Phil"lips*ite (?), n. [So named after John Phillips, an English
mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and
soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals,
often cruciform in shape; -- called also christianite.
Phil*lyg"e*nin (?), n. [Phillyrin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A pearly
crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of phillyrin.
||Phil*lyr"e*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Bot.) A genus of
||evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and
||breading a fruit resembling that of the olive.
Phil"ly*rin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a
bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a
febrifuge.
Philo-. A combining form from Gr. fi`los loving, fond of, attached to;
as, philosophy, philotechnic.
Phi*log"y*nist (?), n. [See Philogyny.] A lover or friend of women; one
who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to
misogynist.
Phi*log"y*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; loving + &?; woman.] Fondness for
women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny. [R.] Byron.
Phil`o*hel*le"ni*an (?), n. A philhellenist.
Phi*lol"o*ger (?), n. [Cf. L. philologus a man of letters, Gr. &?;,
originally, fond of talking; hence, fond of learning and literature;
&?; loving + &?; speech, discourse.] A philologist. Burton.