

{ Phal′an‐gis″ter (?), Phal′an‐gis″tine (?), } n.(Zoöl.) Same as Phalangist.

3378

Phalangite

Phal″an‐gite (?), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. phalangite.] A soldier belonging to a phalanx.

3379

Phalangoidea

‖Phal′an‐goi″de‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Phalangium the daddy longlegs (see Phalangious) + Gr. εἰ̑δοσ form.] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or h...

3380

Phalanstére

‖Pha′lan′stére″ (?), n. A phalanstery.

3381

Phalansterian

Phal′an‐ste″ri‐an (?), a. [F. phalanstérien, a. & n.] Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.

3382

Phalansterian (2)

Phal′an‐ste″ri‐an, n. One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.

3383

Phalansterism

{ Pha‐lan″ster‐ism (?), Phal′an‐ste″ri‐an‐ism (?), } n. A system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier; Fourierism.

3384

Phalanstery

Phal″an‐ster‐y (?), n.; pl.-ies (#). [F. phalanstère, fr. Gr. � a phalanx + � firm, solid.] 1. An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism.2. Th...

3385

Phalanx

Pha″lanx (?), n.; pl.Phalanxes (#), L. Phalanges (#). 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arran...

3386

Phalarope

Phal″a‐rope (?), n. [Gr. � having a patch of white + �, �, a foot: cf. F. phalarope.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallæ), having ...

3387

Phallic

Phal″lic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the phallus, or to phallism.

3388

Phallicism

Phal″li‐cism (?), n. See Phallism.

3389

Phallism

Phal″lism (?), n. The worship of the generative principle in nature, symbolized by the phallus.

3390

Phallus

Phal″lus (?), n.; pl.Phalli (�). 1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.2. (Anat.) The penis ...

3391

Phanar

Phan″ar (?), n. [Turk. fanar, fr. NGr. � lighthouse, Gr. � lantern; — from a lighthouse on a point projecting into the Golden Horn.] A quarter of Constantinople which, after the...

3392

Phanariot

{ Pha‐nar″i‐ot (?), n. Also Pha‐nar″i‐ote (?)}. [NGr. �, fr. Phanar. See Phanar.] One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical ...

3393

Phane

Phane (?), n. See Fane. Joye.

3394

Phanerite

Phan″er‐ite (?), a. Evident; visible.Phanerite series(Geol.), the uppermost part of the earth's crust, consisting of deposits produced by causes in obvious operation.

3395

Phanerocarpæ

‖Phan′er‐o‐car″pæ (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Acraspeda.

3396

Phanerocodonic

Phan′er‐o‐co‐don″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; — said of certain jellyfishes.

3397

Phanerocrystalline

Phan′er‐o‐crys″tal‐line (?), a. [Gr. � visible + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; — used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.

3398

Phanerodactyla

‖Phan′er‐o‐dac″ty‐la (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Saururæ.

3399

Phanerogamia

‖Phan′er‐o‐ga″mi‐a (?), n. pl.(Bot.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

3400

Phanerogamian

Phan′er‐o‐ga″mi‐an (?), a.(Bot.) Phanerogamous.

3401

Phanerogamic

{ Phan′er‐o‐gam″ic (?), Phan′er‐og″a‐mous (?), } a. Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; — said of plants.

3402

Phaneroglossal

Phan′er‐o‐glos″sal (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a conspicious tongue; — said of certain reptiles and insects.