Reverse Dictionary: PH – PHZ

PHANTOM – nouns
– EIDOLON an unsubstantial image, spectre, phantom …828
– FANTOUN a phantom …1935 Sc.
– IDOLUM an image or unsubstantial appearance; a spectre or phantom; a mental image, an idea …1619
– UMBRA the shade of a deceased person; a phantom or ghost …1599
 
PHARMACY – nouns
– DOCTOR SHOP a pharmacy or herb doctor’s shop …1923 Amer. dial.
– POISON SHOP a pharmacy …1988 US sl.
 
PHEASANT – nouns
– CHINAMAN (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant …1957 Amer. sl.
– CHINK (usually offensive) in hunting: a ring-necked pheasant …1940 Amer. sl.
– CHINKER the common pheasant …1966 Amer. dial.
– EPHESIAN a pheasant …19C Sc.
– EYE † a brood or flock of pheasants …a1475
– RICK the noise made by a polecat or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TAIL a pheasant …1841 poachers’ usage
pheasant – verbs
– RICK to utter the noise made by a guinea-fowl, polecat, or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
PHENOMENA, PHENOMENON – nouns
– EFFECT † an outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon …c1450
– EFFEIRS phenomena, properties …1500-20 arch.
 
PHILADELPHIA – see PENNSYLVANIA
 
PHILANDER – verbs
– BUTTERFLY to flirt, to philander, to dally …1893
– GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with ‘around’)…1900 US sl.
– HORSE AROUND to play amorously or philander …1952 sl.
– MASH to make a pass at …20C US sl.
 
PHILANDERER – person
– BIG DAME HUNTER a philanderer; one fond of women …World War II Amer. sl.
– CHICK-CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHICKEN FANCIER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHIPPIE-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer …1928 Amer. sl.
– CHIPPY-CHASER a whoremonger, a philanderer …1891 Amer. sl.
– FEMME FOLLOWER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FREE-LANCE a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FREE-LANCER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GALLANT one who pays court to ladies; a ladies’ man; also, a lover; in a bad sense, a paramour; a philanderer …a1450
– GAMECOCK a womanizer, a philanderer …19C sl.
– GAR-ME-TRUE a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer; one who makes believe …1871 Sc.
– GASH HOUND a man who is obsessed with women; a womanizer; a philanderer; a whoremonger; a lecher …1916 US sl.
– GASHMAN a man who is obsessed with women; a womanizer; a philanderer; a whoremonger; a lecher …1952 US sl.
– GAY DOG a man given to revelling or self-indulgence; a philanderer; a lecher …1847
– GIRL-CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIT-AND-RUNNER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOME BLASTER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOME BREAKER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOME WRECKER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IT-CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JOHN a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JOHNNY a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KNAVE OF HEARTS a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LADY-CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVE ‘EM AND LEAVE ‘EM a philanderer; a womanizer …L19 sl.
– LOVE PIRATE a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MAN OF AFFAIRS a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MAN ON THE MAKE a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer …20C US sl. & colloq.
– OLD ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLAYBOY a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLAY-DADDY a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLAYFUL PAPA a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUAIL-HUNTER a woman-chaser; a whoremonger …20C US sl. 
– ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SEXPERT a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SHARPSHOOTER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKIRT-CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STEPSON a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SUGAR CHASER a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOPGALLANT a ladies’ man, a philanderer …1701 nonce word
– TOMCAT a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOMCATTER a man who is out searching for a willing sexual companion; a philanderer …1947 Amer. dial.
– TOWN JOHNNY a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TRAVELLING SALESMAN a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TURKEY GOBBLER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TWO-MAMA PAPA a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VILLAGE RAM a local philanderer and ladies’ man …1930s W. Indies sl.
– WARM MEMBER a harlot or whoremonger; a promiscuous man, a philanderer …1899 US sl. 
– WOLF a philanderer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
PHILANDERING – adjectives
– LOVE ‘EM AND LEAVE ‘EM philandering, womanizing …L19 sl.
– RANGING of a man: pursuing women, philandering …M17 sl.
philandering – nouns 
– CHIPPY-CHASING whoring or philandering …1915 Amer. sl.
– DEER-STALKING chasing after women …1920s sl.
– GALAVANTING philandering …1883 Sc.
 
PHILOSOPHIZE – verbs
– PHILOSOPHATE † to play the philosopher; to philosophize; to moralize …1603
 
PHILIPPINES – person
– AMIGO a Filipino insurrectionist …1899 US military sl.
– BALIKBAYAN a Filipino visiting or returning to the Philippines after a period of living in another country …1976 Philippine English
– BATAK a member of a people on the island of Palawan, Philippines …1904
– BAYAO a Filipino …1954 Amer. dial.
– BEAK (usually offensive) a Filipino …1991 US military in Philippines usage
– BILANGO a peace officer or constable …Bk1891 Philippines
– BINI BOY a Filipino homosexual …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– CABEZA in the Philippine Islands: a chief – Bk1890
– FILIPINYOCK (derogatory) a Filipino …1942 Amer. dial.
– FLIP (often derogatory) a Filipino …1931 US sl.
– GEEK (derogatory) a dark-skinned or yellow-skinned foreigner; a native of the Philippines, the Southwest Pacific and adjacent areas; an East Asian person of any nationality; any usually non-European foreigner …1963 US military sl.
– GOO-GOO, GU-GU (derogatory) an Asian or dark-skinned foreigner, esp. a Filipino …L19 sl.
– MOKE (usually derogatory) a Black person; occasionally a Filipino or Hawaiian …1856 Amer. dial.
– MORO a Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; a member of any of the various Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines …1879
 
PHILISTINE – person
– YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine …1726 UK
 
PHILOSOPHER – person
– MOROSOPH * a foolish pedant or would-be philosopher …1751
– MOROSOPHIST †* a foolish pedant or would-be philosopher …1610
– NATURAL a natural philosopher; a naturally clever person …1838 Sc.
 
PHILOSOPHY – person
– ARCETER, ARCISTER † one skilled in the arts; a master of arts who has passed on to the study of philosophy …1440 
 
PHLEGM – nouns
– BLAIDRY phlegm coughed up …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLUTHRIE phlegm …Bk1911 Sc.
– GOLLY a gob of phlegm or mucus …1938 Aust. sl.
– GOOBER a gob of phlegm …1960s sl.
– GOOBY a gob of spit or phlegm …1985 NZ sl.
– GOOEY a lump of phlegm …20C Aust. sl.
– HAUCHAN the mucus or phlegm expelled in clearing the throat …Bk1902 Sc.
– HOCKER a gob of phlegm or spit …1960s US teen sl.
– HONKER expectorated sputum …1981 US sl.
– LIEUY a lump of expectorated phlegm …1970s US sl.
– LOOEY a lump of expectorated phlegm …1970s US sl.
– LOOGIE an expectorated bit of phlegm …1988 Amer. sl.
– LOOIE a lump of expectorated phlegm …1970s US sl.
– LOUIE a lump of expectorated phlegm …1970s US sl.
– LUNG BISCUIT a lump of phlegm …1980s US college sl.
– LUNGER a mouthful of spit; a gob of phlegm …1940s US sl.
– NAST phlegm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OYSTER a gob of phlegm or spittle …1785 sl.
– RIDDLE an accumulation of phlegm in the throat …1882 Eng. dial.
– YELLOW-BACK a gob of phlegm …20C Aust. sl.
phlegm – verbs
– BLOCHER to make a rough noise in coughing from phlegm …Bk1911 Sc.
– HAWK to clear the throat of phlegm; to clear the throat noisily; to spit …1583
– HAWK UP to spit; to cough up and spit phlegm …20C US colloq.
– RAISE to expectorate; to bring up phlegm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– REAR to bring up phlegm; to expectorate; to vomit …1790 Eng. dial.
– UNBIND † to clear of phlegm …1552
 
