<B>phantasm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thing seen only in one's imagination; unreal fancy, such as a ghost. <BR> <I>Ex. the phantasms of a dream.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a supposed appearance of an absent person, living or dead. <DD><B> 3. </B>a deceiving likeness (of something). <BR> <I>Ex. a phantasm of hope.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Philosophy.) a mental image or representation of a real object. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) deceptive appearance; illusion. <BR> <I>Ex. 'Tis all phantasm (Emerson).</I> </DL>
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<B>phantasma, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mata.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an illusion; vision; dream. <BR> <I>Ex. Like a phantasma or a hideous dream (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an apparition; specter. </DL>
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<B>phantasmagoria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shifting scene of real things, illusions, imaginary fancies, deceptions, and the like. <BR> <I>Ex. the phantasmagoria of a dream. Instead of a turreted town crammed with phantasmagoria, it now appeared before him as a plain, ordinary, workaday city (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a show of optical illusions in which figures increase or decrease in size, fade away, and pass into each other. </DL>
<B>phantasmagoric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a phantasmagoria; phantasmal. <BR> <I>Ex. The lanterns gave a phantasmagoric quality to the funeral procession (Jorge Amado).</I> </DL>
<B>phantom, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an image of the mind that seems to be real. <BR> <I>Ex. the phantoms of a dream. His fevered brain filled the room with phantoms from the past. She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight (Wordsworth).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a thought or apprehension of anything that haunts the imagination. <BR> <I>Ex. The phantom of starvation drove him to theft.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a vague, dim, or shadowy appearance; ghost. <BR> <I>Ex. The forms Of which these are the phantoms (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B> (SYN) apparition, specter. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a mere show; appearance with no substance. <BR> <I>Ex. a phantom of a government, the phantom of a once flourishing town.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) <DD><B> a. </B>unreality; deception. <DD><B> b. </B>an instance of this; a delusion or deception. <DD><I>adj. </I> like a ghost; unreal; merely apparent. <BR> <I>Ex. a phantom ship; (Figurative.) phantom prosperity.</I> adj. <B>phantomlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>phantom freight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a charge for shipping from a distant plant a product, such as an automobile, actually delivered from a plant close by. </DL>
<B>phantom larva,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the aquatic larva of a variety of nonbiting gnat. Phantom larvae commonly live in mud on lake bottoms. </DL>
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<B>phantom limb pain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> pain felt in a limb that has been amputated. </DL>
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<B>phantom order,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a standing order for materials, especially weapons, airplanes, and other armament, placed by the United States government with a firm, but not acted upon until an official signal for proceeding is given. </DL>
<B>Pharaoh</B> or <B>pharaoh, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the title given to the kings of ancient Egypt. </DL>
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<B>Pharaoh's ant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very tiny reddish or pale ant. It is a common house pest that is attracted by greasy food. </DL>
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<B>Pharaoh's hen</B> or <B>chicken,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a vulture of the Mediterranean region and southern Asia, about two feet long, with mostly white plumage; Egyptian vulture. It is frequently represented in ancient Egyptian art. </DL>
<B>Pharaonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a Pharaoh or the Pharaohs. <DD><B> 2. </B>like or characteristic of a Pharaoh or the Pharaohs. </DL>
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<B>Phar.B.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) Bachelor of Pharmacy. </DL>
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<B>Phar.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) Doctor of Pharmacy. </DL>
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<B>phare, </B>noun. <B>=pharos.</B></DL>
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<B>Pharisaic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Pharisees. </DL>
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<B>pharisaic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>making an outward show of religion or morality without the real spirit. <DD><B> 2. </B>thinking oneself more moral than others; hypocritical or self-righteous. <BR> <I>Ex. smug and pharisaic fools (John Galsworthy).</I> adv. <B>pharisaically.</B> noun <B>pharisaicalness.</B> </DL>
<B>Pharisaism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine and practice of the Pharisees. </DL>
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<B>pharisaism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>rigid observance of the external forms of religion without genuine piety. <DD><B> 2. </B>self-righteousness or hypocrisy. </DL>
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<B>Pharisee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Jewish sect at the time of Christ that was very strict in keeping to tradition and the laws of its religion. </DL>
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<B>pharisee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who makes a show of religion rather than following its spirit; formalist; hypocrite. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who considers himself much better than other persons. </DL>
