6-Letter Words Containing: PHA

• an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel

• Of or relating to phase

• Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues

• Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship, e.g., polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "How are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting. (Similarly, a response such as "Fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting.)

• a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria

• any distinct time period in a sequence of events

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

• (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun)

• arrange in phases or stages

• adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition

• a child who has lost both parents

• someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

• the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

• a young animal without a mother

• deprive of parents

• a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships