phatic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or being speech used for social or emotive purposes rather than for communicating information

phenomological reduction (en)

(or bracketing, or Einklammerung in German; or epoché) the act of suspending judgment about the natural world to instead focus on analysis of experience; developed as part of phenomenology by Edmund Husserl

philippic (en)

(noun) a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation; tirade

Philoctetes (en)

(Greek mythology) Greek hero and subject of a play by Sophocles'

philologist (en)

(noun) the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature

philter (en)

(noun) a potion credited with magical power / (noun) a potion, drug, or charm held to have the power to arouse sexual passion

phlebitis (en)

(noun) inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color

phonocentrism (en)

the belief that sounds and speech are inherently superior to, or more primary than, written language

phosphenic (en)

a compound with phosphorus

phylogenic (en)

relating to phylogeny (the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms)

Physiocrat (en)

(noun) a member of a school of political economists founded in 18th century France and characterized chiefly by a belief that government policy should not interfere with the operation of natural economic laws and that land is the source of all wealth

physis (en)

a Greek theological, philosophical, and scientific term usually translated into English as "nature".

piacular (en)

sacrificial, expiatory; making or requiring atonement

picaresque (en)

(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals / (adjective) of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist / (noun) one that is picaresque

picayune (en)

petty; worthless

picric (en)

(noun) a toxic yellow crystalline phenol derivative C6H3N3O7 structurally similar to TNT and used especially as a high explosive and as a dye or mordant

pier-glass (en)

a large mirror, used originally to fill wall space between windows

pietistic (en)

(adjective) of or relating to Pietism / (adjective) of or relating to religious devotion or devout persons / (adjective) marked by overly sentimental or emotional devotion to religion; religiose

Pigouvian tax (en)

a tax levied on any market activity that generates negative externalities

PIIGS (en)

the five eurozone nations that were considered weaker economically following the financial crisis: Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain

pillion (en)

a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist

piquant (en)

pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind OR spicy

Piranesi (en)

an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons

pisteis (en)

in Aristotle's definition of rhetoric: the means of persuasion, divided between the atechnic (inartistic) and entechnic (artistic)

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy