12-Letter Words Starting with PH

PHAGOCYTIZE

Phagocytize

PHAGOCYTOSE

Phagocytose

Phagocytosie

""PHAGOCYTE A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil [from Greek phanero- visible + -phyte ]

Non-PC study of drugs (wordplay)

The science or study of drugs

The science or study of drugstore drugs

American dopes lie on the sheets in this

Stock of drugs

""A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence. C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.""

Pheneticist

PHENOCRYST One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry.

""Time the study of the effects of climate on animal and plant life. ; phenologist, phaenologist, ; phenologic, phaenologic, phenological, phaenological,""

Male - no, males - with exterior that's friendly to a remarkable extent

PHENOTYPIC

""An adrenergic blocking agent, C 17 H 19 N 3 O, used especially in the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma.""

Top of plant needs shade - uphill struggle for 24 21

Unfaithful types

Philip and Elizabeth repeatedly meeting southern Lotharios

Flirts

The royal couple in grand flirtation

Are Phillip and Erin good at flirting (wordplay)

I phone darling, exuding love, naughtily flirting

Love of mankind

Promotion of others' welfare

The donating of money to good causes

They gather impressions from many lands

Some collectors

Men's club musician (wordplay)

Orchestra's man arranged main orch.

Devoted to music

Philhellene

Of or pertaining to philhellenism.

Lack of culture

Indifference to culture and the arts

Smug conventionality

One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes.

Your florist (wordplay)

Popular houseplant

London pride variety including first house plant

PHILOLOGIC Of or pertaining to philology.

They interpret literary texts

They think better of The Wise Men perhaps

Philosophy

Reason about deep and fundamental issues

Speculate superficially

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

Phlebology

Phlebotomy

One who practiced phlebotomy.

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

Phonemicist

In a phonetic manner.

Phonetician

""PHONOGRAM A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.""

One versed or skilled in phonography.

""PHONOGRAPH A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.""

Of or pertaining to phonology.

Phonologist

Phonotactic

Phosphatase

Phosphatide

PHOSPHATIDE

English word

PHOSPHATIZE

Phosphatize

The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

""Any of various phosphorus-containing lipids, such as lecithin and cephalin, that are composed mainly of fatty acids, a phosphate group, and a simple organic molecule. Also called phosphatide .""

Phosphonium

To shine as phosphorus; to be phosphorescent; to emit a phosphoric light.

Phosphorite

""Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.""

PHOSPHORUS The morning star; Phosphor.

Study of light's effect on living organisms

(Chemistry) a cathode that undergoes or is used for photoemission

Person associated with (-ist)

""(Physics / General Physics) (of glass) changing colour with the intensity of incident light, used, for example, in sunglasses that darken as the sunlight becomes brighter""

""(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to set (type matter) by photocomposition photocomposer   n""

Forgers take a picture of policeman on kind of rise

Reproducing (page)

Reproducing (papers)

An electric current produced by illumination of a photoelectric material.

Of or relating to the energy of light.

One way to reproduce a picture

Past tense or past participle

Photoflash

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the study and identification of geological phenomena using aerial photographs

Photograph

Snappy guy (wordplay)

One will put you in the picture

Job taking snaps

Exact (of memory)

Like a retentive memory

Pictured accurately in detail

""A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.""

Past tense or past participle

PHOTOIONIZE

Photoionize

Plural or third person singular

Motion ()

Motion ()

PHOTOLYZE

Photomap

Photometry

Composite picture

Photomosaic

Of or relating to a nuclear reaction induced by photons.

PHOTOOXIDIZE

Photoperiod

Photophobia

""(Chemistry) a polymeric material that is sensitive to light: used in printing plates, microfilms, etc.""

The product of a photochemical reaction.

PHOTOREDUCE

Photoreduce

Photoresist

Photosetter

Photoset

Photosphere

Of or pertaining to the photosphere.

Photostat

PHOTOSTAT

Photosystem

The tendency of growing plant organs to move or curve under the influence of light. In ordinary use the term is practically synonymous with heliotropism.heliotropism.

""Capable of producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy, especially light.""

English word

Phrasemaker

""One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.""

Comparative adjective or agent noun

A deep-rooted plant that obtains water from a permanent ground supply or from the water table.

Phrenology

Old scientist treated English troop

Worried girls to phone head examiner

Skull expert.

Phycocyanin

The branch of botany that deals with algae. Also called algology .

Phycologist

Phycomycete

Phylactery

PHYLETIC pertaining to {phylesis=n}

Phylloclade

Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

Phyllotaxy

""Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.""

Physiatrist

Physicalism

Physicalist

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

""PHYSIOCRAT One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.""

Pl. physiognomies a. The art of judging human character from facial features.

""The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.""

Physiology

One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

Phytoalexin

The chemistry of plants.

Phytochrome

See plant hormone .

""Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal. as, a phytophagous animal.""

Phytosterol