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91phonoreception — /foh noh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of sound. [PHONO + RECEPTION] * * * …
92phonoreceptor — /foh noh ri sep teuhr/, n. Physiol., Biol. a receptor stimulated by sound waves. [PHONO + RECEPTOR] * * * …
93phonoscope — /foh neuh skohp /, n. 1. an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body. 2. a device for testing the quality of strings for musical instruments. [1880 85; PHONO + SCOPE] * * * …
94phonotactic — /foh neuh tak tik/, adj. Ling. of or pertaining to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words. [1955 60; PHONO + TACTIC] * * * …
95phonotactics — /foh neuh tak tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Ling. 1. the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences. 2. the study and description of such patterns. [1955 60; see PHONOTACTIC, ICS] * * * …
96phony-baloney — /foh nee beuh loh nee/, Slang. n. 1. nonsense; baloney. adj. 2. nonsensical; foolish. * * * …
97photalgia — /foh tal jeuh, jee euh/, n. Pathol. pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light. [PHOT + ALGIA] * * * …
98photic — /foh tik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to light. 2. pertaining to the generation of light by organisms, or their excitation by means of light. [1835 45; < Gk phot (see PHOT) + IC] * * * …
99photics — /foh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of light. [1855 60; see PHOTIC, ICS] * * * …
100photinia — /foh tin ee euh/, n. any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit. [ < NL (1821) < Gk photein(ós) shining, bright, (deriv. of phós, s. phot… …