PHONE – adjectives
– DARK unreachable by telephone; a condition often resulting from a failure to pay the bill …2004 US sl.
phone – nouns 
– AL CAPONE phone …Brit. rhyming sl.
– ALEXANDER a telephone …1999 UK sl.
– AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call  …1930s Can. & US sl.
– AUTOPHONE an automatic telephone …1927
– BLAST a telephone call …1955 Amer. sl.
– BLOWER the telephone …1922 sl.
– BRICK a large, brick-shaped, handheld mobile telephone that is a precursor to the modern cellphone …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUZZ a telephone call …1930 Amer. colloq.
– BUZZ WIRE a telephone or telegraph line …Amer. World War I sl.
– CELLULAR MACARENA the activity seen when a cell phone rings in public …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHATTERBOX a telephone …1930s US sl.
– CHATTER LINES telephone wires …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLONE a mobile phone that has been given the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone, so that calls made on the second phone are charged to the owner of the first phone …colloq.
– C PHONE a mobile telephone …1997 US sl.
– DARBY AND JOAN a telephone …L19 rhyming sl.
– DIGITS a telephone number; a telephone …1995 US sl.
– DOG (AND BONE) the telephone …1960 Brit. rhyming sl.
– DON AMECHE a telephone; a telephone number; a telephone call …1930s Can. & US sl.
– DOUBLE L a telephone (landline) …1976 US sl.
– EAU-DE-COLOGNE a telephone …1961 UK rhyming sl.
– ESKIMO NELL a call on the telephone …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘bell’
– FAULTIES a mobile telephone that is being used illegally …1990s US Black teen sl.
– GRAMAPHONE a telephone …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAIL a telephone call …1945 Amer. dial.
– HAM PATCH a telephone connection enabled by shortwave radio …1997 Antarctica usage
– HELLOHONE a telephone …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HORN the telephone …1950s Amer. sl.
– MAGGIE MAHONE a telephone …1930s rhyming sl.
– MAW BELL a telephone …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MIKE MALONE a telephone …1930s rhyming sl.
– MOBEY a mobile telephone …1990s sl.
– MOBI a mobile telephone …1990s sl.
– MOBY a mobile telephone …1990s sl.
– MOLLY a telephone …1971 Brit. rhyming sl. (Molly Malone)
– MOLLY MALONE a telephone …1971 Brit. rhyming sl.
– ODIE a telephone …1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
– ODOUR a telephone …1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
– PHONE SPOT a telephone location used in a bookmaking operation …1973 US sl.
– POLARI PIPE a telephone …1999 UK sl.
– RAG AND BONE a telephone …1984 UK rhyming sl.
– RAG AND BONER a telephone …1984 UK sl.
– SWEATBOX a telephone booth …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TELEFOAM telephone …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TELEPHOME a telephone …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TINGLE a call on the telephone …1940s Aust. sl.
– TINKLE a telephone call …colloq.
– TRAP an electronic device that records the originating telephone number of all incoming calls (made obsolete with the advent of ‘caller ID’ in the late 1990s) …1991 US sl.
– VACAYA a mobile phone …2002 UK sl.
– WARBLER a telephone whose bell ‘warbles’ rather then rings …1970s sl.
phone – person
– DIAL DIDDLER a telephone operator …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HELLO GIRL a telephone operator …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– INTELLIGENCE BUREAU telephone operators …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PHONE FREAK, PHONE PHREAK a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls …1972 US sl.
– PHREAKER a person who electronically and fraudulently manipulates international telephone calls …1972 US sl.
– SWITCHBOARD JOCKEY a telephone operator …1957 US sl.
– SWITCHBOARD MUGGER a telephone operator …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAPPER one who diverts or intercepts telephone calls …1973
phone – verbs
– AUTOPHONE to use an automatic telephone …1928
– BUZZ to telephone …1916 Amer. sl.
– BUZZ OFF to ring off on the telephone …1914
– CLONE to give a mobile phone the electronic identity of an existing mobile phone (see noun) …colloq.
– DING-DONG to telephone …1973 US sl.
– DROP A DIME to make a telephone call, esp. to the police to inform on someone …1966 US sl.
– GIVE SOMEONE A BELL to telephone …1982 Brit. sl.
– GIVE SOMEONE A BUZZ to telephone …1930 sl.
– GIVE SOMEONE A TINKLE to telephone …1938 sl.
– LOOK AT to speak to someone on a telephone …1967 Amer. dial.
– PHONE PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system …1998 US sl.
– PHREAK to hack into a telecommunication system …1998 US sl.
– RING ON THE TING-A-LING to call on the telephone …1960s Amer. sl.
– T AND T to tape record and trace the origin of a phone call …2001 US sl.
– TRAP to install n electronic trap on a telephone line …1996 US sl. (see PHONE – nouns)
– VOICE to telephone …1991 US sl.
phone – phrases
– ON THE WALL! you’re wanted on the phone …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SNOW ME phone me …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TICKLE MY EAR phone me …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
PHONOGRAPH – see RECORD, RECORD PLAYER
 
