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31photolithograph — /foh teuh lith euh graf , grahf /, n. 1. Also, photolithoprint /foh teuh lith euh print /. a lithograph printed from a stone or the like upon which a picture or design has been formed by photography. v.t. 2. to make a photolithograph of. [1850… …
32photoperiodism — /foh teuh pear ee euh diz euhm/, n. Biol. the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24 hour period. Also called photoperiodicity /foh toh pear ee euh dis i tee/. [1915 20;… …
33photophilic — /foh teuh fil ik/, adj. of or pertaining to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light. Also, photophilous /foh tof euh leuhs/. [1895 1900; PHOTO + PHILIC] * * * …
34photophobia — /foh teuh foh bee euh/, n. Pathol. 1. an abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, as in iritis. 2. an abnormal fear of light. [1790 1800; PHOTO + PHOBIA] * * * …
35photophobic — /foh teuh foh bik/, adj. of or pertaining to an organism that avoids light. [1855 60; PHOTO + PHOBIC] * * * …
36phototropism — /foh to treuh piz euhm, foh toh troh piz euhm/, n. Bot. phototropic tendency or growth. [1895 1900; PHOTO + TROPISM] * * * …
37folio verso — /foh lee oh werdd soh/; Eng. /foh lee oh verr soh/, Latin. the back of the page …
38Fauré — /foh rdday /, n. Gabriel Urbain /gann brddee el oohrdd baonn /, 1845 1924, French composer. * * * …
39faux — /foh/, adj. artificial or imitation; fake: a brooch with faux pearls. [1670 80; < F; OF fals < L falsus FALSE] * * * …
40faux-naïf — /foh nah eef /, adj. 1. marked by a pretense of simplicity or innocence; disingenuous. n. 2. a person who shrewdly affects an attitude or pose of simplicity or innocence. [1940 45; < F; see FAUX, NAIVE] * * * …
