(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.

plural of philogynist

A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.

plural of Doctor of Philosophy

(historical) A game similar to chess, played on an oblong board with round, triangular and square pieces.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.

Synonym of philosophia perennis

plural of philodox

(zoology) Any clam in the family Philobryidae.

(zoology) Any spider in the family Philodromidae.