Chapter Philomel to Phœnician of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Phlorone
(Phlo"rone) n. [Phlorol + quinone.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; — called also xyloquinone.

Phlox
(Phlox) n. [L., a kind of flower, fr. Gr. flame, fr. to burn.] (Bot.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers.

Phlox worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American moth It is destructive to phloxes. — Phlox subulata, the moss pink. See under Moss.

Phlyctenular
(Phlyc*ten"u*lar) a. [Gr. a blister or pustule.] (Med.) Characterized by the presence of small pustules, or whitish elevations resembling pustules; as, phlyctenular ophthalmia.

Phoca
(||Pho"ca) n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.

Phocacean
(Pho*ca"cean) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Phoca; a seal.

Phocal
(Pho"cal) a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to seals.

Phocenic
(Pho*cen"ic) a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; - - said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts.

Phocenin
(Pho*ce"nin) n. [Cf. F. phocénine.] (Chem.) See Delphin.

Phocine
(Pho"cine) a. [L. phoca a seal.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.

Phocodont
(Pho"co*dont) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Phocodontia.

Phocodontia
(||Pho`co*don"ti*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a seal + a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.

Phœbe
(Phœ"be) n. (Zoöl.) The pewee, or pewit.

Phœbus
(Phœ"bus) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. pure, bright.]

1. (Class. Myth.) Apollo; the sun god.

2. The sun. "Phœbus 'gins arise." Shak.

Phœnician
(Phœ*ni"cian) a. Of or pertaining to Phœnica. — n. A native or inhabitant of Phœnica.