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d of words_. SYM'PHONY, _harmony of mingled sounds; a musical composition for a full band of instruments_. 26. PHOS, PHOTOS, _light_. PHOS'PHORUS (Gr. v. _pherein_, to bear), _a substance resembling wax, highly inflammable, and luminous in the dark_. PHOS'PHATE, _a salt of phosphoric acid_. PHOSPHORES'CENT, _luminous in the dark_. PHOSPHOR'IC, _relating to or obtained from phosphorus_. PHOTOG'RAPHY. See _graphein_. 27. PHU'SIS, _nature_. PHYS'IC, _medicines_. PHYS'ICAL, _natural; material; relating to the body_. PHYSI'CIAN, _one skilled in the art of healing_. PHYS'ICIST, _a student of nature_. PHYS'ICS, _natural philosophy_. PHYSIOG'NOMY (Gr. n. _gno'mon_, a judge), _the art of discerning the character of the mind from the features of the face; the particular cast of features or countenance_. PHYSIOL'OGY. See _logos_. METAPHYS'ICS, literally, _after or beyond physics_; hence, _the science of mind_. METAPHYSI'CIAN, _one versed in metaphysics_. 28. POL'IS, _a city_. POLICE', _the body of officers employed to secure the good order of a city_. POL'ICY, _the art or manner of governing a nation or conducting public affairs; prudence_. POL'ITIC, _wise, expedient_. POLIT'ICAL, _relating to politics_. POLITI'CIAN, _one devoted to politics_. POL'ITICS, _the art or science of government; struggle of parties_. POL'ITY, _the constitution of civil government_. ACROP'OLIS (Gr. adj. _ak'ros_, high), _a citadel_. COSMOP'OLITE (Gr. n. _kos'mos_, the world), _a citizen of the world_. METROP'OLIS (Gr. n. _me'ter_, a mother), _the chief city of a country_. NECROP'OLIS (Gr. adj. _nek'ros_, dead), _a burial-place; a city of the dead_. 29. RHE'O, _I flow, I speak_. RHET'ORIC, _the art of composition; the science of oratory_. RHETORI'CIAN, _one skilled in rhetoric_. RHEU'MATISM, _a disease of the limbs_ (so called because the ancients supposed it to arise from a deflection of the humors). RES'IN, _a gum which flows from certain trees_. CATARRH', _a discharge of fluid from the nose caused by cold in the head_. DIARRHOE'A, _purging_. HEM'ORRHAGE (Gr. n. _haima_, blood), _a flowing of blood_. 30. SKOP'EIN, _to see, to watch_. SCOPE, _space, aim, intention_. BISH'OP (Gr. n. _epis'kopos_, overseer), _a clergyman who has charge of a diocese_. EPIS'COPACY, _church government by bishops_. EPIS'COPAL, _relating to episcopacy_. KALEI'DOSCOPE (
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