Words in english starting with P

• Philippine mahogany — Noun – English ～ red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish
• Philippine cedar — Noun – English ～ Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
• philippine — Noun – English ～ official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
• Philippine — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook"
• philippines — Noun – English ～ a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
• Philippines — Noun – English ～ an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
• philippopolis — Noun – English ～ an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
• Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus — Noun – English ～ Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
• philistia — Noun – English ～ an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
• philistine — Noun – English ～ a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
• Philistine — Noun – English ～ a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
• philistine — Adjective – English ～ smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
• Philistine — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
• philistinism — Noun – English ～ a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
• Phillidae — Noun – English ～ leaf insects
• phillipsite — Noun – English ～ a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
• Phillyrea — Noun – English ～ small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
• philodendron — Noun – English ～ often grown as a houseplant
• philogyny — Noun – English ～ admiration for women
• Philohela — Noun – English ～ American woodcocks

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