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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,881 words match “YT”

PHYTONOMY n.
The science of the origin and growth of plants.
PHYTOPATHOLOGIST n.
One skilled in diseases of plants.
PHYTOPATHOLOGY n.
The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
PHYTOPHAGA n.
A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
PHYTOPHAGIC a.
Phytophagous.
PHYTOPHAGOUS a.
Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.
PHYTOPHAGY n.
The eating of plants.
PHYTOPHYSIOLOGY n.
Vegetable physiology.
PHYTOTOMIST n.
One versed in phytotomy.
PHYTOTOMY n.
The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
PHYTOZOARIA n.
Same as Infusoria.
PHYTOZOON; PHYTOZOOEN n.
A plantlike animal. The term is sometimes applied to zoöphytes.
PLAYTE n.
See Pleyt.
PLAYTHING n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.
PLAYTIME n.
Time for play or diversion.
PLEYT n.
An old term for a river boat.
POIKILOCYTE n.
An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anæmia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle.
POLYCYTTARIA n.
A division of Radiolaria. It includes those having one more central capsules.
POLYPERYTHRIN n.
A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.
POLYTECHNIC a.
Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.
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