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apathetic, cold-blooded, impassive, stoic, stolid, unemotional—more at IMPASSIVE

phlo·em noun : a vascular plant tissue external to the xylem that carries dissolved food material and functions in support and storage

phlox noun, plural phlox or phlox·es : any of a genus of American herbs that have tall stalks with showy spreading terminal clusters of flowers

pho·bia noun : an irrational persistent fear or dread

— pho·bic adjective

phoe·be noun : a flycatcher of the eastern U.S. that has a slight crest and is grayish brown above and yellowish white below

phoe·nix noun : a legendary bird held to live for centuries and then to burn itself to death and rise fresh and young from its ashes

1phone noun 1 : TELEPHONE

2 : EARPHONE

2phone verb phoned; phon·ing : to speak to or attempt to reach by telephone : TELEPHONE

phone card noun : a prepaid card used in paying for telephone calls

pho·neme noun : one of the elementary units of speech that distinguish one utterance from another

— pho·ne·mic adjective

pho·net·ics noun : the study and systematic classification of the sounds made in spoken utterance

— pho·net·ic adjective

— pho·ne·ti·cian noun

pho·nic adjective 1 : of, relating to, or producing sound

2 : of or relating to the sounds of speech or to phonics

— pho·ni·cal·ly adverb

pho·nics noun : a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and esp. syllables

pho·no·graph noun : an instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a needle following a spiral groove on a revolving disc

pho·nol·o·gy noun : a study and description of the sound changes in a language

— pho·no·log·i·cal adjective

— pho·nol·o·gist noun

1phony also pho·ney adjective pho·ni·er; -est : not genuine or real : claiming or claimed to be what one is not

Synonyms

bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, inauthentic, sham, spurious, unauthentic—more at COUNTERFEIT

affected, artificial, assumed, contrived, feigned, put-on, unnatural—more at ARTIFICIAL

2phony noun : one that is phony

Synonyms

counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, sham—more at FAKE

charlatan, fake, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, mountebank, pretender, quack

phos·phate noun : a salt of a phosphoric acid

— phos·phat·ic adjective

phos·phor noun : a phosphorescent substance

phos·pho·res·cence noun 1 : luminescence caused by the absorption of radiations (as light or electrons) and continuing after these radiations stop

2 : an enduring luminescence without sensible heat

— phos·pho·res·cent adjective

— phos·pho·res·cent·ly adverb

phosphoric acid noun : any of several oxygen-containing acids of phosphorus

phos·pho·rus noun [ORIGIN: NL, fr. Gk phōsphoros light-bearing, fr. phōs light + pherein to carry, bring]

: a nonmetallic chemical element that has characteristics similar to nitrogen and occurs widely esp. as phosphates

— phos·pho·ric adjective

— phos·pho·rous adjective

phot- or photo- combining form 1 : light

2 : photograph : photographic

3 : photoelectric

1photo noun, plural photos : a picture or likeness obtained by photography : PHOTOGRAPH

— photo adjective

2photo verb : to take a photograph of

pho·to·cell noun : PHOTOELECTRIC CELL

pho·to·chem·i·cal adjective : of, relating to, or resulting from the chemical action of radiant energy

pho·to·com·pose verb : to compose reading matter for reproduction by means of characters photographed on film

— pho·to·com·po·si·tion noun

pho·to·copy noun : a photographic reproduction of graphic matter

— photocopy verb

pho·to·elec·tric adjective : relating to an electrical effect due to the interaction of light with matter

— pho·to·elec·tri·cal·ly adverb

photoelectric cell noun : a device whose electrical properties are modified by the action of light

pho·to·en·grave verb : to make a photoengraving of