PHONY – adjectives
– BOGUE phony, fake, bogus …1953 Amer. dial.
– BOGUISH phony, fake, bogus …1935 Amer. dial.
– CHEESY phony …20C teen & high school sl.
– CRANK bogus; false; phony …Bk2006 US sl.
– LEFT-HANDED crooked, phony, or counterfeit …M20 US colloq.
– PHONY AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL phony; bogus …Bk2006 US sl.
– QUEER AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL phony; bogus …Bk2006 US sl.
– SHNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand …1859 UK
– WACK, WHACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad …1984 US Black sl.
– WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory …1980s US Black sl.
– WACKED, WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory …1980s US Black sl.
phony – person
– GILHOOLEY a country person; an insincere or phony person …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
 
PHOSPHORESCENCE – nouns
– BAMS phosphorescence on the sea …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
PHOTOGRAPH – adjectives
– PAGE THREE referring to photographs of women with exposed breasts …1970s Brit. sl.
photograph – nouns 
– ART 1. newspaper photographs of celebrities …20C Amer. sl.
2. photographs of wanted criminals …20C Amer. sl.
– MUG SHOT a photographic portrait …1978 UK sl.
– SCENERY a picture, usually a photograph …1933 Amer. dial.
– SMUDGE a photograph …Brit. sl.
– SNAP a photograph; a snapshot …1894 Amer. colloq.
photograph – person 
– PAGE THREE GIRL a girl whose scantily clad, or nude, picture appears as a newspaper pin-up …1975 UK sl.
photograph – verbs 
– SNAP to take a photograph of …Amer. sl.
– TAKE OFF to take a likeness; to draw, to photograph …1895 Eng. dial.
 
PHOTOGRAPHER – person
– CAMERA CLICKER a photographer …1966 Amer. sl.
– GLOWWORM an amateur photographer …Bk1962 Amer. photographers’ sl.
– MONKEY a press photographer, a paparazzo; also, a journalist …1983 chiefly Brit. colloq., orig. journalists’ sl.
– MUGFAKER * a street photographer …1880 sl.
– MUGSNAPPER in circus and carnival usage: a travelling photographer …1981 US sl.
– MUGSNATCHER a photographer who operates in the street, at a fairground, or at the seaside …1979 UK sl.
– PAPARAZZI press photographers who specialize in the sensational and the celebrated, or a single photographer similarly engaged …1968 UK sl.
– PAPS paparazzi …1990s sl.
– SHUTTERBUG 1. a photography enthusiast; a photographer …1940 US sl.
2. a photographer who selects subjects for personal sexual gratification, often without the subject’s knowledge or consent …1999 US sl.
– SMUDGER a photographer …Brit. sl.
– SNAPPER a photographer …1910 UK sl.
– SNATCH MAN a press photographer …2001 UK sl.
photographer – verbs 
– PAP to work as a press photographer who specializes in the sensational and the celebrated …2004 UK sl.
 
PHOTOGRAPHY – nouns
– PHOTOGENY †* photography …1840
 
PHRASE – person
– NEOTERIST one who uses or introduces new words or phrases …1873
 
PHYSICAL – adjectives
– NUT AND GUT mental and physical …2002 Brit. sl.
 
PHYSICALLY – adverbs
– NATURALLY † physically, materially …1546
 
PHYSICIAN – see DOCTOR
 
PHYSICS – nouns
– PHIZ physics, esp. as a subject of study …1984 Hong Kong
 
PHYSIQUE – nouns
– VOKSTER, VUXTER posture, bearing, physique …1866 Sc. 
physique – person
– MUSCLEMAN a man with an outstanding  physique …1920s sl., orig. US