Words That Start With: PHA

• any of the bones of the fingers or toes

• any closely ranked crowd of people

• a body of troops in close array

• the title of the ancient Egyptian kings

• large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

• Of or relating to phase

• Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues

• 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

• 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.)

• the male sex organ

• genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

• large open car seating four with folding top